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Cop in NY shooting that left hostage dead faced split-second decisions
Patrol officers confronted with a hostage situation are taught to keep their distance if possible, set up a perimeter and wait for negotiators and SWAT teams to arrive.That scenario has a high success rate: FBI data show that in the vast majority of these volatile cases, the victim is released or rescued unharmed.Tragically, that's not how it unfolded early Friday on Long Island when, police say, ...
Florida mom alleges anti-gay bias after daughter expelled, arrested
A teenage girl in Florida faces criminal charges for an alleged sexual relationship with a 15-year-old female student in a case the defendants family says stems from anti-gay prejudice.Kaitlyn Hunt, 18, has been charged with two felony counts of lewd and lascivious battery of a child 12 to 16 years old related to conduct with a minor she met while they were both students at Sebastian River High...
Delayed by war, Class of 1943 finally holds senior prom
It took seven decades, but the Hillhouse High School Class of 1943 finally had its senior prom. Prom for members of the Greatest Generation was cancelled 70 years ago when the young men in the Connecticut school and across the country were called on to go defend the United States during World War II. But as of last Sunday, the high school rite of passage was no longer something these for...
Injured marathon bombing survivors' graduation walk a 'milestone' in recovery
Before she was seriously wounded in the Boston Marathon bombings, Brittany Loring didnt have to give much thought to her graduation walk.But on Monday, afterditching the single crutch she had been using during her recovery, she walked with a stiff limp to collect her diploma from Boston Colleges Carroll School of Management -- passing a milestone, she said, as she recovers from the horrible e...
5 killed after church van flips in southern Illinois
Five people were killed Monday when a church van carrying 11 passengers rolled over on Interstate 70 in southern Illinois, the Fayetteville County sheriffs office confirmed.It was unclear why the van, which had Maryland plates and was en route to the East Coast from California, flipped near Vandalia, Ill., about 70 miles northeast of St. Louis.No bad weather was reported in the area at the time o...
Character witness for Jodi Arias pulls out, citing threats and inner turmoil
A woman who planned to testify as a character witness for Jodi Arias in a bid to spare her life decided Monday that she couldnt go through with it, saying she had received death threats and was deeply conflicted about the case.Lawyers for Arias, who was convicted earlier this month of the frenzied murder of an ex-lover, quickly asked for a mistrial in the sentencing phase on the grounds that a wi...
Jodi Arias defense team says no witnesses in bid to spare her life
Lawyers for Jodi Arias, the woman convicted of the frenzied murder of an ex-lover in Arizona, said Monday they would not call witnesses to persuade jurors to spare her life.The lawyers made the announcement after a potential character witness for Arias, Patty Womack, decided not to testify, citing death threats.Arias lawyers asked for a mistrial in the sentencing phase of the case, but a judge de...
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