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Mass shooting leaves 23 people shot during Juneteenth celebration

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In a disturbing turn of events early Sunday, a parking lot gathering of hundreds ended in a shooting. The gunfire left one person dead and at least 22 others injured in Willowbrook, Illinois. News footage from the scene showed a strip mall parking lot, the location of the incident. It was covered in debris and cordoned off with police tape. The event had started as a peaceful assembly in honor of Juneteenth. However, the serenity …

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Car crash with speeding driver leaves five young women dead

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A tragic car crash on a Friday night claimed the lives of four young women and a girl. The unfortunate event unfolded around 10:15 p.m., when a state trooper saw a vehicle speeding along Interstate 35W. Before the trooper could intervene, the fast-moving driver veered off the interstate and ignored a red light. At this point, they collided with another car. Following the collision, the driver responsible tried to escape but was soon apprehended by …

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Missing man’s body found in Chicago River

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A grim discovery was made near The Salt Shed music venue on a Saturday morning in Chicago. The body of a man, missing for several days, was recovered from the Chicago River, according to official reports. Rescue personnel removed the man’s body from the river around 9:45 a.m. Unfortunately, he was declared dead at the location. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the man’s identity as Noah Enos, who had disappeared five days prior. …

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Road rage shooting leaves two men dead

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In a tragic development in Denver, a road rage incident escalated to a deadly shooting, taking the lives of two young men on Interstate 25. The suspect, 25-year-old Stephen Long, was arrested following an intense pursuit by a Denver Police Department (DPD) detective. The chilling event unfolded when the detective, driving on the interstate, heard gunshots and quickly followed the suspect’s vehicle into west Denver. There, uniformed officers successfully apprehended Long. The victims, left in …

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Former corrections officer arrested for murder after 36 years as cold cases heat up

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This week, Rafael Ramos, a 54-year-old former New York corrections officer, was apprehended in connection to the 1997 slaying of his ex-wife, Nusinaida Ramos. Westchester County officials found Nusinaida’s body in her Yonkers, New York, home, with signs of tension evident in her bludgeoned corpse. At a press conference on Thursday, Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah revealed that Ramos had reportedly choked her with a T-shirt and then beaten her. He pleaded not guilty …

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Good samaritan helps police catch man who put brutal assault on a woman while driving

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A courageous citizen assisted in the arrest of a violent abuser in Tulsa, Oklahoma. On Monday, Robert Wayne Grayson was arrested by Tulsa County Sheriff’s deputies after a Good Samaritan called 911 to alert authorities of a woman being beaten by Grayson in a moving car. The witness had noticed Grayson’s suspicious behavior, from the woman in the car wearing a seat belt in the passenger seat and the man repeatedly looking in the rear-view …

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Six people found dead after domestic shooting turns into house fire

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In a grim turn of events, three children and three adults were found lifeless in Tennessee following a shooting incident that led to a house fire on Thursday. The investigation unit in Tennessee believes that the individual responsible for this violent act was among those who died. At this time, authorities haven’t provided the name of the suspect involved. Marion County Sheriff Ronnie “Bo” Burnette said that the incident seems to have stemmed from a …

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Man mauled by black bear in unprovoked attack

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On Friday morning, an devastating incident occurred in Yavapai County, Arizona, when 66-year-old Steven Jackson lost his life in an unexpected attack by a black bear. Jackson had been sitting at a table enjoying a coffee while building a cabin on the site when the adult male bear charged him. As Jackson shouted for help, several neighbors rushed to respond, but were unable to prevent the tragic outcome. T he bear dragged Jackson roughly 75 …

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Report: Life could exist on one of Saturn’s moons

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The recent discovery of phosphorus on Saturn’s sixth-largest moon, Enceladus, is giving a strong sense of potential for life beyond Earth. According to NASA, these elements, including phosphorus, are essential for habitability and had never been detected in an ocean outside of our own planet. The discovery, which was reported in the journal Nature, fills in the final piece of the puzzle for Enceladus’ ocean, making it the only ocean outside of Earth holding the …

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Woman convicted of killing her mother on luxury Bali vacation pleas guilty nine years later to federal charges

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Heather Mack, a 27 year-old American woman, moved from grief to closure on Friday after she made a conviction plea in Chicago federal court regarding her role in her mother Sheila von Wiese-Mack’s untimely death nine years prior. According to court documents, Mack and her then-boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, had planned to gain access to Wiese-Mack’s substantial $1.5 million trust fund by murdering her during a family vacation in Bali. On the day of the murder, …

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