PRESTONSBURG, Ky. – A state judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging an eastern Kentucky lawyer contributed to a man’s suicide after he lost his federal disability benefits. WYMT-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1EbXgRT ) that Floyd County Circuit Judge Thomas Smith dismissed the case Friday. Emma Burchett sued attorney Eric Conn …
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TYLER, Texas – An East Texas man who pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend has been sentenced to life — in matrimony. KLTV-TV (http://bit.ly/1gQzs1e ) reports 21-year-old Josten Bundy pleaded guilty on July 2 to assault with bodily injury for a February fistfight with the ex-boyfriend of 19-year-old Elizabeth …
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HASTINGS, Minn. – A national right-to-die group is due to be sentenced for its involvement in a Minnesota woman’s suicide in 2007. Final Exit Network was convicted of assisting the suicide of 57-year-old Doreen Dunn, plus a lesser charge of interfering with a death scene. The group faces a maximum …
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NEW YORK – The Nissan NV200 minivan is now the new standard for New York City’s yellow cabs. The new design, known as the Taxi of Tomorrow, was unveiled on Tuesday. The New York Times (http://nyti.ms/1KoTzAv ) reports that it’ll be phased in as owners retire their cabs. Some owners …
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PABLO, Mont. – Two Native American tribes in Montana have taken over ownership of a dam after a late legal challenge that sought to stop the transfer failed. The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes held a celebration Saturday in Pablo to commemorate the official takeover of the dam. The tribes …
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LEXINGTON, N.C. – A judge says a boy who was found handcuffed to the porch of his legal guardian’s house with a dead chicken around his neck two years ago can return to his mother. WBTV-TV in Charlotte reports (http://bit.ly/1ixQUbw) a Davidson County, North Carolina, judge ruled Wednesday that the …
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A Columbia University student was among five people killed Friday when a tour bus returning from Niagara Falls rolled over on a rural stretch of Interstate 90 of the New York State Thruway in upstate New York, according to authorities. In a statement to Fox News Digital, Columbia University said …
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A Venezuelan national wanted for attempted femicide in a Russian roulette-style attack has been arrested in Texas, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said Monday. ICE identified the suspect as 31-year-old Raul Enrique Pargas Rodriguez, who was wanted on a Venezuelan warrant for allegedly torturing and trying to kill a …
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Chaos erupted at Miami International Airport early Tuesday when a woman from England allegedly snatched a 4-year-old boy from his mother at a checkpoint, clung to him, and refused to let go—while insisting the child was hers, according to deputies. Alvina Omisiri Agba, 23, is charged with interference with custody …
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Christian minister Edward “Ted” Barham says he will not respond with hate after Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud told him he was “not welcome” during a heated city council exchange over a controversial honorary street sign naming that went viral. In a new interview with Fox News Digital, Barham said the …
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