HILO, Hawaii – Hawaii County has called for restoration of a lava-covered road in Pahoa, despite the site having become a popular attraction for tourists. The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1K5uiW1 ) that work on Cemetery Road has been put out to bid and is expected to start in coming months. …
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CORUNNA, Mich. – A Michigan woman kept her disabled adult sister locked in a closet for six or seven years with little food, water or clothing and only a bucket for urination, authorities said Friday. Candy Lawson, 44, of Corunna is charged with unlawful imprisonment, vulnerable adult abuse and embezzlement …
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The University of Virginia says its computer network is back online after being shut down for two days due to a cyberattack. The university says the network was restored Sunday after a system security upgrade. Administrators say no personally identifiable information was accessed and no sensitive research …
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NEW ORLEANS – A New Orleans man is offering $3,500 for return of the silver trumpet stolen during the funeral for his brother, a rising 28-year-old jazzman called “Trumpet Black.” Travis Hill died on tour in Japan, from a dental infection that reached his heart. He was a grandson of …
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National Guard troops were spotted in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday amid President Donald Trump’s crackdown on crime in the capital. On Tuesday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser met with federal officials to discuss coordination and strategy for the federal law enforcement presence. “What I’m focused on is the federal surge and …
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SAN DIEGO — Erik 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 Thursday in his first appearance before the board. The board will now consider whether his brother, Lyle, should be …
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Three people were shot to death in separate shootings in Chicago overnight, marking the latest string of violence in the Democrat-led city. The first incident occurred just after 10 p.m. when an individual approached two 38-year-old men while they were standing outside and began shooting, FOX 32 reported. Both men …
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Donald McPherson, a World War II veteran considered the nation’s last surviving “ace” pilot from the conflict, has died at the age of 103 in Nebraska. While serving as a Navy pilot of F6F Hellcat fighters aboard the USS Essex in the Pacific theater, McPherson shot down five Japanese planes …
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A New Jersey school teacher has admitted to sexually assaulting two of her teen students, prosecutors said. Julie Rizzitello, 37, pleaded guilty last week to two counts of second-degree sexual assault for the crimes that took place in 2017 and 2024, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Rizzitello, who …
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A grand jury has indicted the man accused of fatally stabbing a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte light rail train, a case that has intensified concerns about violence on the city’s transit system. According to Mecklenburg Superior Court records, Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr. has been formally charged with first-degree murder …
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