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2 Americans confess to stabbing police officer to death, authorities say

Vmargineanu/iStock(ROME) — Two American teenagers have confessed to fatally stabbing a police officer in Rome on Friday, according to authorities. Deputy Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega was allegedly killed by the two Americans shortly after they had stolen a backpack from an Italian man and then tried to extort the victim for “100 euros and 1 …

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2 dead, US water polo players injured in balcony collapse at Korean nightclub

Vmargineanu/iStock(NEW YORK) — At least two people are dead, and several others injured, including members of USA Water Polo, after a balcony collapsed at a nightclub hosting U.S. athletes in Gwangju, South Korea, which is currently hosting the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, according to several reports. USA Water Polo announced on its Twitter feed that …

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Father charged with homicide after accidentally leaving infants in hot car: Police

Vmargineanu/iStock(NEW YORK) — The father of infant twins has been charged with homicide after the pair was discovered dead inside a car in the Bronx Friday afternoon, New York City police said. Police are investigating whether the twins died from heat exposure. Investigators said the father, identified as Juan Rodriguez, told them that he accidentally …

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Canadian manhunt goes door-to-door amid sightings of teen murder suspects

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police(NEW YORK) — Canadian authorities have zeroed in on a remote, swampy area in their nationwide manhunt for two teenage boys suspected of killing three people. Officials with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said there have been two “established and corroborated sightings” of Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, near …

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A 73-year-old man and his 2 dogs survived 4 days lost in the Oregon desert

Tomas Quinones(PORTLAND, Ore.) —   A 73-year-old man was rescued by a mountain biker after he was lost for four days with his two dogs in Oregon’s remote high desert, authorities said. After Gregory Randolph’s Jeep became stuck in a narrow canyon on July 14, he trekked about 14 miles through rough terrain with one of …

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Chicago schools had three complaints of sexual misconduct a day, inspector general says

iStock/Willowpix(CHICAGO) — During the last school year in Chicago, there were about three complaints of sexual misconduct a day, much of it “leering, creepy or other concerning behavior,” according to the inspector general for Chicago Public Schools. The inspector general presented a report to the Board of Education this week that uncovered 458 allegations of …

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Judge signs protective order over materials feds to turn over to jailed financier Jeffrey Epstein

Christine Cornell(NEW YORK) — Federal prosecutors in New York overseeing the case against millionaire Jeffrey Epstein are preparing to hand over highly-sensitive investigative material to the financier’s defense attorneys after a federal judge on Friday granted the government’s request to place a protective order on the documents. Prosecutors sought the order because, they said in …

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Police searching for thieves who made off with over $30M worth of gold, precious metals at Brazil airport

iStock/daboost(SAO PAULO, Brazil) —  Police in Brazil are poring over a surveillance video in hopes of identifying a group of thieves who stole gold and other precious metals from Sao Paulo’s airport. At least six men with their faces covered disguised as federal police and heavily armed entered the cargo terminal at Sao Paulo-Guarulhos International …

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DC-area church offers mother of three from El Salvador sanctuary

iStock/ZekaG(WASHINGTON) —  Rosa Gutierrez Lopez fled violence in her home country of El Salvador to come to the United States 13 years ago – but last December, she chose to take refuge inside a Maryland church to avoid deportation. Gutierrez Lopez, a mother of three, now faces an uncertain future along with her three children …

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Amazon Prime’s one-day shipping cuts into 2Q profits

iStock/jetcityimage(NEW YORK) —  Amazon’s investment into one-day shipping for Prime customers cost the company its record-breaking profit streak. The retail leviathan said the investment into one-day shipping cost more than the $800 million it had planned to spend in the second quarter. “It does create a shock to the system,” Amazon’s chief financial officer (CFO) …

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