Grandfather fights off abductor trying to take 6yo
He kicked down the door screaming 'you have my daughter'. Then her grandad took action.
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Cyanide from steel plant trickled into Lake Michigan for days before public was notified
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Officer responsible for chokehold death five years ago fired
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In Alaska, a 50-year-old message in a bottle from a Soviet navy captain washes ashore
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Ohio gunman Connor Betts knew where his sister was when he began shooting.
Finding Amelia Earhart's plane seemed impossible. Then came a startling clue
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The phony patriots of Silicon Valley
New York Times: What's good for tech companies not necessarily what's good for the US.
Secretive group holding US 'prisoner': 'No one will stop us'
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Five children killed in day care centre fire
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Epstein's guards working extreme overtime shifts
Staffing shortages meant those guarding Epstein were not following protocols.
How Jeffrey Epstein escaped justice for decades
For 30 years prosecutors tried to hold him to account. At every turn, he slipped away.
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The alleged sex trafficker has been found dead in jail.
Epstein's accusers to go after his alleged enablers
Representatives of his accusers expressed mixed feelings about his apparent suicide.
Teen sex case: Prince Andrew named in documents, Jeffrey Epstein dies in jail
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Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein found dead ahead of sex trafficking trial
The investor arrested on sex trafficking charges died in a suspected suicide in jail.
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Trump heads for golf club holiday with summer storms looming
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Teen fugitives hunted for triple murders found dead
Bodies found in hunt for fugitive teenagers.
Killer teen freed from jail
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Attack on Texas shoppers to be handled as domestic terrorism
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Ohio shooting: Nine killed 'in less than one minute'
Gunman's sister one of those killed at Dayton bar.
Kentucky pipeline blast leaves 1 dead, 5 injured, 7 missing
Nearby residents were evacuated following the explosion.
NZ mosque attacks inspired US synagogue shooting: authorities
US student praised Christchurch gunman before setting fire to mosque, shooting synagogue.
Bin Laden's son and successor confirmed dead
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