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Got a Weird Text? A Telecom Vendor Says It's to Blame
If you woke up to a weird text that seemed totally out of place, you aren’t alone. A mysterious wave of missives swept America’s phones overnight, delivering confusing messages from friends, family and the occasional ex. Friends who hadn’t talked to each other in months were jolted into chatting. Others briefly panicked. A telecom vendor called Syniverse said a server...
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Bus Driver Charged After Letting Child Off at Wrong Bus Stop in Hamden: Police
A 5-year-old boy was reported missing when his school bus arrived at his Hamden bus stop without him and the school bus driver has been charged, accused of letting the child off at the wrong bus stop.
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US Wants Woman Accused in Capital One Hack to Stay Locked Up
A woman accused of hacking Capital One and at least 30 other organizations is a flight risk, a threat and should be kept locked up until her trial, U.S. prosecutors said in court documents filed ahead of a Friday detention hearing in Seattle. Paige Thompson, a former Amazon software engineer who goes by the online alias “erratic,” has a history...
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US Citizen Held for Skin Color, Latino Name, Lawsuit Says
A Honduran-born U.S. citizen says in a federal lawsuit that he was illegally held in a Louisiana jail for days because a sheriff’s office wrongly suspected he was in the country illegally. Lawyers for the New Orleans-based American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana filed the suit Wednesday in Baton Rouge on behalf of Ramon Torres. It says Torres was jailed...
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Man Accused of Stealing Co-Workers' Underwear
A man accused of breaking into his co-workers’ homes and stealing their underwear was in court in New Britain Tuesday.
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Former Whiting Forensic Hospital Nurse Sentenced for Abusing Patient
Five months after a jury convicted him of multiple counts of patient cruelty, a former forensic nurse at our state’s maximum security psychiatric hospital has gone to prison.
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Worker Critically Injured by Saw Happy to Be Alive
Shawn Bull was in a life-threatening accident involving a saw earlier this month. But thanks to some quick action from his coworkers, he’s on the mend and grateful to be alive.
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Suspect in Jewelry Store Robbery in Custody Thanks to Good Samaritan
A suspect in a jewelry store robbery is in federal custody thanks to the quick thinking of a good Samaritan.
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Traveling Carnival Worker Charged With Murdering 2 Women, Teen Girl
A carnival worker is accused of killing two women in Tennessee whom he met through his job and the teenage daughter of a co-worker in Georgia, NBC News reported. James Michael Wright faces three capital murder charges, according to a statement from the Washington County, Virginia, Sheriff’s Office. The women were reported missing earlier this year and are said to...
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Aurora Gunman Vowed to Kill Others If He Was Fired, Prosecutors Say
The gunman who opened fire at a suburban Chicago manufacturing plant in February, killing five colleagues before he was killed by police, told a co-worker the morning of the shooting that if he was fired he was going to kill every other employee and “blow police up,” prosecutors said in a report released Monday.
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New Details Emerge in Death of Jersey City Nanny Found in Lake
Enhanced security is expected to continue around the New Jersey park where a nanny was found dead in a lake last week, apparently kidnapped and strangled by a stranger when she left home to exercise two weekends ago. Calling the death of 45-year-old Carolina Cano a “stranger on stranger attack,” Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop reaffirmed Monday the increased security...
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Suspect Arrested in Rape, Murder of Nanny Dumped in NJ Lake
Jorge Rios, 33, of Jersey City, was arrested and charged with murder, kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault, officials say. Wale Aliyu reports.
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Woman Found in NJ Lake May Have Been Strangled
Carolina Cano, 45, was found dead in the lake in Lincoln Park. Checkey Beckford reports.
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‘I Love You Brother': Partner of Slain Chicago Cop Shares Heartfelt Memories
Chicago police shared a heartfelt and emotional note Thursday from the partner of a recently slain officer.
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Amtrak Worker Shoots Supervisor at NYC Train Yard, Kills Self in SUV: Police
An Amtrak worker killed himself in a Cadillac SUV after shooting his supervisor at the railroad’s Sunnyside Yard in Queens and fleeing the scene Thursday, officials say.
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DNA Test Solves 45-Year-Old Double-Murder Mystery in Montana
A genealogy database used to match a family’s DNA with evidence found at a 1973 crime scene has led investigators to identify the long-dead suspect in the strangulation killing of a young married couple, a Montana sheriff said Monday. Linda and Clifford Bernhardt, both 24, were killed at their Billings-area home in a case that would stymie investigators for decades.
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Florida Man Killed Parents, Stole $210K to Send to Porn Site ‘Girlfriend': Deputies
A Florida man killed his parents and brother after he was kicked out of his home and accused of stealing $210,000 from his family to send to a woman he had met on a porn website, according to a sheriff’s office.
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Suburban Chicago Couple's Love Story Becomes Holiday Hallmark Movie
It was a true Christmas love story made for the movies – and now it’s actually a movie.
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Man Stabbed During Street Robbery in Hamden: Police
A Hamden man was injured in a street robbery stabbing Tuesday and police are searching for a suspect.
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Christopher Watts Gets Life in Prison for Killing Pregnant Wife, 2 Daughters
Family members read emotional statements prior to the judge’s sentencing. Christopher Watts had pleaded guilty to killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters, something he initially denied to the media before he was arrested.