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Police: 4-year-old picks up father’s gun, shoots him and herself
MILWAUKEE (WITI) — Milwaukee police said a 4-year-old girl picked up her father’s handgun on Sunday, and accidentally shot him and herself. The incident happened near 61st Street and Morgan Avenue around 10:15 a.m. Sunday, according to WITI. The girl and her father were treated at an area hospital and were expected to recover from injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening. Police said the 33-year-old father of the 4-year-old girl lied to police about the circumstances surrounding the shooting […]
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Spain will exhume and move former dictator Franco’s remains this week
It is an issue that has divided Spanish opinion for decades, but the remains of fascist dictator Gen. Francisco Franco will be exhumed and relocated on Thursday, Spain’s government said Monday. Franco was buried in a grand mausoleum called the Valley of the Fallen, northwest of Madrid, soon after his death in 1975. The monument, which was partially built by political prisoners of his regime and is the site of a mass grave of Spanish Civil War victims, has since become a draw […]
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Orionid meteor shower will peak early Tuesday morning
The Orionid meteor shower will peak on Monday and Tuesday, sprinkling remnants of Halley’s Comet in Earth’s atmosphere to create a dazzling display. This meteor shower may not be the most spectacular of the year, but it delights in other ways. The Orionids appear each year between October 2 and November 7, according to the American Meteor Society. The peak occurs when the Earth passes through a debris stream left by the Comet Halley as we intersect it’s orbit each year at this time. […]
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Police say man named Tupac Shakur pulled knife on them during arrest
Police in Tennessee arrested a man named Tupac A. Shakur, 40, after they say he pulled a knife on them and was found with methamphetamine. Officers with the Johnson City Police Department, about 25 minutes from Bristol, received calls Friday about Shakur who had active warrants for his arrest from another department, according to a news release from Johnson police. When officers arrived at the scene, they saw a car with Shakur inside. Officers attempted to arrest Shakur, but he pulled away […]
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Walmart recalls more than 6,000 pounds of frozen meat because of possible salmonella contamination
More than 6,400 pounds of a Walmart brand’s frozen meat have been recalled for possible salmonella contamination. George’s Prepared Foods, the company that produces Walmart’s Great Value frozen, fully cooked meat, said that the products were meant to be disposed of after a small group of them tested positive for salmonella but were accidentally shipped nationwide. The following products are subject to recall, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service: Great Value Fully Cooked Original Pork Sausage Patties, 24.92-oz […]
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Largest indoor theme park in North America to open in New Jersey
All your favorite Nickelodeon characters are coming to New Jersey. Nickelodeon Universe, which at 8.5 acres will be the largest indoor theme park in North America, will open on October 25 at the American Dream mall in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The park features more than 35 rides, roller coasters and attractions. Nickelodeon characters such as SpongeBob, Dora The Explorer and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be at the mall to meet. The roller coasters include one named the Shellraiser, […]
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California police detain man in MAGA hat after protesters pepper-sprayed
Los Angeles, CA — Video shows a man in a MAGA hat being detained after a crowd of Trump protestors and supporters were sent screaming and running on the Santa Monica Pier after at least one person pepper-sprayed the crowd Saturday. A witness who is a KTLA employee caught the incident on camera. The Santa Monica Police Department said they received reports that a young man pepper-sprayed four or six people at the pier at about 1:20 p.m. It’s unclear […]
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The ‘Joker’ stairs might be New York’s latest tourist attraction
Are the “Joker” stairs the new “Rocky” stairs? Maybe. Fans of the “Joker,” which hit theaters earlier this month, are taking photos in front of those stairs. You know the ones. Joker, portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix, dances down the stairs as Gary Glitter’s “Rock and Roll Part 2” plays in the background. The scene is done so well, it’s even become a widely used GIF. And it seems like those stairs, which connect Shakespeare and Anderson avenues at West 167th […]
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Security guard fired for telling student not to call him n-word
MADISON, Wis. – An African American security guard told a student to stop calling him the n-word. It cost him his job. Marlon Anderson was a security guard at Madison West High School in Wisconsin. Last Wednesday, he was called in to help the assistant principal escort a student from school grounds, he told CNN. The student was resisting, including yelling and pushing the principal. Anderson called for backup, and the student started yelling expletives at him, including the racial […]
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Woman pleads guilty to killing another woman in ‘botched butt injection procedure,’ district attorney says
A woman has pleaded guilty to negligent homicide after performing a cosmetic surgery that killed a 34-year-old Maryland woman, attorneys say. Donna Francis, who is not a licensed nurse or physician, was performing a buttocks enhancement procedure on the woman in May 2015, when the victim went into cardiac arrest, a statement from John M. Ryan, acting district attorney for Queens County in New York, said. Francis, 39, operated from the basement of a Queens home, used a massage table […]
