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Feb 06 2024
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Louisiana couple who left their daughter's dead body 'melted' in maggot-filled couch for 12 years plead guilty to manslaughter
A Louisiana couple has pleaded no contest after their daughter's body was found "melted" into a couch covered in maggots. Prosecutors want the couple to spend 40 years behind bars for the alarming neglect, according to the New York Post. Sheila and Clay Fletcher were arrested in January 2022 after their 36-year-old daughter was discovered dead in a waste pile on the family's couch. Her body
The BlazeFeb 06 2024
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Casper City Council to accept comment on utility billing and collections code changes tonight
CASPER, Wyo. — When it meets tonight, the Casper City Council is expected to act on a proposed ordinance that if passed on second and third readings will change how the city bills and collects for its utility services. City of Casper utility bills contain charges for water, sewer and solid waste services. Should the amended ordinance becomes law as written, Casper property owners will be held
Oil City NewsFeb 06 2024
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The NFL in Vegas: What players can and can’t do in the once-forbidden city
It was just nine years ago that the NFL barred then-Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo from hosting a fantasy sports convention in Las Vegas because it would have taken place at a space adjacent to a casino. The NFL treated Las Vegas, the most concentrated hub of legal gambling in the U.S., like a toxic waste dump and a threat to the integrity of the sport. “There was always a Berlin Wall
MarketWatchFeb 15 2024
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Gaza doctors measure children for malnutrition
Medical workers held strips of plastic around the upper arms of small children in a Rafah tent, measuring the circumferences of their arms for signs of wasting flesh as a hunger crisis hits Gaza after months of Israel's military campaign there.
One small girl of two and a half years had tiny arms, the skin already starting to hang loose after her weight plummeted from 11kg before the
ReutersFeb 04 2024
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2 warming center facilities closed in Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Increasing temperatures were cited in a press release by Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson Sunday morning, which said that two of the three warming centers opened under a Public Health and Safety Emergency Update are closed. Three warming centers were opened on Jan. 26 because of an extreme cold snap, one at the Golden Lion, one at the Aviator Hotel and one at the former
Alaska's News Source KTUU/KYESFeb 06 2024
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Parents of Lacey Fletcher, woman found ‘melted’ to couch, plead no contest to manslaughter
The Louisiana parents whose daughter’s body was found “melted” into a maggot-ridden couch have pleaded no contest to manslaughter — with prosecutors seeking 40 years behind bars for the horrific neglect. Sheila and Clay Fletcher, of East Feliciana, were initially arrested in January 2022 after their 36-year-old daughter, Lacey Ellen Fletcher, 36, was discovered dead in a waste-filled crater in
New York Post (News)Feb 05 2024
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House Republican Leaders Declare Senate Establishment Migration Bill 'Dead on Arrival'
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY), and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) on Monday said any consideration of the “border” bill would be a “waste of time.” The House Republican leaders said in a written statement: House Republicans oppose the Senate immigration bill because it fails in every
Breitbart NewsFeb 02 2024
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Saturday Rally Planned to Protest Mayor Mike Johnston's Veto of "No Freezing Sweeps" Bill
On February 2, Mayor Mike Johnston vetoed the "No Freezing Sweeps" ordinance passed by Denver City Council four days earlier by a 7-6 vote — and the Housekeys Action Network Denver isn't wasting any time letting him know how they feel about it.The group has scheduled a rally for 11 a.m. Saturday, February 3, outside the Denver City & County Building at 1437 Bannock Street. HAND, a homeless
Denver WestwordJan 17 2024
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600,000 tons of ash, debris to be hauled from Lahaina
The Lahaina wildfire debris removal project began Tuesday with preparation work in anticipation of hauling away an estimated 600,000 tons of ash and waste over the next year. The $40 million project is largely being funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and being conducted by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and contractor ECC Constructors LLC, moving ash and waste from areas where
Honolulu Star-AdvertiserJan 29 2024
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Woman hospitalized after being pulled from inside of trash truck in New Hampshire
MANCHESTER, N.H. — A woman was hospitalized after she was pulled from the inside of a trash truck in New Hampshire on Monday, officials said. The operator of a waste truck was driving in the area of 185 Beech Hill Drive in Manchester around 12:30 p.m. when he spotted a woman on the camera system in the bed of the vehicle, according to the Manchester Fire Department. The driver called 911 and
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