A Los Angeles-based sports reporter had a scary morning earlier this month, when her portable charger suddenly exploded while she was sleeping, leaving her with chemical burns on her arm and hair and a hole in her bed. “PSA to …

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A Pennsylvania high school senior is facing hundreds of felony charges after authorities reportedly accused him of operating a “large-scale criminal network” involving sextortion and catfishing. Zachariah Abraham Meyers, 18, of McMurray — about 15 miles southwest of Pittsburgh — …

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TUCSON, Ariz. — Investigators in the Nancy Guthrie missing persons case are not looking into any new names, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said, amid challenges with mixed DNA found at the 84-year-old’s Arizona home at the lab his agency …

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Federal authorities are investigating a suspected arson attack on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) warehouse in Surprise, Arizona, after a suspect allegedly smashed a window, ignited a fire and hurled a propane tank into the building early Saturday. …

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TUCSON, Ariz. — The chances that Nancy Guthrie was brought across the southern border into Mexico remain low due to a number of factors, including the enhanced security measures being utilized by federal authorities there, one expert said.  The border …

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New York City on Saturday put out a call for emergency snow shovelers ahead of a powerful nor’easter bomb cyclone, requiring workers to submit multiple forms of identification — contrasting the city’s election policy for most voters. For the first …

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In the search for missing mother Nancy Guthrie, law enforcement isn’t the only force chasing answers. Across Facebook groups, Instagram threads and neighborhood camera apps, a growing network of self-described “mom detectives” has mobilized — dissecting timelines, swapping Ring footage …

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Four Colombian nationals were arrested, including three at an airport with one-way tickets out of the country, after prosecutors say they posed as immigration judges and federal agents to target migrants. Three of the Colombian nationals arrested were identified as …

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Separate avalanches in Utah this week killed an 11-year-old girl near a ski resort and a father who was snowmobiling with his son in the backcountry, marking the state’s first two snowslide fatalities of the season. The child, identified as …

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