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Suspect arrested for attempted murder after allegedly shooting neighbor amid dispute

ABCNews.com(MINNEAPOLIS, Mn)  Police in Minneapolis arrested a man early Monday morning on charges of second-degree attempted murder for allegedly shooting his neighbor following a year-long dispute.The arrest came after an intense standoff between a SWAT team and the suspect, 54-year-old John Herbert Sawchak, who surrendered peacefully on Monday, according to police.Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, whose office is prosecuting the case, confirmed to ABC News on Monday that Sawchak is in custody and is being held on suspicion of second-degree […]

todayOctober 28, 2024

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‘Offensive’ Latino, Puerto Rico jokes at Trump MSG rally launch wave of criticism

Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK CITY) -- Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe came under fire for comments made about Latinos and Puerto Rico at former President Donald Trump's Sunday campaign rally in New York City's Madison Square Garden.After making a vulgar joke about how Latinos "love making babies," Hinchcliffe later turned to the Caribbean island."I don't know if you guys know this, but there's literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it's […]

todayOctober 28, 2024

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California police sergeant ‘ambushed’ by gunman linked to homicide: Officials

Fresno Police Department(FRESNO, Calif.) -- A Central California police sergeant was in a hospital recovering from bullet wounds Monday after he was "ambushed" over the weekend by a gunman who was killed in a subsequent shoot-out and later linked to a homicide victim found inside a residence, authorities said.The shooting unfolded on Saturday in Fresno after the sergeant and two patrol officers were dispatched to investigate a ShotSpotter gunshot detection call at about 5:23 p.m., according to Fresno Interim Police Chief Mindy […]

todayOctober 28, 2024

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Ballot box set on fire with incendiary device in Portland, Oregon: Police

Portland Police Bureau(PORTLAND, Ore.) -- A ballot box in Portland, Oregon, was set on fire with an incendiary device Monday, police said.Portland police responded to reports of a fire at a ballot box around 3:30 a.m. local time on Monday. Security personnel who worked in the area were able to extinguish the fire, police said."Officers determined an incendiary device was placed inside the ballot box and used to ignite the fire," the Portland Police Bureau said in a statement.The bureau's […]

todayOctober 28, 2024

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Vice President Harris marks 6 years since “unspeakable” Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

Jeff Swensen/Getty Images(PITTSBURG,, P.A.) -- Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday commemorated six years since the deadly shooting at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue."This unspeakable act – fueled by antisemitic hate – was the deadliest attack on the American Jewish community in our Nation’s history," Harris said in a statement, in part.On Oct. 27, 2018, a white supremacist gunman opened fire inside the synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood, killing 11 people and wounding six others during Shabbat services.In her […]

todayOctober 27, 2024

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NASA astronaut who had ‘medical issue’ released from hospital

Joe Raedle/Getty Images(PENSACOLA, Fla.) -- A NASA astronaut who experienced a "medical issue" following the successful Space X Crew-8 mission has been released from the hospital, NASA officials said Saturday."After an overnight stay at Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola in Florida, the NASA astronaut was released and returned to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston Saturday. The crew member is in good health and will resume normal post-flight reconditioning with other crew members," NASA said in a statement.NASA has not publicly […]

todayOctober 26, 2024

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Ex-model who accused Trump of groping her in 1990s says Epstein mentioned Trump ‘every time we spoke’

Davidoff Studios/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model who has accused former President Donald Trump of groping her in front of Jeffrey Epstein in the early 1990s is offering more details about what she claims she observed about Epstein's relationship with the current presidential candidate and what she says Epstein told her."I would say that he talked about having just seen Donald or having just done something, I mean, every time we spoke," Stacey Williams, who worked […]

todayOctober 25, 2024

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Judge declines to reconsider criminal charges for Alec Baldwin in fatal ‘Rust’ shooting

Ramsay de Give-Pool/Getty Images(SANTA FE, N.M.) A New Mexico judge has declined to reconsider criminal charges against Alec Baldwin over the fatal shooting on the set of “Rust” in October 2021."Because the State's Amended Motion raises arguments previously made, and arguments that the State elected not to raise earlier, the Court does not find the Amended Motion well taken," the decision said.The court dismissed the state's application to reinstate involuntary manslaughter charges that were thrown out in July after it was learned […]

todayOctober 25, 2024

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Delphi suspect went to police 3 days after the murders, but he ‘fell in the cracks’ for years: Sheriff

Alex Perez/ABC News, Files(DELPHI, Ind.) -- Delphi, Indiana, double murder suspect Richard Allen self-reported being at the crime scene in the days after the killings, but the tip sheet "fell in the cracks," leaving him "hiding in plain sight" in the small town for years, the sheriff told the jury at Allen's trial.Best friends Libby German, 14, and Abby Williams, 13, were walking along a Delphi hiking trail when they were killed on the afternoon of Feb. 13, 2017. Allen, a Delphi resident, was […]

todayOctober 25, 2024

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