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Tip helps nab wanted polygamous sect leader Lyle Jeffs
PIERRE, S.D. - Polygamous leader Lyle Jeffs’ one-year run from justice was ended by pliers, sharp-eyed pawn shop workers and an astute off-duty detective in a small town in South Dakota. The eve...
Jun 16, 2017
Police: 3 teen cadets take cruisers, patrol LA until caught
LOS ANGELES - Three teenagers in a program for those who may want to become officers stole three Los Angeles Police Department vehicles and went on patrol around the city before leading authorities on...
Jun 16, 2017
Rimbey RCMP investigate two vehicle crash
RIMBEY- On June 14, at approximately 4:30 p.m. Rimbey RCMP were called to a two vehicle collision on Highway 53 at Range Road 23. Investigation determined that a north bound pickup was travelling on R...
Jun 16, 2017
Phish drummer wins local election in Maine hometown
LINCOLNVILLE, Maine - The drummer for the jam band Phish has been elected to his Maine town’s Board of Selectmen. Jon Fishman will take a place on Lincolnville’s five-seat board after winn...
Jun 16, 2017
Vigils to be held for woman who disappeared after being seen at N.L. gas station
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Several vigils are being held today for a young woman who disappeared more than a week ago after being spotted at a gas station in St. John’s, N.L. The ceremonies are fo...
Jun 16, 2017
Kenya official: Roadside bomb kills 4 people; 11 wounded
NAIROBI, Kenya - An improvised explosive device killed four people in a passenger vehicle in northern Kenya in a suspected extremist attack, an official said Friday, as fears grew that the al-Shabab e...
Jun 16, 2017
Fearing 'pollution threat,' Ottawa steps in to remove notorious MV Farley Mowat
SHELBURNE, N.S. - It was once the notorious flagship of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, used by vigilante environmentalists to enforce marine conservation on the high seas. But the MV Farley Mo...
Jun 16, 2017
Police arrest man with knife outside UK Parliament
London police said Friday a man with a knife has been arrested near the House of Commons in London. There were no injuries and the incident is not thought to be terror-related. Friday’s incident...
Jun 16, 2017
Court: 'JudgeCutie' nickname doesn't ruffle judicial dignity
JACKSON, Miss. - A Mississippi jurist can call herself “JudgeCutie” without ruffling the dignity of the legal profession. That’s what the Mississippi Supreme Court says, in one of it...
Jun 16, 2017
Dutch judge rejects extension of terror suspect's detention
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A Dutch investigating judge on Friday refused to prolong the detention of a radicalized man who is suspected by prosecutors of “possible involvement in making preparatio...
Jun 16, 2017