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Atlantic City, NJ

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Santa Monica, CA

Brigid Pfeifer

The world has lost a ground breaking acting legend. On March 29th, 2024, Louis Gossett Jr. passed away in Santa Monica, California. He was 87 years old. Gossett Jr. was born in 1936 in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. After obtaining a sports injury at age 17, he was encouraged to participate in a school play. Not long afterwards, he was encouraged to try out for a Broadway play. The rest, as they say, was history.

Academy Award Winning Actor Dies at Age 87

San Francisco, CA

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The teenage child of former Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield has been located safely after having run away from home, officials announced Sunday. Mint Butterfield, 16, was found in San Francisco at 11:30 p.m. local time Saturday, the Marin County Sheriff's Office said in a statement Sunday. Mint was last seen...

Former Slack CEO's teenager has been safely located after running away, officials say

North Carolina State

Charlotte, NC

Three officers with a U.S. marshals task force were fatally shot while serving a warrant at a home Monday in Charlotte, North Carolina, officials said. One marshal and two local officers working with the fugitive task force were killed. Gov. Roy Cooper Cooper said that "two state Department of Adult Correction officers" had died.

3 law enforcement officers killed while serving warrant in North Carolina

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Houston, TX

Lance R. Fletcher

A Texas teacher and her husband are now in custody, accused of taking thousands of dollars from home renovation clients and gambling away money they took for work they never finished.

Texas teacher and husband arrested, accused of gambling away $1.53 million in home renovation scam

Fullerton, CA

Garden Grove, CA

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Last March, a female reported to police that she was inappropriately touched by a Boys & Girls Club counselor, who was later identified as Elijah Domminic Barrera , 29 years-old, of Fullerton, according to the Garden Grove Police Department .

A former O.C. Boys and Girls Club counselor was arrested for allegedly molesting young girls

Connecticut State

East Hartford, CT

Two Connecticut barbers who dropped everything to save a little girl from running into traffic say they are simply dads with lucky timing. Surveillance video posted to the Instagram account of Look Sharp Barbershop owner Osvaldo Lugo and his employee Rafael Santana shows the pair racing out of the East Hartford establishment after a young girl who ran down the road by herself.

Video captures 2 Connecticut barbers rushing out door to stop child from wandering into traffic

Indiana State

South Bend, IN

In December 2000, three days before Christmas, police lieutenant Gene Eyster received a late night phone call about a baby found abandoned in a cardboard box. The newborn had been discovered by college students in a South Bend, Indiana, apartment building hallway. “He was wrapped in blankets and a flannel...

A police officer once rescued an abandoned infant. Two decades later, fate brought them together

Colorado State

Aurora, CO

A Colorado paramedic was sentenced to four years of probation Friday for his role in the killing of Elijah McClain, bringing a close to the yearslong effort to prosecute those involved in the Black pedestrian's death. Jeremy Cooper, a one-time Aurora Fire Rescue paramedic, had faced up to three years...

Paramedic sentenced to 4 years of probation for role in Elijah McClain's death

Oklahoma State

Sulphur, OK

At least four casualties were confirmed Sunday as tornadoes whipped through several states starting Friday. A Saturday night tornado decimated much of downtown Sulphur, Oklahoma. NBC News’ Marissa Parra has the aftermath and the community's effort at coping with disaster.

At least 4 confirmed casualties as tornadoes decimate areas throughout the weekend

Broken Arrow, OK

“We always called her Joi,” Charlotte Autry, Marilyn Joi Base’s childhood best friend, told Dateline. “She was, absolutely, a joy.”. Charlotte thinks fondly of the childhood she spent alongside Joi in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, just outside of Tulsa. She talked about the blissful, slow-paced lifestyle they led as young girls — running around the farmland behind their properties, playing with horses, and singing in church. “[Joi’s family] had a ditch in their backyard, and they had a swing on a rope — and we would swing over that ditch,” she said. “It was a blast.”

Oklahoma woman seeks answers 37 years after the abduction and murder of her best friend, Marilyn Joi Base

Everett, WA

The Quick Historian

In Everett, Washington, a mother has been apprehended on suspicion of murder following the discovery of her young son's lifeless body on the side of the freeway last week. According to the Everett Police Department, the family of 4-year-old Ariel Garcia reported him missing on Wednesday, March 27, citing "suspicious circumstances." Prompted by concerns for the boy's safety, law enforcement, in collaboration with the FBI and other agencies, launched an extensive search effort.

Mother arrested after 4-year-old son found dead alongside road

San Bernardino County, CA

Baker, CA

Pain In The Pass

BAKER, CA. (Pain In The Pass) >> Three people were killed in an head-on accident on northbound Interstate 15 Saturday afternoon. Four people were airlifted to the hospital. Photo above is credit by Nicole Rivera.)

3 Killed, 4 Airlifted to Hospital Following Head-On Collision on I-15 near Baker CA., on Saturday

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Atlantic City mayor and his wife accused of physically, emotionally abusing teen daughter

Atlantic City, New Jersey, Mayor Marty Small Sr. and his wife are both charged with physically and emotionally abusing their teen daughter, officials announced Monday. Small,...

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Atlantic City mayor and his wife accused of physically, emotionally abusing teen daughter

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