A massive fire engulfed a historic New York church Thursday with bright orange flames moving through the building as firefighters battled to extinguish the inferno. The five-alarm blaze initially began at a residence attached to the First Reformed Church of …

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One person is in custody in connection to two missing University of South Florida doctoral students, authorities said Friday. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said it closed down a Tampa neighborhood Friday afternoon and took into custody a barricaded person …

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A 14-year-old boy was charged with assault after video shows him allegedly body-slamming a teen girl onto a New York City sidewalk and stomping on her head. The incident began after the girl refused to give her attacker her phone …

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A wild police chase through San Francisco took a jaw-dropping turn when a suspected car thief ditched his vehicle on the Bay Bridge and climbed underneath the span, at times dangling from crossbeams high above the water in a desperate …

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A chef at the University of Massachusetts Amherst allegedly killed his wife in a room at a hotel on campus, according to police. Jeffrey C. MacDonald, 36, was charged with murdering his wife, 31-year-old Emma MacDonald, while they were in …

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Cincinnati’s now-former police chief, once sued by subordinates for alleged discrimination against White male officers, has been fired. A termination announcement says Teresa Theetge was “begged” to put more officers on the streets during a crime-riddled summer last year. She …

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Years after DNA evidence linked a 1991 killing and a 1993 rape in Massachusetts, forensic genetic genealogy helped investigators identify the man authorities say was responsible for both cold cases. Evidence from the killing of Cherie Bishop in 1991 and …

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The Zodiac Killer’s cryptic messages weren’t just taunts to police — they were a twisted throwback to his first victim, according to an independent investigator who says he’s cracked the code and uncovered new evidence suggesting the infamous serial killer …

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