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People are blurring their homes on Google Maps to deter burglars. Here’s how.

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.) -- Some homeowners in Southern California are blurring their homes on Google Maps as a means of deterring potential burglaries, Ryan Railsback, an officer in the Riverside Police Department, told ABC News.The tactic could reduce the likelihood of a robbery by denying would-be wrongdoers useful information about the value of one's possessions and any security measures in place to protect them, Railsback said."The crooks are looking for new and innovative ways to victimize people," Railsback […]

todayAugust 21, 2024

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3 arrested for alleged acid attack on New Jersey woman

Monroe Township Police Department(WILLIAMSTOWN, N.J.) -- Three Florida residents have been arrested after they were hired for an alleged acid attack on a woman in New Jersey last month, officials said Tuesday.Police responded to a home in Monroe Township on July 26, where a 42-year-old woman was attacked upon arriving home from work, according to the Gloucester County, New Jersey, Prosecutor's Office."As the victim opened her car door, she was approached by an unknown female who threw a cup and […]

todayAugust 21, 2024

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Texas could experience more than a week of record heat

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Texas has been baking in record heat since the weekend, and Wednesday will be no exception. Another day of record highs is possible.Houston was one of the cities in Texas that hit the hottest day of the year on Tuesday, reaching 102 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the National Weather Service.Several Texas cities either tied or broke heat records on Tuesday. Del Rio hit 108 degrees; 104 degrees in Borger; 102 degrees in Amarillo and Corpus Christi; […]

todayAugust 21, 2024

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Human bones found in Brooklyn park for 2nd time this week

Noam Galai/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Human bones were found in a Brooklyn park along the shore of the East River for the second time in a week, according to the New York Police Department.Police responded to a 911 report of a body found at Jane's Carousel early Wednesday, and determined the civilian discovered skeletal remains on the rocks along the shore, the NYPD said.The discovery came two days after police responded to another report of a found body part near […]

todayAugust 21, 2024

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There was once an ancient ocean filled with magma on the moon, scientists say

Getty Images -STOCK/Alex Dean(NEW YORK) -- There was once a magma-filled ocean on the south pole of the moon, scientists recently discovered after analyzing lunar soil that revealed ancient information about the moon's origin.The study of soil taken from a less-studied region of the moon suggests the presence of remnants of a former ocean of magma, according to a study published Wednesday in Nature.The researchers analyzed lunar soil extracted from high-latitude regions on the southern portion of the moon -- […]

todayAugust 21, 2024

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Judge rules transgender teen can temporarily play on girls’ soccer team amid new law

Getty Images - STOCK/Thomas Roche(PLYMOUTH, N.H.) -- When the girls' soccer team at Plymouth Regional High School in New Hampshire began practice on Monday to prepare for the start of the official season on Aug. 30, transgender athlete Parker Tirrell was able to join her teammates.That's what a federal judge ruled on Monday after the families of two transgender teens -- 15-year-old Tirrell and 14-year-old Iris Turmelle -- filed a lawsuit Friday, days before a new law went into effect […]

todayAugust 21, 2024

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Mother arrested in Texas after baby dies in hot car

Corpus Christi Police Department(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas.) -- A Texas mother was taken into custody Tuesday after police alleged her 22-month-old child died when she left the infant in a car outside a Corpus Christi school on one of the hottest days of the year.The mother, 33-year-old Hilda Ann Adame, was jailed on charges of causing serious bodily injury to a child and child endangerment/abandonment with imminent bodily injury, according to a Corpus Christi Police Department incident report.It was not clear […]

todayAugust 21, 2024

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Woman nearly bitten by tiger after hopping fence at New Jersey zoo, video shows

Getty Images - STOCK/Alvaro Iglesias Martin(BRIDGETON, N.J.) -- Police are seeking a woman who hopped a fence surrounding a tiger enclosure at a New Jersey zoo.Video of the incident showed the unidentified woman reaching through the enclosure's fence at the Cohanzick Zoo in Bridgeton.The woman can be seen attempting to pet the animal, then jumping back when it appears to momentarily become aggressive."A female at the Cohanzick Zoo went over the wooden fence at the tiger enclosure and began enticing […]

todayAugust 21, 2024

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How Americans feel about book bans, restrictions: survey

Diyosa Carter/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As schools and libraries across the country face record-breaking attempts to remove books from shelves, most Americans are opposed to book restrictions in public schools, according to a new survey.In 2023, the American Library Association (ALA) documented 4,240 unique book titles targeted for censorship, as well as 1,247 demands to censor library books, materials and resources.The targeting of unique book titles increased by 65% from 2022 to 2023, reaching the highest level ever documented by […]

todayAugust 21, 2024

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