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Attorney killed during Mexico vacation while celebrating wedding anniversary

A 33-year-old California attorney was killed in Mexico while celebrating his first wedding anniversary with his wife, who works as a fellow public defender. In a statement to the Orange County Register, county Public Defender Martin Schwarz confirmed that Elliot Blair died on Saturday. He died at at Rosarito Beach, just south of the northern border with the US at Tijuana. Local media reported that Blair died after falling from a room at the Las …

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Postal worker stabbed to death while walking home after her shift

There are new details emerging about the arrest of the man who stabbed a Postal Service worker to death. In an interview with reporters, the victim’s son shared insight into the events that took place surrounding her murder. As he pointed out the stretch of West Oakland road where his mother took her last breath, Miles Spruill had tears in his eyes. He shared, “she thought about me first… she thought about me first and …

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College football player and staff member killed suddenly in fatal car crash

The University of Georgia football team’s football player Devin Willock and its staff member Chandler LeCroy were killed in a single car crash early Sunday. Their untimely death took place just hours after their team celebrated its national championship with a victory parade and celebration. At the time of the crash, Willock, 20, and LeCroy, 24, were two of four people in the vehicle. The collision occurred around 2:45 am on Sunday. The 2021 Ford …

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Man nearly killed by boulder that crushed his car during a rockslide

During a near-death experience, a man recounts narrowly avoiding being crushed by a boulder. It was Tuesday afternoon when Mauricio Henao received a phone call from his parked car in Malibu, California. Leaving the car, he heard massive rocks tumbling down the hillside as he took the call. “I just heard loud crashes,” said Henao, according to CNN affiliate KTLA. “And I ran out and saw my car just crushed.” Photos of the incident depict …

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Paramedics face murder charges for allegedly smothering patient to death

According to court documents, two paramedics in Illinois are facing murder charges after a patient died from positional asphyxiation in December. According to a news release from the Springfield Police Department, police requested medical assistance for a 911 caller suffering hallucinations. The medical emergency occurred due to alcohol withdrawal at a home in Springfield on December 18. There were two respondents: paramedics Peggy Finley, 44, and Peter Cadigan, 50. In the body camera footage released …

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Family grieves 9-year-old girl who died in tragic house fire

Family members of a 9-year-old girl killed in a Brooklyn house fire are “broken” and dealing with the “new norm,” the girl’s uncle said. “This is day one after the aftermath of the fire, we’re rolling with the punches, taking the days as they come,” said 36-year-old Joseph Thompson. Workers were walling off the charred Brownsville home that was engulfed in flames. He continued by sharing, “family is shocked by the blow of this tragedy, …

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Flight attendant caught smuggling drugs onto the plane

The 41-year-old flight attendantTerese White was supposed to travel to Boston. However, she ended up in police custody instead. When White flew from Dallas to San Diego last October as a Mesa Airlines flight attendant. In between flights, she left the SoCal airport and returned later that day to fly from San Diego to Boston. According to her plea agreement, Dallas resident White attempted to pass through the TSA’s Known Crew Member queue – which …

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Severe storms rip through southern states, leaving several dead

As search and recovery efforts continued in the South on Friday, the aftermath of a series of severe storms has been devastating. Storms and tornadoes swept through the region, ripping roofs off homes and disrupting power to thousands of residents. There were at least seven fatalities in Alabama’s Autauga County, and two in Georgia – including a 5-year-old boy. At least 37 preliminary tornado reports were recorded in these states, as well as Kentucky. All …

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Semi-truck accident kills several victims in devastating collision

A Phoenix family confirms a loved one perished in a violent accident on Interstate 10 this past Thursday morning. According to Nikki Johnson, she lost her partner, Ryan Gooding, in an early morning semi-truck accident. It was a morning Johnson will never forget. “This is my worst nightmare,” said the woman. “I got a text from his front desk administrative assistant and they said Ryan didn’t come in today and that was at 11.” She …

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Caretaker arrested after a 4-year-old girl goes missing on her watch

In Oklahoma, investigators arrested a 4-year-old’s caretaker on Thursday in connection with her disappearance. On Tuesday, a postal carrier found the girl’s 5-year-old sister wandering near her home and alerted the police. Because of this, authorities determined that 4-year-old Athena Brownfield was missing. Alysia Adams, 31, was arrested on Thursday by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) on two counts of child neglect. Athena and her sister initially disappeared from the home while they …

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