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Active shooter incident at garlic festival in California

@bradpittshoe/Twitter(GILROY, Calif.) — There is an active shooting incident at a garlic festival in Gilroy, California, according to police. There is no immediate word on how many have been shot or the conditions of the victims.This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © 2019, ABC Radio. All rights reserved.

Vladimir Putin critic Alexey Navalny hospitalized with suspected poisoning, doctor says

AvigatorPhotographer/iStock(MOSCOW)– A doctor for Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, has suggested the activist has been poisoned after he was hospitalized Sunday after falling mysteriously ill in a Moscow jail. Navalny was taken by ambulance to the hospital early on Sunday morning from the jail with what authorities said was a “severe allergic reaction,” …

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Off-duty LAPD officer was trying to stop vandals when he fatally shot, sources say

Ershov_Maks/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — Investigators have been quiet about the events that led to the fatal shooting of an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer over the weekend, but sources with knowledge of the matter said he died after confronting a group of gang-affiliated vandals. Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore revealed that 24-year-old Juan Diaz …

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Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for Patrick Frazee in alleged murder of his fiancée, Kelsey Berreth

Worawee Meepian/iStock(DENVER) — The Colorado rancher charged with murdering his fiancée will not face the death penalty, the prosecutor’s office confirmed on Sunday. Prosecutors had a window of 90 days to file a death penalty motion after Patrick Frazee, who allegedly killed the woman he planned to marry, Kelsey Berreth, after he pleaded not guilty …

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New York City police officer dies from apparent suicide, 7th this year

duha127/iStock(NEW YORK) — An off-duty New York City police officer died over the weekend from an apparent suicide, the fifth NYPD officer to take his own life in the past two months and the seventh this year, officials said. The officer, whose name was not immediately released, was found dead on Saturday at his home …

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Funeral for ‘hero’ Italian officer Mario Cerciello Rega allegedly killed by US teens to be held where he was married

MasterLu/iStock(ROME)– A newlywed Italian police officer who authorities allege was stabbed repeatedly and killed in a confrontation with two American teenagers in Rome is set to be mourned on Monday at a funeral in the same church where he was married a little over a month ago. The slaying of Deputy Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega, …

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Next in line to be Puerto Rico’s governor says she doesn’t want the job

Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO) –The presumptive leader of Puerto Rico doesn’t want the job. Wanda Vazquez, the island’s secretary of justice, is next in line to become governor this coming Friday after current governor, Ricardo Rossello, leaves office after announcing his resignation earlier this week amid angry protests. But Vasquez said in a tweet on …

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‘Pink Lady Bandit’ on FBI’s radar following three bank robberies

krblokhin/iStockThe Pink Ladies in “Grease” were known for their iconic matching jackets, but now authorities are on the search for a different kind of namesake. The FBI is looking for a woman they’ve dubbed the “Pink Lady Bandit” because she allegedly carried a “distinctive pink handbag” to two of the three recent bank robberies in …

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Dad pleads not guilty at emotional court appearance after infant twins die in hot car

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Juan Rodriguez, the father of 1-year-old twins who died after he said he accidentally left them in his car all day while he was at work, made an emotional first court appearance on Saturday. The 39-year-old and his wife, Marissa, spent much of the proceedings in tears as he pleaded not guilty …

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Funeral held for 29-year-old black trans woman fatally shot in South Carolina

Denali Berries/Facebook(CHARLESTON, S.C.) — The family of the black transgender woman fatally shot in North Charleston, South Carolina buried the 29-year-old in a private ceremony on Saturday. The body of Denali Berries Stuckey was discovered in North Charleston last Saturday, police said. Her death was ruled a homicide and police have not yet identified a …

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