Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, who was convicted in two killings, was released on parole on Tuesday after serving more than five decades in prison. Houten was originally sentenced to death for the Aug. 10, 1969, murders of Leno and Rosemary La Bianca. According to a statement from the California Department of Corrections and …
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Alliance secretary general says Turkey agrees to back Sweden’s NATO bid
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday that after a year of opposition, Turkey has agreed to support Sweden’s bid to join the NATO military alliance, calling the moment a “historic step.” Stoltenberg said that Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to send the accession protocol to the Turkish parliament for approval as soon …
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Ex-Team USA gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar stabbed multiple times at Florida federal prison
Disgraced former Team USA gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing female gymnasts, was stabbed multiple times during an altercation with another inmate at a federal prison in Florida. The 59-year-old Nassar was stabbed twice in the neck, twice in the back and six times in the chest, and also suffered a collapsed …
1 dead, 15 hospitalized in Chicago after wrong-way crash involving CTA bus
Police confirmed that one woman was killed, and more than 20 others were injured in a fiery collision between a Chicago city bus and an SUV driving the wrong way on Sunday morning. The woman was a passenger in a Dodge Journey SUV traveling the wrong way in the 4500 block of South DuSable Lake …
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Mass shooting in downtown Cleveland leaves 9 injured
A mass shooting in downtown Cleveland, Ohio early on Sunday left nine people injured. According to reports, police responded after receiving calls of shots being fired at West Sixth Street and Johnson Court at about 2:30 a.m., after the suspect fired into a group of people before fleeing the scene. Victims were hospitalized at MetroHealth …
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Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi, which slows disease progression, gets full FDA approval
The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) announced they have fully approved the first drug shown to slow down Alzheimer’s disease. Leqembi, whose generic name is lecanemab, should be widely covered by the federal Medicare health insurance program, which primarily serves adults age 65 and older – meaning more people who are in the early stages …
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Houston man found after 8 years was ‘never missing’ and at home
Houston police said that the 25-year-old man who was ‘located safe’ after allegedly disappearing eight years ago was never really missing, and has been living with his mother most of this time. The man, Rudolph “Rudy” Farias, was found alive at a Houston church roughly 8 miles from his family’s home over the weekend, after …
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Further testing confirms substance found in White House was cocaine
Law enforcement officials said on Wednesday that lab testing has confirmed that white, powdery substance discovered by the Secret Service at the White House on Sunday was cocaine. Questions remain, however, about how the substance got into the building. The Secret Service is leading an investigation of how the substance got into the West Wing, …
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Ohio man gets life sentence for rape of 10-year-old girl, who traveled out of state for abortion
The Ohio man accused of raping and impregnating a 10-year-old girl – who then sought an abortion in Indiana – was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison. One year after the young girl’s out-of-state abortion made national headlines, Gerson Fuentes, 28, pleaded to one count of rape of a child under 10 and …
3 dead, 8 injured after shooting in Fort Worth, Texas parking lot
At least three people were killed and eight others were injured in a shooting late Monday in Fort Worth, Texas. The Fort Worth Police Department said its officers were dispatched to Horne Street on the west side of the city in response to a report of a shooting; upon arrival, the officers found “multiple” gunshot victims …
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