BAD AXE, Mich. – A couple accused of keeping their 19-year-old adopted son in a cage at their home in rural eastern Michigan have made a plea deal and face sentencing in March. Karen and Timothy Tolin each pleaded no contest to a charge of vulnerable adult abuse Thursday in …
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A police officer in northern Florida is being suspended without pay for one month for firing his stun gun in the back of a 61-year-old woman. A video taken last fall showed Tallahassee Officer Terry Mahan firing his stun gun at Viola Young as she walked away …
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Ohio will continue to keep 11 exotic animals it seized from a sanctuary last week until a state appeals court weighs in on the case. After initially ordering that the seized animals be returned, a northern Ohio judge on Tuesday said jurisdiction in the case now …
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BOSTON – Two prospective jurors in the trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NEYE’-ehv) have expressed sympathy for him. The people questioned Friday provided a contrast to many other potential jurors who have expressed anger over the 2013 attack and sorrow for the three people killed and …
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RAYMONDVILLE, Texas – Security personnel have regained control of a South Texas prison where inmates had set fires and caused significant damage after taking over part of the facility. The private contractor that operates the Willacy County Correctional Center for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons says about 300 of the …
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STRAWBERRY, Ariz. – Three teenage girls were rescued after their car careened off a northern Arizona road, over a 100-foot cliff and landed on top of the 16-year-old driver who got flung from the vehicle. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office says two passengers, ages 16 and 17, were rescued quickly …
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BUDAPEST, Hungary – Hungarian Holocaust survivors rescued 70 years ago from a train taking them from one concentration camp to another paid tribute to the American soldiers who helped liberate them. Julia Kadar, who organized a commemorative meeting in Budapest, was among those who spoke via Skype with Lt. Frank …
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BALTIMORE – A former Washington lobbyist convicted in the Jack Abramoff scandal is out of federal prison. Forty-four-year-old Kevin Ring spoke by telephone Monday with The Associated Press. He says he was released Thursday after serving about 15 months of a 20-month sentence at a facility near Cumberland. Ring says …
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JUNEAU, Alaska – An Argentinian climber has been found dead at a camp at 17,200 feet on North America’s tallest peak. Denali National Park and Preserve says the body of 39-year-old Heraldo Javier Callupan was discovered Sunday by two climbers arriving at the camp on Alaska’s Mount McKinley. Callupan’s body …
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Protesters and rioters clashed with police officers and a police vehicle was set ablaze in Dublin on Thursday evening after a knife attack that injured five, including three children. According to Irish media outlet RTÉ, rioters attackedgardaí, officers of the state police force Garda, and set a garda vehicle on …
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