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October 20, 2023

Florida man gets year in federal prison for trying to run down 6 Black men in pickup truck

David Emanuel, 62, of northern Florida, has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for attempting to run down six Black men in his pickup truck.

October 20, 2023

Florida man convicted of killing wife who declined to appear on 'house flipping' show

David Tronnes of Orlando has been convicted of murdering his wife, Shanti Cooper-Tronnes, after she refused to appear on "Zombie House Flipping."

October 20, 2023

Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, indicted alongside Trump, pleads guilty in Georgia election case

Pro-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro pleaded guilty Friday to a felony charge stemming from his attempt to overturn the former president's 2020 election loss in Georgia.

October 20, 2023

Florida road crew unearths unusual find from 1800s in highway

A Florida road crew found a shipwreck — estimated to date back to the 1800s — buried about eight to 10 feet under a highway during routine construction work.

October 20, 2023

Virginia euthanizes 40K trout after testing finds parasitic whirling disease

The Commonwealth of Virginia euthanized 40,000 catchable-sized trout, wildlife experts said this week, after they were affected by a disease native to Europe.

October 20, 2023

Joran van der Sloot's whirlwind plea deal: 'He won the game,' but family accepts closure

Joran van der Sloot's plea deal to extortion and fraud included confessing to killing Natalee Holloway in 2005 – but no murder charges for her death.

October 20, 2023

Meet the American who gave us Nashville hot chicken, Thornton Prince, man of many passions

Thornton Prince was a legendary Nashville lothario who was served a plate of insanely hot fried chicken as revenge by a crossed lover. It's now known as Nashville hot chicken.

October 19, 2023

Virginia au pair charged in man's murder at home of double homicide: police

Fairfax County, Virginia, police announced after a seven-month investigation the arrest of a live-in au pair in the murder of a man at the home of a double homicide where she worked.

October 19, 2023

Wall outside US Secret Service office in Tennessee shot, suspect arrested

Someone was arrested Thursday after shooting a wall outside the U.S. Secret Service's Memphis field office but no one was injured, authorities said

October 19, 2023

Hundreds of North Carolina municipalities begin early voting

Almost 400 cities, towns, and villages in North Carolina have begun early voting for elections including races for mayor and city council seats. Early voting will run through Nov. 4.