HOPE MILLS, N.C. – A North Carolina family has been reunited with a pet that had been missing for six years. WTVD in Durham reports (http://abc11.tv/1d7MDbe) that a good Samaritan had found a white boxer named Bam by the side of a road and turned it over to Fayetteville Animal …
Read More »US Supreme Court: Lower court must reconsider ruling on North Carolina's 'choose life' plates
RALEIGH, N.C. – A federal appeals court must reconsider whether North Carolina can issue “Choose Life” license plates. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ordered the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its ruling last year that the state could not issue a license plate with an anti-abortion slogan …
Read More »Maryland tavern chain exec sentenced to 90 days for secretly videotaping women in bathroom
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. – The president of a chain of Maryland taverns has pleaded guilty to secretly videotaping women in the restroom. Thirty-seven-year-old Kyle Muehlhauser of Severna Park pleaded guilty to two counts of recording in a private place with prurient interest. He entered the plea Thursday in Howard County …
Read More »Short trip to lockup for man accused of doing a doughnut on jail lawn, crashing into flagpole
SPRING HILL, Fla. – Deputies didn’t have to go far to lock up a Florida man after authorities say he drove in circles on the lawn in front of the county jail and then crashed into a flag pole. The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office says 31-year-old Michael Lee Roberts pulled …
Read More »Remote, rugged area strains California manhunt after kidnapping, killing, attack on deputies
LOS ANGELES – Searchers are dealing with difficult high-desert terrain — tough to scan and even tougher to traverse — in a manhunt following a series of crimes that includes a kidnapping, a killing, and the wounding of two sheriff’s deputies. Dozens of deputies and helicopters were combing the sparsely …
Read More »Washington Monument closed again after elevator malfunction forces dozens to take the stairs
WASHINGTON – The Washington Monument is temporarily closed again after an elevator malfunction forced dozens of visitors to walk down hundreds of steps. U.S. Park Police spokeswoman Sgt. Anna Rose says 40 to 60 people were at the top of the monument Tuesday night when the elevator malfunctioned with three …
Read More »Judge accused of displaying Hitler photo, lying to judicial fitness investigators
SALEM, Ore. – An Oregon judge under an ethics investigation after refusing to perform same-sex weddings has been accused of several allegations, including hanging a picture of Adolf Hitler in the courthouse. Marion County Judge Vance Day says the Hitler portrait was not intended to glorify the Nazi dictator but …
Read More »Female teacher in affluent Florida city accused of inappropriate relationship with teen girl
A Florida high school teacher was arrested for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old female student. Molly Mersereau, 36, who was employed by the Santa Rosa County School District, was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor, two counts of use of a two-way communication device …
Read More »At least 5 dead, 24 injured in New York tour bus crash
A tour bus traveling from Niagara Falls to New York City rolled over in Genesee County, New York, on Friday, killing multiple people and injuring at least two dozen others. The crash, which involved a tractor-trailer and a tour bus carrying 54 people, happened around 12:30 p.m. near mile marker …
Read More »Lyle Menendez denied parole by California board in Beverly Hills murder case
SAN DIEGO — Lyle Menendez, one of the two brothers convicted in the 1989 shotgun slayings of their parents in Beverly Hills, was denied parole by a California review board on Friday in his first appearance before the board. The decision came after his brother, Erik, was denied parole on …
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