A California man’s alleged drug haul was foiled after he accidentally left behind a backpack containing a massive stash of suspected methamphetamine in a rideshare vehicle, officials said in a news release. The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) said authorities …

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A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton nicknamed “Gus” sold for $50.1 million Tuesday at Sotheby’s, becoming the most expensive set of dinosaur bones ever sold at auction, the auction house said. The 67 million-year-old fossil blew past its $20 million to $30 …

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Crews worked for a second straight day to rescue nearly 50 bottlenose dolphins stranded in the largest known stranding of the marine mammal in Massachusetts history, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). The organization said reports began …

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A Southern California mother and nurse vanished on her way to pick up her child from summer camp, and authorities are racing to find her. Angelica Brophy, 44, was last seen on July 6 when she went to Harrah’s Resort …

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A first date arranged through social media ended in a shallow desert grave, Arizona police say, and the man accused of killing 21-year-old Arianna Bailey Jones allegedly blamed two phantom attackers for her disappearance. Glendale police announced Monday they arrested …

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Two Florida men have been indicted after one of them, disguised as a utility worker, robbed a local family at gunpoint and zip-tied the victims—including a 13-year-old boy—the Justice Department announced Tuesday. Jay El Wilburn, 47, and Alvaughn Parker, 27, …

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A South Carolina judge found Alex Murdaugh crime reporter and podcaster Mandy Matney in civil contempt and ordered her to pay $171,500 in attorneys’ fees and costs, plus a $5,000 fine, after concluding she willfully refused to comply with a …

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An Australian woman on vacation in Las Vegas has not been seen or heard from in three weeks with her friends and family fearing the worst. Sally Grace Contarino, 26, of Melbourne Australia disappeared after a friend says she sent …

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A 74-year-old man will become the oldest inmate executed in Florida history. Dennis Sochor was found guilty of first-degree murder and kidnapping after 18-year-old Patricia Gifford refused to have sex with him on Jan. 1, 1982. He has been on …

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