A Utah custody dispute escalated into an international case after a 10-year-old child was allegedly kidnapped by a trans parent as family members feared gender reassignment surgery in Cuba, authorities said. Federal authorities allege the child’s biological father, Rose Inessa-Ethington, …

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The union representing certain Illinois State University employees filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the college, alleging it hired temporary workers while staff remained on strike. AFSCME Council 31, which represents roughly 350 employees, says the move violates the state’s Employment …

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A Maryland man is behind bars after authorities say he is responsible for his wife’s cold case murder over two decades ago.  Dwight “DJ” Rust Jr. was taken into custody Tuesday on charges stemming from the 2002 death of Michelle …

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The husband of a missing American woman who vanished in the Bahamas has hired a lawyer in the U.S., according to a report. Brian Hooker has retained Michigan-based attorney Crystal Marie Hauser after he returned to the U.S. last week, …

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Two doctoral students at the University of South Florida have been missing for nearly a week, prompting police to turn to the public in hopes of finding the couple. Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, both 27, were last seen separately …

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EXCLUSIVE: A new book reveals what Bryan Kohberger’s trial defense would have looked like had he not changed his plea in the Idaho student murders weeks ahead of trial and reveals the defense could have argued for the most critical …

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A 25-year-old Marine veteran who was leaving her relationship was killed in a Kansas shooting—allegedly at the hands of her estranged husband. Ivy Unruh died April 20 after being shot days earlier outside her northeast Wichita apartment, according to police. …

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A chemical release at a West Virginia refinery Wednesday morning killed two people and left 21 others needing medical care as emergency crews raced to contain the incident. Kanawha County Commission President Ben Salango said during a news conference that …

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The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division is opening an antisemitism investigation into the University of Washington after a student group at the school hosted a fundraiser for the “Lebanese resistance” group, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights …

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A man was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to the four-decade-old cold case slaying of his girlfriend in Oregon.  Mark Sanfratello, 73, was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison in the death of girlfriend Teresa Peroni in 1983, …

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