It’s a fight over land in one of rural Georgia’s poorest areas, but it could have implications for property law across the state and nation. A hearing is scheduled to begin Monday to help determine whether a railroad can legally condemn property to build a rail line 4.5 miles long …
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A California mother has been charged with murder for allegedly drowning her wheelchair-bound, 9-year-old daughter in a bathtub and leaving her body there for several days. Khadiyjah Aliyyah Pendergraph, 32, was charged on Tuesday with one felony count of murder after her daughter was found dead in their Westminster apartment …
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A sheriff’s deputy in Maine narrowly escaped injury when a drunken driver crashed into his cruiser while conducting a late-night traffic stop, officials said Sunday. ALLEGED DRUNK DRIVER ACCIDENTALLY REPORTS HIMSELF TO 911 IN BIZARRE HIGHWAY INCIDENT Deputy Josiah Cushman was outside his vehicle Saturday night during the traffic stop …
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The private Park University in Missouri is laying off faculty, cutting programs and closing campuses after a sharp drop in enrollment that echoes what is happening nationally. The school, which is based in the Kansas City area, said it planned to cut 16 faculty positions, mostly in low enrollment areas, …
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A Wisconsin pastor accused of sexually exploiting children from Venezuela and Cuba was sentenced Monday to 15 years in a federal prison. Cory Herthel, 40, pled guilty in August to one count of attempted sexual exploitation of a child. MADISON POLICE REVEAL HOW THEY CAUGHT UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SEX ASSAULT …
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A Maine food truck owner said he shot and injured a man in self-defense after the man wielded a knife at motorists and threatened to kill people ahead of a holiday parade in the New England town. “You always anticipate dealing with danger in a certain way, but you never …
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A man who was recently cleared in the gruesome, fiery 1995 killing of a subway token booth clerk sued New York City and two detectives on Monday, saying that “a wanton and reckless” law enforcement culture subjected him to decades of wrongful imprisonment that left grave psychological damage. Thomas Malik, …
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The dramatic rescue of a 72-year-old woman whose car tumbled down a huge ravine in Idaho, leaving her stranded for days, is being hailed as a miracle, while police have heaped praise on her perseverance for surviving the terrifying ordeal. Penny Kay Clark was reported missing on Dec. 5 after …
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Raja the elephant has been one of the biggest attractions — literally and figuratively — at the St. Louis Zoo for decades. Now, he’s moving away. The zoo announced Thursday that the male Asian elephant born at the zoo nearly 31 years ago will be relocated to the Columbus Zoo …
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A high school student in Massachusetts jumped out of a sixth-story window after he allegedly ingested illegal “magic mushrooms.” The Brookline Police Department began an investigation into an alleged drug dealer in the area who goes by the name “Niko,” who took a “particular interest in selling to underage teens,” …
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