Father of 4 Gunned Down After Landscaping Job

Martin Lucas, a 40-year-old father of four, was shot March 16 after landscaping work at a vacation rental, and the accused gunman is due back in court March 27. FALLBROOK, Calif. — A 70-year-old man has been charged after authorities said he shot two landscapers in a truck on East Mission Road this month, killing Martin Lucas and wounding another worker as the men left a job at a nearby vacation rental. The case now …

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Realtor Shot Dead During Open House as Arrest Comes 15 Years Later

Kristin Ramsey was indicted in Dallas County, and early court fights over bond and evidence are set to continue on April 10. WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Nearly 15 years after realtor Ashley Okland was shot while hosting an open house in a model townhome, Iowa authorities have charged a 53-year-old woman with first-degree murder, pulling one of central Iowa’s longest-running cold cases back into court. The arrest matters now because it ends years of …

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‘Supernatural’ Actress Carrie Anne Fleming Dead at 51

The Canadian performer died Feb. 26 in Sidney, British Columbia, after complications from breast cancer, ending a screen and stage career that stretched across nearly three decades. SIDNEY, British Columbia — Carrie Anne Fleming, a Canadian actress best known for recurring roles on “Supernatural” and “iZombie,” died Feb. 26 in British Columbia after complications from breast cancer, according to her representative and actor Jim Beaver, her former co-star. She was 51. Fleming’s death became more …

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Flight Attendant Thrown From Air Plane Survives in a ‘Total Miracle’

Federal investigators say an Air Canada Express jet struck a fire truck seconds after it was cleared to cross Runway 4, killing both pilots and injuring dozens of other people aboard. NEW YORK, N.Y. — A flight attendant survived being thrown from an Air Canada Express plane during a fatal runway collision at LaGuardia Airport late Sunday, as investigators worked this week to explain how a fire truck crossed in front of the arriving jet. …

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Woman Found Dead in Woods Weeks After Vanishing From Home

Officials said Rebecca Dorr’s death is not considered suspicious after search teams found her in a wooded area near walking trails nearly two months after she disappeared. BRUNSWICK, Maine — A 56-year-old Brunswick woman who disappeared in late January was found dead Saturday in a wooded area near walking trails after search crews returned to the field as snow receded and conditions improved, officials said. The discovery closed a case that had lingered in Brunswick …

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Two County Workers Gunned Down Outside Library

Police said the slain Vero Beach employees were meeting before work when an estranged husband arrived, opened fire and later disappeared after heading toward the ocean. VERO BEACH, Fla. — Two Indian River County employees were shot to death outside the county’s main library Tuesday morning, and police said Wednesday that the suspected gunman, the estranged husband of one victim, remained missing after his truck was found at South Beach Park. The case quickly grew …

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Fentanyl Found in Barbies at Discount Store

Initial field tests pointed to fentanyl, and later lab work found cocaine with trace amounts of fentanyl in the packaging. INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Police and a Missouri discount retailer say all five Barbie packages sold before drugs were spotted inside the backing have been recovered after a fast Saturday search began when store security found suspicious powder in one doll’s packaging. The case drew wide attention because the affected items were toys bought for children, …

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Women’s Boxer in Coma After Knockout

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Teen boxer Isis Sio is out of a medically induced coma but remains in intensive care after a first-round knockout loss Saturday in San Bernardino, California, her family and promoter said, as questions continue to build around the bout and the days leading up to it. The case drew fast attention because the first public update was so severe, then shifted within a day to guarded signs of improvement. Sio, 19, …

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Grandma Found Murdered on Patio

A 21-year-old Arlington man has been charged with murder after police said he shot and killed his grandmother inside her apartment following a family dispute over allowance money, then moved her body outside where a relative found her hours later. The case has drawn sharp attention in North Texas because of the close family relationship, the stark facts released by police and the small domestic argument investigators say led to the killing. Police identified the …

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Mom Arrested After Kidnapping Son’s Bully

PROVO, Utah — A Utah mother has been charged with child kidnapping and aggravated child abuse after prosecutors say she forced an 11-year-old boy into her car, drove him to her home and made him apologize to her son during a confrontation that authorities say left the child emotionally shaken. The case has drawn attention across Utah because it sits at the volatile intersection of school bullying, parental anger and criminal law. Prosecutors say Shannon …

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