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Mar 29 2023
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Family of stabbed Senate staffer says he was "randomly and brutally attacked"
The parents of Philip Todd, the Senate staffer who was stabbed in Washington, D.C., over the weekend, issued a statement on Wednesday saying he was in stable condition and is expected to make a full recovery. Todd was "randomly and brutally attacked by a person armed with a knife, who, according to the police report, attempted to kill him. The intervention of our son's friend helped prevent
Yahoo News
Mar 22 2023
News
Parents, families frustrated after East High shooting
Denver police chief Ron Thomas speaks to the press about a shooting at East High School on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Denver. Photo: Esteban L. Hernandez/Axios The frustration was too much — and too familiar — for some East High School parents to bear on Wednesday. • "This is not okay! You guys don't do nothing, ever!" one angry parent can be heard yelling toward Denver police chief Ron
Axios
Mar 31 2023
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Family continues decades-long tradition at Tampa Bay Rays Opening Day
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Tampa Bay Now) - Thursday marks a special day for baseball fans as the Tampa Bay Rays take on the Detroit Tigers in their opening day game at tropicana field. Fans are excited to see their favorite team take the field including one family with a longstanding relationship with the Rays. The team is celebrating 25 years of major league baseball this year. "We're here to see
CBS News (Online)
Mar 28 2023
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Boston teenager dies in 'freak accident' while skiing, family says
A 15-year-old died during a 'freak accident' at a ski resort in New Hampshire, according to the boy's family. The high school sophomore died after an accident on Saturday night at Pats Peak Ski Area in Henniker, New Hampshire, about 90 miles north of East Boston, reported television station WHDH. The boy, Christopher DiPrima, was a student at Excel Academy Charter High School in Boston and
USA TODAY
Mar 25 2023
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Stephen Smith's family's attorney gives update on homicide investigation
The family of Stephen Smith, whose death in 2015 is now being investigated as a homicide, still don't know what evidence caused police to stop treating the incident as a hit-and-run, according to their attorney. Smith, aged 19, was found dead in the middle of a rural South Carolina road on July 8, 2015. His mother, Sandy Smith, had questioned the initial hit-and-run verdict and campaigned for
Newsweek
Mar 25 2023
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Massive fire destroys 5 beachside homes, displaces 3 families in Scituate
A massive fire destroyed five beachside homes and left three families displaced in Scituate late Friday, news outlets reported. The five-alarm fire started at 72 Glades Road shortly after 8 p.m., spreading rapidly to multiple other homes near Minot Beach, The Boston Globe reported. The blaze destroyed five homes, three of which were burnt to rubble, and heavily damaged two other structures,
MassLive.com
Mar 21 2023
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Items Belonging to the Murdaugh Family Put Up for Auction
Items belonging to Alex Murdaugh and his family will be auctioned off in Georgia later this week. Liberty Auction announced on the company's Facebook page that it would be selling items from a "prominent estate picked up in Colleton County, South Carolina." The company confirmed to Fox Carolina that the items once belonged to the Murdaugh family. "We still have a lot of setting up to do,"
People
Mar 27 2023
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Florida couple visiting Haiti kidnapped, held for ransom: Family members
A Florida couple has reportedly been kidnapped in Haiti and is being held for hundreds of thousands of dollars in ransom. Jean-Dickens Toussaint, and his wife Abigail Toussaint, both 33, have been held hostage since Saturday, Miami ABC News affiliate WPLG reported. The couple’s niece, who identified herself as Christie but did not provide her last name, said that the couple went to Haiti to
Law & Crime
Mar 29 2023
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Family friend expresses outrage after court reinstates Adnan Syed's conviction
BALTIMORE — The Appellate Court of Maryland ruled Tuesday to reinstate Adnan Syed's murder conviction and sentence in the death of Hae Min Lee. Wednesday morning, Rabia Chaudry, a family friend of Syed, went live on Instagram for about 27 minutes to discuss the ruling and express her anger. Chaudry said, "I have been fueled by rage for a long time and I'm angry. I'm not stressed, I'm angry,
CBS News (Online)
Mar 25 2023
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North Carolina great Eric Montross battling cancer, family says
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The family of former North Carolina and NBA big man Eric Montross says he has begun treatments for cancer. Montross’ family issued a statement through the school on Saturday announcing the 51-year-old’s diagnosis, though it didn’t specify the nature of the cancer. “We are all touched by the responses our entire family has received since the news became public,” the family
USA TODAY