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South Georgia highway crash kills 5 on Thanksgiving

Four adults and a toddler died Thursday afternoon when their van collided with a pickup truck on a state highway near Moultrie in south Georgia. Four other people in the van, as well as the driver of the pickup truck, were severely injured, state troopers said. They were taken by …

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Wyoming woman vanishes during cross-country trip with ex-boyfriend, daughters

A mom of two vanished during a cross-country trip from Alabama to Wyoming while she was with her ex-boyfriend, who has been charged with an unrelated federal crime. Katie Ferguson, 33, hasn’t been seen alive since October, and was officially reported missing to police in Cody, Wyoming, on Nov. 2, …

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South Carolina men face federal hate crime charges after allegedly targeting Hispanic shoppers for robberies

Charles Antonio Clippard, 26, and Michael Joseph Knox, 28, are accused of forcibly taking cash, cellphones and, in one instance, a car after following shoppers to their homes and holding them at gunpoint in 2021, according to a federal grand jury indictment issued Monday. The Columbia-area men intentionally picked victims …

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Texas man who threatened to kill Georgia officials following 2020 election receives prison sentence

A Texas man who was the first arrest by a Justice Department task force that investigates threats to election workers has been sentenced to two years in prison over posts made following the 2020 election, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. Chad Christopher Stark, 55, was accused of posting threatening messages on …

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'Mr. Grinchmas' caught on camera stealing Christmas tree off California family's SUV

Police in California are looking for someone caught on camera stealing a Christmas tree from the roof of a family’s SUV. It happened around 5:20 p.m. Dec. 1 in a parking lot on Bridgepointe Parkway in San Mateo, police said on Facebook. “A vehicle pulled up next to the victim’s …

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US Coast Guard vows reforms after internal review exposes widespread sexual assault concerns

U.S. Coast Guard officials are promising reforms after an internal review sparked by reports of sexual assault and harassment found that “too many” of its members don’t feel safe and trust in leadership is eroding. The wide-ranging 90-day review, released Wednesday, calls for an end to a “permissive environment” that …

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The American Battle Monuments Commission celebrates 100 years and honors soldiers buried overseas

The American Battle Monuments Commission was established in 1923, following World War I. The Commission worked with family members to bury soldiers overseas in cemeteries constructed and maintained to honor those killed or missing in war. 100 years later, ABMC takes care of 26 cemeteries and 32 memorials around the …

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Hundreds of eggs spill onto Washington state highway following head-on semi collision caught on video

Officers scrambled to clean up a highway mess in Washington State after hundreds of eggs spilled onto the road from a head-on semi-truck collision early Tuesday morning. The entire crash was caught on video as Washington State Patrol posted the harrowing moment a semi truck crashed head-on into another semi …

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Alabama prison inmate dies after assault by fellow prisoner, corrections department says

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama inmate has died following an assault believed to have been committed by another prisoner, the state corrections department confirmed Wednesday. Derrek Martin, 38, died early Tuesday, the Alabama Department of Corrections said in a news release. ALABAMA INMATES FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST STATE, CONDEMNING PRISON …

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Booze bandit: Florida man caught on video stealing 'screwdriver' ingredients from an apartment

A Florida man was caught on video stealing ingredients to a make a screwdriver cocktail from an apartment, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Around 5:30 a.m., on Nov. 23, officials said a man was caught entering someone’s apartment, according to a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, …

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