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Police say 19-year-old Edgar Hernandez died after a shooting at the Reflections apartment complex in northwest Fresno. FRESNO, CA — A 13-year-old boy was arrested after a shooting Tuesday night at a northwest Fresno apartment complex left 19-year-old Edgar Hernandez dead, police said. The case has drawn attention because of the suspect’s age, the death of a young man and the decision to book the boy on a manslaughter charge while detectives continue their investigation. …

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A 44-year-old man faces gun and drug charges as investigators test materials found in an Olney basement. PHILADELPHIA, PA — The FBI is helping Philadelphia police investigate a 44-year-old man after officers said they found fake federal IDs, guns, narcotics and a large amount of chemicals at a home in the city’s Olney section. The case began June 19 near Independence Mall and expanded into a search of a West Chew Avenue property that drew …

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Investigators said 14 people were involved in the late-night Lake Michigan crash. CHICAGO, IL — A 26-year-old woman died and several other people were seriously hurt after two recreational boats collided late Thursday near Monroe Harbor, setting off a large rescue response on Lake Michigan, authorities said Friday. Cook County officials identified the woman as Johanna H. Gregory, a Chicago resident from the West Loop. The crash involved 14 people aboard two boats that were …

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Officials said a gas line strike before the blast forced evacuations and left at least 15 families displaced. TWINSBURG TOWNSHIP, OH — A house exploded Thursday afternoon in a Twinsburg Township neighborhood after a gas line was struck, destroying three homes, damaging dozens of others and sending two people to hospitals, officials said. The blast hit the Woodlands area near Hiram Lane after firefighters responded to a reported gas leak. Local officials first reported three …

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Christopher Creek pleaded not guilty after cold case evidence tied him to Diane Ayres’ death. SAN DIEGO, CA — A Georgia prisoner has been extradited to San Diego and charged with murder in the 1999 strangulation of 23-year-old Diane Ayres, whose body was found in bushes near Balboa Park’s golf course, police said. The arrest gives new life to a case that sat unsolved for nearly 27 years. San Diego police said cold case detectives …

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Police said three relatives were shot to death during a birthday gathering in Millvale. CINCINNATI, OH — A Hamilton County judge set a $3 million bond Thursday for a 62-year-old man accused of killing three relatives during a birthday party last weekend in Cincinnati’s Millvale neighborhood. James Lewis is charged with three counts of murder in the deaths of Kenneth Burton, 38, Theresa Dudley, 53, and Brenea Burton, 41. Police said the shooting happened about …

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Officials said hundreds were killed or injured after two powerful quakes struck near Caracas. LA GUAIRA, VENEZUELA— Rescue crews, volunteers and relatives searched through collapsed buildings Thursday after two powerful earthquakes struck northern Venezuela, killing at least 235 people and injuring thousands near Caracas and along the country’s Caribbean coast. The disaster has become Venezuela’s deadliest earthquake crisis in more than a century, with the worst damage reported in La Guaira and nearby communities that …

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Prosecutors said hidden cameras recorded 23 men at Bolsa Chica State Beach over 11 months. SANTA ANA, CA — A former California State Parks superintendent was charged Wednesday with secretly recording nude lifeguards and other workers in an employee locker room at Bolsa Chica State Beach in Huntington Beach, prosecutors said. Kevin Pearsall, 59, of Long Beach, faces 31 criminal counts in a case that prosecutors said grew from the discovery of a USB device …

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Elizabeth Saavedra, 32, is being remembered as a mother, barber, dance instructor and community leader. GREENFIELD, CA — A Soledad mother of 4-year-old twins and daughter of a former mayor was killed with her boyfriend Monday night in a shooting at a Greenfield gas station, police and local officials said. Elizabeth Saavedra, 32, of Soledad, and Aldo Juan Mandujano, 26, of King City, died after gunfire erupted June 22 at the Fastrip Gas Station at …

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Maris Nichols faces 27 counts tied to alleged sexual misconduct involving Alexander High School students. DOUGLASVILLE, GA — Former Alexander High School biology teacher Maris Nichols was back in the Douglas County Jail on Thursday after a grand jury indictment expanded the criminal case against her and authorities accused her of violating bond conditions. Nichols now faces 27 counts tied to alleged sexual misconduct involving students at the Douglas County school. The charges include child …

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