A New Jersey gym teacher was jailed after a former student detailed their sexual relationship that spanned his high school career. Former Bridgewater-Raritan High School teacher Lydia Pinto, 38, was charged Nov. 8 with first-degree aggravated sexual assault and two counts of second-degree sexual assault. She was arrested without incident. …
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An Alabama couple was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison after being convicted of abusing their foster child, who suffered a skull fracture and brain bleed, a prosecutor says. Russell County District Attorney Rick Chancey said the life sentences were handed down against April and John McDowell, both 32, of …
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Despite multiple failed drug tests, a judge rejected a request by prosecutors Thursday to revoke the bond of the mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in Virginia as she awaits sentencing on a federal weapons charge that she used marijuana while possessing a firearm. U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas …
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A Georgia couple got a scary surprise recently after they discovered a 4-foot ball python living in their front yard. “Definitely was not expecting a python, I was like that definitely doesn’t belong there,” homeowner Ellen Snyder said of unwanted guest at their suburban Atlanta home. While the snake isn’t …
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MADISON, Wis. – Two girls accused of stabbing a classmate in a southeastern Wisconsin park to please a fantasy character called Slender Man will find out this week whether they will be tried on attempted homicide charges. A preliminary hearing for the two Waukesha girls is set to begin Monday …
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SATELLITE BEACH, Fla. – Rescuers working late into the night freed 19 manatees who were stuck in a storm drain in central Florida. Capt. Jay Dragon of the Satellite Beach Fire Department said early Tuesday that the 19 manatees were all alive and were returned to the Indian River Lagoon …
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The chancellor of a university in Wisconsin has been fired for producing and starring in pornographic videos with his wife. Former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow was canned Wednesday through a vote at a closed-door meeting of the university regents after it was discovered he was making pornography …
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A Florida man arrested by authorities is accused of trying to kidnap a child from a Lehigh Acres Walmart store on Friday. Pablo Pintueles Hernandez was charged with false imprisonment of a child 13 years old and under, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. Police say that Pintueles Hernandez …
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MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Salman Rushdie’s plans to publish a book about a 2022 attempt on his life may delay the trial of his alleged attacker, which is scheduled to begin next week, attorneys said Tuesday. Hadi Matar, the man charged with repeatedly stabbing Rushdie as the author was being …
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HAVANA – Cuban and U.S. diplomats have formally launched the process of normalizing the relationship between the two countries. Small teams of negotiators met Friday in Havana as a steering committee charged with setting the agenda for talks on topics ranging from environmental cooperation to compensation for American properties confiscated …
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