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Raheem Massiah Askew faces a civil rights charge tied to an alleged on-duty assault at a Newport News hotel. NEWPORT NEWS, VA — A former Newport News police officer accused of raping an intoxicated woman while on duty pleaded not guilty Thursday in federal court and was granted conditional bond with house arrest and electronic monitoring. Raheem Massiah Askew was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on one count of deprivation of rights under …

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An 18-year-old was shot outside a home Wednesday evening and taken to a hospital in stable condition. MIAMI, FL — Miami-Dade sheriff’s deputies were searching Thursday for the person who opened fire from a passing vehicle and wounded an 18-year-old outside a southwest Miami-Dade home Wednesday evening, authorities said. The shooting drew deputies and fire rescue crews to a residential area near Southwest 196th Avenue and Southwest 308th Street. The victim was found in a …

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Naomi Meza was wanted on federal probation violation charges tied to smuggling and drug possession. EAGLE PASS, TX — A 48-year-old woman wanted on federal probation violation charges was arrested at U.S. Port of Entry 2 after fleeing to Mexico and spending four years as a fugitive, Eagle Pass police said. Naomi Meza was taken into custody with help from Eagle Pass Police Department officers assigned to the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force. Police said …

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Federal prosecutors say a kidnapping victim was taken to a Fresno apartment during an alleged extortion plot. FRESNO, CA — A Fresno arrest is tied to a federal investigation that charged 37 people linked to three India-based crime groups accused of kidnappings, extortion, drug trafficking and violence across the United States, Canada and Europe, authorities said. The case, announced Tuesday in Los Angeles, marks one of the broadest recent federal actions against alleged transnational gangs …

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Search teams are still looking for five crew members after the Boeing 737 disappeared over the Arabian Sea. KARACHI, PAKISTAN — Pakistani search teams found wreckage Wednesday from a K2 Airways cargo plane that vanished over the Arabian Sea while flying from Sharjah to Karachi, but all five crew members remained missing. The discovery moved the operation from a search for a missing aircraft to a wider recovery and investigation effort in deep water off …

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Jose Rivera, 53, was released after arraignment because the charge is not bail-eligible. NEW YORK CITY, NY — A Brooklyn man has been charged with concealing a human corpse after a cleaning crew found his roommate’s decomposed remains on a couch inside their Crown Heights apartment last week, authorities and prosecutors said. Jose Rivera, 53, was taken into custody the day after the discovery at 1722 Union St., where he and the dead man lived …

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Police found Mike Menard, 32, dead outside his family’s home after an early morning ShotSpotter alert. FORT LAUDERDALE, FL — A 32-year-old father was shot and killed early Wednesday while sitting in a car outside his family’s home in Fort Lauderdale’s Lauderdale Manors neighborhood, police and relatives said. The killing brought homicide detectives to the 1300 block of Northwest 13th Court before sunrise and left the victim’s family asking why he went outside moments before …

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The man survived, was released from a hospital and now faces two felony assault charges. BEXAR COUNTY, TX — A Bexar County sheriff’s deputy shot a 38-year-old man June 23 after deputies said he advanced toward them with two knives during a call about attempted home break-ins near Alamo Ranch. The Sheriff’s Office released body camera video July 7 showing the confrontation with Danh Thanh Dinh in the 8400 block of Knapp Rise, a residential …

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Federal officials said the man tried to use his vehicle against officers during an attempted arrest. HOUSTON, Texas — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a Mexican national Tuesday morning in Houston’s East End during a targeted enforcement operation, after officials said the man tried to flee and drive toward officers. The shooting killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, whose family said he had lived in Houston for decades and worked in construction. Federal …

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The Boeing 737 freighter lost contact after reporting a navigation problem west of Pakistan’s coast. ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — A K2 Airways cargo plane carrying five crew members disappeared late Tuesday over the Arabian Sea after reporting a navigation problem while flying from Sharjah to Karachi, Pakistani aviation officials said. The missing aircraft, a Boeing 737 freighter, vanished about 155 nautical miles west of Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city and a major port on the Arabian Sea. …

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