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Category: Crime

Texas executes fifth inmate this year

HUNTSVILLE, Texas, May 7 (UPI) — One-time drug dealer Carroll Joe “Outlaw” Parr was executed in Texas Tuesday for killing a teenager over a marijuana purchase outside a convenience store. Parr, 35,

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Boy accidentally shoots, wounds sister

OAKLAND PARK, Fla., May 6 (UPI) — A 6-year-old Florida girl was in critical but stable condition after being accidentally shot in the chest by her 13-year-old brother, officials said. The Broward

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Nurse injured in acid attack

MUMBAI, May 5 (UPI) — A nurse who had acid thrown at her face in Mumbai is in critical condition in the hospital’s intensive care unit, her family said Sunday. Preeti Rathi,

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Guide dog stops burglary

PHILADELPHIA, May 5 (UPI) — A guide dog interrupted a burglary and saved a 54-year-old blind woman from a potential gas explosion in Philadelphia, police said. The woman was awakened by her

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Chicago terror suspect to remain in jail

CHICAGO, May 3 (UPI) — Prosecutors Friday successfully fought an order that would have released a Chicago-area teenager accused of planning to join a terrorist group to house arrest. U.S. District Judge

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Lindsay Lohan ditches rehab, heads to LAX

LOS ANGELES, May 2 (UPI) — Actress Lindsay Lohan apparently fled to Los Angeles International Airport Thursday instead of checking into a court-mandated rehab center, a prosecutor said. “I hear she’s on

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