A man who got away with rape and murder for nearly four decades will now spend the rest of his life behind bars after investigators used a covert DNA sample, collected with help from the FBI, to finally identify him. …

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Tybee Island’s controversial Orange Crush weekend ended with 26 arrests and five firearms seized, including one weapon police say had been converted into a makeshift machine gun capable of fully automatic fire. Between Friday, April 17, and Sunday, April 19, …

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A “planned” fight involving several young people that escalated into a shooting near a North Carolina middle school left two dead Monday and several others wounded, authorities said.  Shots rang out just after 9:50 a.m. amid a planned fight between …

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A Washington man has pleaded guilty in connection with two decades-old cold cases after investigators reportedly linked him to both crimes using a clever ruse and just a piece of gum.   Mitchell Gaff, 68, entered the pleas Thursday in Snohomish …

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A bartender who served the missing American woman in the Bahamas one day before she vanished revealed one detail that got his attention. A bartender at the Abaco Inn, identified as Ken, 38, told the New York Post that Brian …

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A high school game turned dangerous in Massachusetts when teens playing a viral “Senior Assassin” game allegedly opened fire with gel projectiles on unsuspecting students, leaving two minors struck and a suspect now facing charges, police said. Three high school-aged …

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A Kansas man allegedly tried to kill his boat captain mid-snorkel tour in Hawaii, police say. Hawai‘i Island police said that 21-year-old Avery Nissen of Overland Park, Kansas allegedly stabbed a 62-year-old male boat captain on Thursday during a three-hour …

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The United Cajun Navy, a nationally known volunteer search and rescue group, is offering to revise its planned search for Nancy Guthrie and make any changes necessary to win the approval of local authorities. Meanwhile, an independent journalist has launched …

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1. Distress call captures tanker under fire as Iran shuts Strait of Hormuz 2. Massive 7.5-magnitude earthquake hits off Japanese coast 3. Lawmaker warns ‘something sinister’ may explain 11 nuclear experts gone, dead  ‘HEINOUS ACT’ — Police identify suspect who …

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