Baltimore, MD

California State

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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

Colorado State

Fort Collins, CO

Travis Kauffman described his struggle to fight off and kill a mountain lion that attacked him while running along trails near Fort Collins, Colorado.

Runner who killed mountain lion describes attack

Wisconsin State

Joint Base Andrews, MD

A Secret Service agent assigned to Vice President Kamala Harris’ detail was removed from their assignment after displaying behavior that colleagues found “distressing,” the agency said.

Secret Service says agent on Harris’ detail was removed from assignment after distressing behavior

Alabama State

New Orleans, LA

Nearly 50 years after robbing and fatally stabbing three men while high on drugs as a teen in New Orleans, Warren Harris Jr. sat at a table at the Louisiana State Penitentiary and apologized for the suffering he caused.

An apology 47 years in the making: New Orleans ‘juvenile lifer’ who killed 3 men in 1977 is granted parole

Georgia State

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Catoosa County, GA

Ringgold, GA

The Quick Historian

In a disturbing case from Catoosa County, Georgia, 24-year-old Dillan Michael Tennant has been sentenced to a minimum of 15 years in prison after being found guilty of two counts of first-degree cruelty to children.

Man who beat children, 2 & 3, over dirty bedroom is sentenced

Oregon State

West Richland, WA

The second body found at the home of former Washington state school resource officer Elias Huizar was that of his 17-year-old girlfriend and mother of his 1-year-old son whom he was accused of kidnapping, West Richland Police Department confirmed at a news conference Wednesday.

Washington state officials identify second body found at ex-officer’s home as girlfriend and mother of kidnapped child

Los Angeles, CA

Mimi Haley, a witness in Harvey Weinstein’s historic rape trial, says she would consider testifying in a new trial after the former Hollywood producer’s New York conviction was overturned by the New York Court of Appeals.

Star witness in Harvey Weinstein trial says she’d consider testifying after overturned conviction: ‘This isn’t just about me’

Texas State

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

Washington, DC

President Biden pokes fun at former and his age and President Trump during a speech at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington.

‘I’m a grown man running against a 6-year-old’: Biden jokes about his age and Trump at Correspondents’ Dinner

Westminster, CA

NewSantaAna

A pair of suspects removed gaming headsets on multiple occasions from the Target located at 16400 Beach Blvd. and fled, according to the Westminster Police Department . Suspect 1: Male (See picture), possibly Asian and a tattoo on the right side of his face.

Remembering the victims of the Baltimore bridge collapse

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