Are schools and colleges dangerous places, with lots of gun violence? Some groups paint a picture of these places being particularly unsafe. Supposedly both murders and firearm suicides are very common at educational institutions. Last Wednesday, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s two groups, Moms Demand Gun Sense in America …
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SEATTLE – A Washington state man who police say drove his girlfriend’s body to a psychiatric hospital and told staff he killed her has a court hearing Wednesday. Police say 29-year-old Attila Richards told employees at Western State Hospital on Sunday that he had killed his girlfriend and needed help. …
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – The search for a missing 3-year-old boy ended Friday where it began a day earlier, inside a Florida home where the child’s body was discovered in what police called an “obscured” location. Hollywood Police Chief Frank Fernandez offered few details during a Friday morning news conference that …
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NOWATA, Okla. – Authorities say two people are in custody and a manhunt is underway in southeastern Kansas after an Oklahoma police officer was shot in the head during a pursuit. South Coffeyville Police Chief Wade Lamb tells the Tulsa World (http://bit.ly/1KBPuaZ ) that when an officer tried to pull …
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A Wisconsin jury convicted a woman Tuesday of fatally poisoning her friend’s water with eye drops before stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from her. Jurors in Waukesha County deliberated for 11 hours before finding Jessy Kurczewski guilty of first-degree intentional homicide and two counts of theft in the death …
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The body found stuffed inside a suitcase floating in Northern California’s Lake Merritt last month has been identified as authorities ask the public for help in solving the gruesome homicide. Gabriel Gomez Raymundo, 23, was the victim found just before 11:00 a.m. on Oct. 31, the Oakland Police Department announced …
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A stampede at a military stadium has left at least 37 people dead in Republic of Congo after large crowds of young people responded to a recruitment appeal, authorities said Tuesday. The Congolese Armed Forces Command later announced that all recruitment operations have been suspended in Brazzaville until further notice …
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A uniformed U.S. Park Police officer was involved in a shooting Wednesday afternoon at 12th and M Street in Northwest D.C., authorities say. DC Fire and EMS spokesperson Vito Maggiolo said a call came in around 2:30 p.m. for two people shot. A U.S. Park Police officer was injured in …
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Authorities in Washington state who discovered two bodies on a military base believe the remains belong to a local couple who have been missing since last month. “Sadly, we believe Davido and Karen Koep have been located based on the preliminary investigation,” the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office said in a …
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A Pennsylvania doctor allegedly tried setting fire to a home belonging to the grandmother of a woman who was dating her ex-boyfriend. Dr. Amy Cohen, 35, allegedly set fire to the front porch of a home in the Philadelphia suburb of Lower Merion, FOX Philadelphia reported. INFANT ABDUCTED OUTSIDE DELAWARE …
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