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"I Have Kids", US Police Officer Pleads For Life While Clinging To Car
As he clung to the windshield of a car barreling at an estimated 80 mph on an interstate shoulder, police officer Chris Jordan's thoughts went to his children.
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US Millionaire Convicted In Death Of Worker Building Secret Bomb Tunnels
A millionaire day-trader who was having a secret bomb shelter and tunnels built under his home in Bethesda, Maryland, was found guilty of murder Wednesday for creating work conditions that prosecutors called a "death trap."
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US Girl, 7, Electrocuted Year Ago From Handrail, Still Can't Walk, Speak
The girl who was injured last summer after receiving an electric shock at MGM National Harbor still cannot speak or walk and is receiving 24-hour care in her home, her family's lawyer said Thursday.
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Four Maryland Teens Indicted In High School Locker Room Rape Case
Four Maryland teenagers accused of sexually assaulting football teammates in a locker room were indicted Thursday by a grand jury, with additional conspiracy charges that line up with prosecutors' contention that the suspects acted together during the alleged broomstick attacks at Damascus High School.
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Graffiti On Wall, Skeleton On Ceiling: Inside Violent Gang's "Clubhouse"
Building a light-rail line - in this case, the 16-mile Purple Line in Maryland - often involves acquiring houses to be razed. A routine part, for construction workers, is going into the homes to inventory items that need to be removed before demolition.
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Her Job With The MS-13 Robbery Gang: Clean The Weapons, Remove Evidence
Josselin Ramirez faced long odds as her trial drew to a close.
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Gymnastics And Cheerleading Instructor Charged With Secretly Filming People In Bathroom At Rockville Facility
A gymnastics and cheerleading teacher has been charged after he allegedly put video surveillance equipment in a bathroom at a cheerleading program's facility in Rockville, Maryland, officials said.
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33 Abused Chihuahuas, Rescued From SUV, Had Happy Lives, Says Ex-Owner
When the animal control investigator first got the call, he didn't believe it.
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MS-13 Members Stab Man Over 100 Times. Cut Heart Out Before Beheading Him
As many as 10 members of the MS-13 street gang lured a man into a park in Wheaton, Maryland, spoke with one another over walkie-talkies as he arrived, stabbed him more than 100 times, decapitated him and then cut out his heart, according to police documents made public Wednesday in Montgomery County District Court.
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Suspect In Shootings Of 6 In Maryland And Delaware Caught: Officials
A shooting suspect who was the focus of a daylong manhunt was arrested late Wednesday, hours after he opened fire on his co-workers in Maryland, killing three and wounding two, then drove 50 miles to his home state, where he gunned down another acquaintance, police said.
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Homeowner Checks Midnight Surveillance Video, Sees Naked Man Rattling Door
The father of two, asleep next to his wife in their suburban-Washington, D.C., home, was awakened by a cellphone beep. It signaled a message from his Nest outdoor security system.
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Lured To Park With Promise Of Sex, He Was Stabbed 153 Times
Christian Villagran Morales strolled a path into a darkening, densely wooded park. At his side was a woman he had met days earlier.
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'Daddy, I'm Strong, You Be Strong': 5-Year-Old Before Mom Poisoned Him
In the two years since she poisoned her 5-year-old son with cold medicine and staged a fiery car crash with his body wedged on a back-seat floorboard, Narges Shafeirad has never publicly said why she did it.
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A Man With A Machete Killed Their Parents. Then It Was Their Turn To Speak In Court.
Armed with a machete, neighbour had broken in just past midnight on Mother's Day in 2015, slashed wildly and repeatedly, and within hours slipped off to a vacation cruise in Alaska. What had yet to be decided was whether the killer would one day get a chance at freedom or stay locked up for the rest of his life.
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Unknown To Robber, Victim Was A Facebook Friend
The moment DeVonte Dixon kicked in the apartment door - looking to rob the place - he appeared to have had no idea that on the other side was a Facebook friend.
