An explosion at a chemical plant near Yazoo City, Mississippi, on Wednesday caused an ammonia leak, according to officials. No deaths or injuries have been reported at CF Industries’ plant. “The state of Mississippi is actively responding to the anhydrous …

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Maine’s biggest healthcare network is apologizing after hundreds of living patients received letters telling them they were dead. MaineHealth said a computer malfunction Oct. 20 caused 521 letters to go out through a third-party vendor system, each addressed to a …

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Backlash is intensifying in Oklahoma after a teenager accused in a series of violent sex assaults avoided prison time, prompting swarms of people to protest outside a courthouse amid renewed scrutiny of how the justice system handled the case. Images …

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An Alabama judge rejected calls from prosecutors and community members to increase bond for a man charged with attempted murder as the suspect remains out of jail. The shooting took place on Oct. 4 just after 11:30 p.m. following the …

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The Washington, D.C., man accused of hurling a sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent is insisting the act was done out of protest – not a violent attack – in the first days of his federal trial. …

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This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). A Massachusetts school district will distribute a survey to middle schoolers after asking parents not …

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Authorities in Mississippi said a second monkey was shot and killed a week after they escaped from an overturned truck. Jasper County Sheriff Randy Johnson said an individual shot the monkey after seeing it cross a highway on Monday. It …

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Federal authorities have arrested two more men in connection with a thwarted Halloween terror plot, according to a law enforcement source. Tomas Kaan Jimenez-Guzal, 19, and Milo Sederat, 21, were both arrested Tuesday, and additional accomplices are still under investigation …

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U.S. Marshals have joined the manhunt for a 24-year-old North Carolina man accused of killing his grandmother, burning her home to the ground and stabbing a deputy. Dominic Liam Connelly was last seen in Vanceboro, North Carolina, and authorities said …

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