The cold case murder of a 20-year-old Kansas woman 34 years ago was solved earlier this year using “cutting-edge” DNA technology, the Wichita Police Department announced in a Monday news conference. DNA evidence was collected after the Oct. 2, 1989, sexual assault and beating murder of Krista Martin, 20, but …
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Experts from national laboratories around the country have determined that an incompatible cocktail of nitrate salts and organic cat litter is to blame for a mishap that forced the closure of the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository. The independent technical team released its report Thursday. The …
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – State wildlife officials have tallied a record number of manatees in their annual survey of the endangered marine mammals. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said Monday that it counted 6,063 manatees this year. The state conducts the aerial surveys each year, depending on the weather. …
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TUNIS, Tunisia – Tunisia’s defense minister says the country has received a second C-130 military transport from the U.S. to help defend its frontiers and fight terrorism. During a ceremony Thursday at the Aouina airbase near the capital Tunis, Minister Ghazi Jribi welcomed U.S. assistance in facing the country’s security …
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Conservationists sued the federal government Friday over changes to a reintroduction program for the endangered Mexican gray wolf. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the first major changes to the program since 1998 earlier this week. Under them, wolves can roam a greater expanse of Arizona …
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NORTH HAVERHILL, N.H. – Lawyers for a woman who fled from New Hampshire with her then-8-year-old daughter a decade ago in a custody case want a judge to allow her defense to be that she was “acting in good faith to protect the child from real and imminent physical danger” …
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LOS ANGELES – Authorities say a Los Angeles police officer shot and wounded a 15-year-old boy in the back after spotting him in an alley standing near someone holding what appeared to be a gun. Sgt. Frank Preciado said early Thursday that what the officer thought was a weapon turned …
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SALISBURY, Mass. – Dog tags a U.S. soldier lost on a Massachusetts beach 70 years ago have been returned to his son at the same place. Zachariah Fike (FYKE), head of Vermont-based Purple Hearts Reunited, says the military ID belonged to World War II veteran Cpl. William Benn, who lost …
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NEW YORK – Running a jail can be even more expensive than previously thought. A study released Thursday by the New York-based nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice examined all costs associated with operating local lockups beyond budget line items. The authors found services such as providing inmate health care, programming …
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A driver has been injured in Texas after their car was struck by a small plane that overshot an airport’s runway while landing. Video captured of the incident over the weekend in McKinney, outside of Dallas, shows the plane crashing through a fence at the Aero Country Airport before colliding …
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