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Report: Zookeeper didn't have pepper spray when attacked
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A Florida zookeeper killed by a tiger violated safety rules by not ensuring the animal was locked up before entering its pen and by not carrying pepper spray, a state investiga...
Oct 03, 2016
Witness: Refuge less tense than town during armed standoff
PORTLAND, Ore. - A witness testifying for the defence Monday in the trial of Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy and others charged in the armed takeover of an Oregon bird sanctuary said the place was peaceful du...
Oct 03, 2016
Official: Recovering train data recorder could take days
HOBOKEN, N.J. - It could be days before federal investigators working in 12-hour shifts clear enough debris to recover the data recorder from a train that crashed into a station, killing a woman and i...
Oct 03, 2016
Leaked videos partially pull back curtain on Mormon church
SALT LAKE CITY - In leaked videos, Mormon leaders discuss concerns about the growth of the gay rights movement and hear from a former U.S. senator and church member who tells them the Iraq war could o...
Oct 03, 2016
Police chief prominent in heroin addiction debate fired
BOSTON - A police chief who was honoured by the White House for his pioneering approach to heroin addiction was fired on Monday after the mayor accused him of misleading investigators looking into all...
Oct 03, 2016
Massachusetts man founds political Pizza Party
BOSTON - Josh Freeman is searching for his slice of the Massachusetts electorate. The 42-year-old Raynham man is the founder of the Pizza Party, a political designation officially recognized by state ...
Oct 03, 2016
Family of black man shot 14 times by police wants charges
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The family of a man killed in July by Sacramento police after 911 callers reported he was waving a knife and acting erratically demanded Monday that two officers face murder charg...
Oct 03, 2016
Ex-officer charged with rape, other counts after stops
NASHVILLE - A former police officer in Tennessee has been charged with rape in two separate incidents. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said that a Maury County grand jury on Monday returned indi...
Oct 03, 2016
Court overturns $12M sex abuse verdict against Boy Scouts
HARTFORD, Conn. - The state Supreme Court on Monday overturned a $12 million jury verdict against the Boy Scouts of America - the largest ever against the organization - in the case of a boy who said ...
Oct 03, 2016
Ohio police initiative to get review in deal with protesters
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus officials will evaluate the effectiveness of a summer police initiative as part of discussions between the city council’s president and demonstrators who have protested...
Oct 03, 2016