John Nightbridge

Prosecutors say the 2-year-old boy was repeatedly abused after being placed with relatives in Santa Clara County’s foster care system. SAN JOSE, CA — A San Jose teenager has been charged with murder in the death of 2-year-old Jaxon Juarez, a foster child known to supporters as “Baby Jaxon,” after prosecutors said the boy was sexually and physically abused for weeks inside a relative’s home before he died this month. The new charge, filed Monday …

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Police later arrested an 18-year-old Bowie man after finding the stolen Lexus and a loaded handgun, authorities said. PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, MD — Mahasin El Amin, the elected clerk of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, said she feared she was about to be killed when a man opened her car door, showed a gun and stole her Lexus in broad daylight near Woodmore Town Center last week. The attack quickly became more than …

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Police said the suspect remained at large after the early Monday attack inside a North Brighton Street home. BURBANK, CA — A woman was killed and her adult daughter was critically injured after a predawn stabbing inside a single-family home in Burbank on Monday, authorities said, setting off a homicide investigation and a search for a suspect who had not been arrested by early Tuesday. The attack shook a quiet residential block and quickly drew …

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Police say two women were killed at an apartment complex, and a 45-year-old suspect now faces two first-degree murder charges. ARCADIA, FL — A woman pleaded for her life before she was fatally shot, and a second woman was killed while on the phone with 911 during a double homicide at an Arcadia apartment complex on April 17, according to a newly reported account of the case and jail records. The killings have shaken this …

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Police say the same group attacked two riders on a northbound train in Brooklyn within about 20 minutes early April 10. BROOKLYN, NY — New York police are asking for help identifying six people they say attacked two men on a northbound L train in Brooklyn early April 10, robbing one rider after using a Taser and threatening another with a knife before both victims escaped with non-life-threatening injuries. The case has drawn fresh attention …

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One vehicle overturned on Sunrise Boulevard, and officials said three children were among the injured. FORT LAUDERDALE, FL — Nine people were hurt after two minivans crashed just before 9 p.m. Sunday on West Sunrise Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, leaving one vehicle overturned and trapping some occupants inside, according to fire rescue officials. The crash drew a large emergency response late Sunday and sent all nine victims to Broward Health Medical Center. Fort Lauderdale Fire …

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Authorities said the athlete disappeared during the swim leg in Lake Woodlands before crews recovered the body hours later. THE WOODLANDS, TX — A participant in the Memorial Hermann IRONMAN Texas triathlon died Saturday after disappearing during the swim portion of the race in Lake Woodlands, prompting a large emergency response near Northshore Park and an investigation by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. The death cast a shadow over one of the region’s biggest endurance …

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Police say a black Jeep Grand Cherokee turned in front of 28-year-old Azariah Smith on Gull Road and the driver left before officers arrived. KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI — A woman who rushed to help a motorcyclist after a fatal hit-and-run on Gull Road said she held 28-year-old Azariah Smith in her arms and talked to him as paramedics were on the way after a black Jeep Grand Cherokee struck him Tuesday evening and sped off. …

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Deputies say the two women reached an apartment complex on Kuykendahl Road after gunfire erupted at another, still unknown location. HARRIS COUNTY, TX— One woman died and another was wounded after authorities found them with gunshot injuries early Sunday at a north Harris County apartment complex, where investigators say the victims had gone looking for help after a separate confrontation. Deputies were still trying Sunday to piece together where the shooting began, who opened fire …

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Authorities say the attacks wounded three people, may be gang-related and left two more suspects still being sought. IMPERIAL BEACH, CA — Three men were jailed this week on suspicion of taking part in a string of stabbings that wounded three people in Imperial Beach over four days, and investigators say they have identified two additional suspects who had not been arrested as of Friday. The arrests came after two men were stabbed on Saturday, …

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