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History expert conducts dig for infamous Boeing hijacker

Nearly 50 years after skyjacker D.B. Cooper vanished out the back of a Boeing 727 into freezing Northwest rain — wearing a business suit, a parachute and a pack with $200,000 in cash — a crime historian is conducting a dig on the banks of the Columbia River in Vancouver,… Read More

Missing boa constrictor turns up in Utah

A boa constrictor accidentally freed from its container in Utah has been found a month after it went missing. The snake’s owner contacted police Wednesday and said the 8-foot- (2.44 meters) long reptile was found near a deep freezer in his home, KSL TV reported Thursday. Sponsored: The Truth About… Read More

Prosecutors seek death penalty for “heinous” cult crime

Prosecutors in Idaho say they will seek the death penalty against a man in the killing of his wife’s two youngest children and the husband’s previous wife in a convoluted case involving doomsday religious beliefs and another suspicious death in Arizona. The prosecutors made the announcement in court filings on… Read More

Here’s when the U.S. census data will release

After a delay of more than four months caused by the pandemic, data from the 2020 census used for drawing congressional and legislative districts will be released next week, the U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday. The bureau will publicize the data next Thursday, Aug. 12, four days before it had… Read More

[Shocking video] Grisly NYC shooting caught on tape

A woman was brutally attacked in New York. But not by Andrew Cuomo. The victim was 42-year-old Delia Johnson. She was standing on a stoop for a conversation with three people, when she was shot in the head by a blonde woman walking slowly with a purse. You can see… Read More

Hiring spree? Job growth report exceeds expectations

Despite an uptick in COVID-19 cases and a shortage of available workers, the U.S. economy likely enjoyed a burst of job growth last month as it bounced back with surprising vigor from last year’s coronavirus shutdown. The Labor Department’s July jobs report Friday is expected to show that the United… Read More

Andrew Cuomo is done in 8 days

State lawmakers told Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday that their ongoing impeachment investigation is almost done and gave him a deadline of Aug. 13 to provide additional evidence. Since March, the Assembly’s judiciary committee has been investigating whether there are grounds to impeach the Democratic governor over sexual harassment allegations,… Read More

Beloved woodsman fights New Hampshire gov’t in landmark case

For almost three decades, 81-year-old David Lidstone has lived in the woods of New Hampshire along the Merrimack River in a small cabin adorned with solar panels. He has grown his own food, cut his own firewood, and tended to his pets and chickens. But his off-the-grid existence has been… Read More

Report: Hurricane season is nowhere near over…

After a record start, followed by a near-silent July, the Atlantic hurricane season looks like it will be busier than meteorologists predicted a few months ago. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Wednesday updated its outlook for the 2021 Atlantic season, slightly increasing the number of named storms and… Read More

States giving away $15k bonuses — here’s why

Faced with a labor shortage and a growing number of vacancies, Nebraska state officials are offering bigger incentive packages to try to get people to work in the state’s prisons, veterans homes and other facilities that require around-the-clock staffing. State officials said the new, more generous bonuses are a short-term… Read More