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June 27, 2024

Rescuers work to retrieve 3 bodies discovered on Japan's Mount Fuji

Three bodies were discovered in a crater at the summit of Mount Fuji. One body has been retrieved, while efforts to recover the remaining two are on hold due to bad weather.

June 27, 2024

Illinois police officers will not be charged in deadly shooting of unarmed man in his home

Illinois police officers will not face charges in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in a dark bedroom in his apartment, a shooting in which an officer claimed self-defense.

June 27, 2024

South Carolina lawmaker wants police trucks banned from beaches after woman fatally hit: ‘it’s indefensible’

Police in South Carolina have cut back their use of patrol trucks on beaches after a 66-year-old woman was fatally killed by an officer driving a Ford Ranger earlier this month.

June 27, 2024

Indiana seeks to carry out first execution in 15 years after obtaining lethal injection drug

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb said the state will resume executions for the first time since 2009, as he seeks the execution of a man convicted for killing four people in 1997.

June 27, 2024

Texas executes Ramiro Gonzales for 2001 murder, rape of 18-year-old woman

Ramiro Gonzales was executed by lethal injection more than 20 years after he kidnapped, raped and killed 18-year-old Bridget Townsend.

June 26, 2024

South Carolina lawmaker wants police trucks banned from beaches following fatal hit

State Rep. William Bailey, a South Carolina Republican, wants police trucks banned from beaches after a woman was fatally hit at Myrtle Beach.

June 26, 2024

Illegal immigrant who allegedly shot 2 NYPD officers at 'point-blank range' indicted on 20 charges

An illegal migrant from Venezuela was indicted on Wednesday after he allegedly shot two New York City police officers this month.

June 26, 2024

Missouri woman laced her husband's Mountain Dew with weed killer, insecticide: police

A Missouri woman allegedly spiked her husband’s Mountain Dew with weed killer, and reportedly said she did it because he did not show appreciation for the birthday party she threw for him.

June 26, 2024

Vermont agrees to $175K payout over arrest of man who flipped off trooper

Vermont will pay $175,000 over the arrest of Gregory Bombard, who was criminally charged for giving a state trooper the middle finger in 2018, according to the state's ACLU chapter.

June 26, 2024

New Jersey mother accused of drowning her 2 young children, stabbing 1

A mother in Lakewood, New Jersey, was arrested on murder charges Tuesday after she allegedly drowned her 1-year-old and 3-year-old children.