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Officials said the person jumped a perimeter fence before the aircraft struck them during takeoff. DENVER, CO — A Frontier Airlines jet bound for Los Angeles struck and killed a person on a Denver International Airport runway late Friday, forcing pilots to stop the aircraft and crews to evacuate passengers after an engine fire, airport officials said. The crash brought a sudden emergency to one of the nation’s busiest airports and opened a federal and …

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The imprisoned Sinaloa Cartel founder has sent new letters to a federal judge while officials say his communications remain a public safety concern. FLORENCE, CO — Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has renewed his request to be sent back to Mexico from a U.S. supermax prison, while federal officials allege he used contacts behind bars to send secret messages tied to cartel activity. Guzmán, the former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, is serving life in prison …

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Police and county inspectors are investigating the fatal fall at a Cherry Hill Road high-rise. COLLEGE PARK, MD — A young girl died Thursday night after falling from a high-rise apartment building in Prince George’s County, police said, prompting an investigation at a College Park complex where other children have fallen within the past year. Officers responded around 9 p.m. May 7 to the 9300 block of Cherry Hill Road after a report that a …

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Prosecutors say the 14-year-old was forced to prepare used clothing for online resale after being taken from northern Los Angeles County. LOS ANGELES, CA — A Thousand Oaks man has pleaded not guilty to charges that he labor-trafficked a 14-year-old Los Angeles County middle school student for an online resale business, prosecutors said. Brandon Holguin, 26, is accused of taking the boy from near his home in northern Los Angeles County, cutting him off from …

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Police said a gunman was critically wounded after shots were fired at several scenes near Old Town. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. — A series of early morning shootings near Old Town Scottsdale has renewed concern over short-term rentals after neighbors said a party at the Maya Condominiums may have been tied to the violence. The May 6 incident began with gunfire at a Circle K near Miller and Camelback roads and later spread to nearby homes and …

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Texas DPS said undercover officers posed online as children and teens during a three-day operation. BELTON, TX — Four Fort Hood soldiers were among 11 men arrested in Bell County after a three-day undercover operation targeting people accused of trying to solicit sex from minors online, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. The arrests place the case at the center of a joint state, local and military investigation in Central Texas. DPS said its …

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Deputies said a security guard shot the suspected gunman after two men were wounded outside Le Palace. ORLANDO, FL — Three men were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries Wednesday after a shooting outside Le Palace nightclub in Orange County, where deputies said a security guard returned fire and struck the suspected gunman. The shooting brought a large law enforcement response to South Orange Blossom Trail before dawn and opened a criminal investigation into what led to …

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Deputies say the suspects followed the bus before gunfire broke out near Brownfields and Cooper drives. BATON ROUGE, LA — Three young relatives were arrested after a Northeast High School student was shot Tuesday afternoon while getting off a school bus in East Baton Rouge Parish, sheriff’s officials said. The shooting brought a police response to the Brownfields area shortly before 3 p.m. May 5 and left the student with injuries officials described as not …

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Court records say the defendant had 28 arrests, 13 convictions and nine active warrants. SEATTLE, WA — A 36-year-old Seattle man was charged Wednesday with first-degree rape and second-degree kidnapping after police said he forced a 15-year-old girl from a Northgate bus stop into nearby woods and sexually assaulted her Monday morning. Joshua V. Kowalczewski is being held in the King County Jail on $1 million bail as prosecutors point to both the seriousness of …

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Authorities say the 2025 crash killed a Bristol motorcyclist and injured another rider. ALLENTOWN, PA— A woman accused of driving drunk the wrong way on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and killing a motorcyclist in Lehigh County was arrested Wednesday in Northeast Philadelphia, more than a year after the crash, authorities said. Onanyeli Rosario-Mesa, of Allentown, is charged in the March 30, 2025, crash that killed 50-year-old John Joseph Sweeney Jr., of Bristol. The case moved forward …

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