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"I Have Kids", US Police Officer Pleads For Life While Clinging To Car
As he clung to the windshield of a car barreling at an estimated 80 mph on an interstate shoulder, police officer Chris Jordan's thoughts went to his children.
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US Millionaire Convicted In Death Of Worker Building Secret Bomb Tunnels
A millionaire day-trader who was having a secret bomb shelter and tunnels built under his home in Bethesda, Maryland, was found guilty of murder Wednesday for creating work conditions that prosecutors called a "death trap."
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US Girl, 7, Electrocuted Year Ago From Handrail, Still Can't Walk, Speak
The girl who was injured last summer after receiving an electric shock at MGM National Harbor still cannot speak or walk and is receiving 24-hour care in her home, her family's lawyer said Thursday.
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Four Maryland Teens Indicted In High School Locker Room Rape Case
Four Maryland teenagers accused of sexually assaulting football teammates in a locker room were indicted Thursday by a grand jury, with additional conspiracy charges that line up with prosecutors' contention that the suspects acted together during the alleged broomstick attacks at Damascus High School.
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Graffiti On Wall, Skeleton On Ceiling: Inside Violent Gang's "Clubhouse"
Building a light-rail line - in this case, the 16-mile Purple Line in Maryland - often involves acquiring houses to be razed. A routine part, for construction workers, is going into the homes to inventory items that need to be removed before demolition.
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Her Job With The MS-13 Robbery Gang: Clean The Weapons, Remove Evidence
Josselin Ramirez faced long odds as her trial drew to a close.
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Gymnastics And Cheerleading Instructor Charged With Secretly Filming People In Bathroom At Rockville Facility
A gymnastics and cheerleading teacher has been charged after he allegedly put video surveillance equipment in a bathroom at a cheerleading program's facility in Rockville, Maryland, officials said.
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33 Abused Chihuahuas, Rescued From SUV, Had Happy Lives, Says Ex-Owner
When the animal control investigator first got the call, he didn't believe it.
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MS-13 Members Stab Man Over 100 Times. Cut Heart Out Before Beheading Him
As many as 10 members of the MS-13 street gang lured a man into a park in Wheaton, Maryland, spoke with one another over walkie-talkies as he arrived, stabbed him more than 100 times, decapitated him and then cut out his heart, according to police documents made public Wednesday in Montgomery County District Court.
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Suspect In Shootings Of 6 In Maryland And Delaware Caught: Officials
A shooting suspect who was the focus of a daylong manhunt was arrested late Wednesday, hours after he opened fire on his co-workers in Maryland, killing three and wounding two, then drove 50 miles to his home state, where he gunned down another acquaintance, police said.
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Homeowner Checks Midnight Surveillance Video, Sees Naked Man Rattling Door
The father of two, asleep next to his wife in their suburban-Washington, D.C., home, was awakened by a cellphone beep. It signaled a message from his Nest outdoor security system.
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Lured To Park With Promise Of Sex, He Was Stabbed 153 Times
Christian Villagran Morales strolled a path into a darkening, densely wooded park. At his side was a woman he had met days earlier.
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'Daddy, I'm Strong, You Be Strong': 5-Year-Old Before Mom Poisoned Him
In the two years since she poisoned her 5-year-old son with cold medicine and staged a fiery car crash with his body wedged on a back-seat floorboard, Narges Shafeirad has never publicly said why she did it.
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A Man With A Machete Killed Their Parents. Then It Was Their Turn To Speak In Court.
Armed with a machete, neighbour had broken in just past midnight on Mother's Day in 2015, slashed wildly and repeatedly, and within hours slipped off to a vacation cruise in Alaska. What had yet to be decided was whether the killer would one day get a chance at freedom or stay locked up for the rest of his life.
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Unknown To Robber, Victim Was A Facebook Friend
The moment DeVonte Dixon kicked in the apartment door - looking to rob the place - he appeared to have had no idea that on the other side was a Facebook friend.
