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• Man found dead in a Minnesota freezer was hiding from police: investigators

  09-07-2023 20:47 via wane.com
  
  BIWABIK, Minn. (AP) — A man found dead in a freezer in Minnesota last month was hiding from police, investigators said in a preliminary report.The body of 34-year-old Brandon Lee Buschman of Babbitt, Minnesota, was found in a chest freezer in the basement of an unoccupied home in the town of Biwabik on June 26.Investigators believe Buschman was in the house hiding because there was an active warrant for his arrest, police said in a news release Friday.Girl, 14, found at California Marine b
  
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• Oregon man killed on Indiana Toll Road in fatal crash

  09-07-2023 20:07 via wane.com
  
  STEUBEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- Saturday afternoon Fort Wayne and Steuben County Indiana State Troopers (ISP) responded to a 911 call reporting a pedestrian had been struck on Indiana Toll Road.
  A preliminary investigation of the scene found that Micheal Shaw, 45, of Portland, Oregon had been driving a pickup truck pulling a utility trailer and had pulled over heading eastbound, near mile marker 142, due to a developing mechanical issue.
  Shaw exited his truck, raising the hood to assess the damag
  
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• Oregon man killed on Indiana Toll Road due to fatal crash

  09-07-2023 20:07 via wane.com
  
  STEUBEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- Saturday afternoon Fort Wayne and Steuben County Indiana State Troopers (ISP) responded to a 911 call reporting a pedestrian had been struck on Indiana Toll Road.
  A preliminary investigation of the scene found that Micheal Shaw, 45, of Portland, Oregon had been driving a pickup truck pulling a utility trailer and had pulled over heading eastbound due to a developing mechanical issue.
  Shaw exited his truck, raising the hood to assess the damage, then entered the rig
  
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• 4 die in New York house fire as crews respond to woman's desperate call

  09-07-2023 19:29 via wane.com
  
  NEW SCOTLAND, N.Y. (AP) — Four people died, including a 5-year-old girl, when a fire swept through a house west of Albany, New York, just before sunrise Saturday.Fire crews rushed to the home after a desperate call from a woman, who told a 911 dispatcher that she was trapped in a room with a child and unable to escape through a window because of an air-conditioning unit.Emergency responders battle ahouse fire on Saturday, July 8, 2023 in New Scotland, N.Y. Four people died, including a 5-y
  
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• The FDA is being asked to look into viral energy drink that has the caffeine of 6 Coke cans

  09-07-2023 18:34 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — An influencer-backed energy drink that has earned viral popularity among children is facing scrutiny from lawmakers and health experts over its potentially dangerous levels of caffeine.On Sunday, Sen. Charles Schumer called on the Food and Drug Administration to investigate PRIME, a beverage brand founded by the YouTube stars Logan Paul and KSI that has become something of an obsession among the influencers’ legions of young followers.“One of the summer’s
  
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• Police link man to two women whose bodies were found in different Minnesota storage units

  09-07-2023 17:48 via wane.com
  
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The body of a Minnesota woman who had been missing for two years was found in a storage unit, and St. Paul police said Friday that her death has been linked to a man who was charged after another woman’s dismembered body was found in a different storage unit in another Minneapolis suburb.Joseph Jorgenson hasn't yet been charged in Fanta Xayavong's death, but the 40-year-old was charged last week with second-degree murder in the death of Manijeh “Mani&rdqu
  
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• Girl, 14, found at California Marine base two weeks after being reported missing

  09-07-2023 17:34 via wane.com
  
  CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (KSWB) - A 14-year-old girl was found at a California Marin base, two weeks after she was reported missing, authorities have confirmed.
  The teen was reported missing by her grandmother on June 13, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department told Nexstar's KSWB.
  A deputy with the Rancho San Diego Sheriff's Station responded to the grandmother's home in Spring Valley on the same day to take a missing person report, the department explained. The grandmother told authorities her
  
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• Nine shot in downtown Cleveland, taken to hospital for treatment

  09-07-2023 16:32 via wane.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — An early morning shooting in a nightclub area of downtown Cleveland sent nine people to the hospital, but no fatalities were reported, authorities said.Police said preliminary information indicates that someone opened fire toward a group of people in the Warehouse District at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday, about the time the clubs were closing. The suspect then fled the scene.Officers assigned to the district’s weekly detail arrived quickly and rendered medical aid, police
  
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• St Joe puts on Pickle Fest for 27 year

  09-07-2023 16:06 via wane.com
  
  ST JOE, Ind. (WANE) -- Pickle Fest is coming back for its 27 year to St Joe.The festival is going on July 13 through 17 and has events for all ages. The event features a pickle eating contest, pickle derby car racing, and of course all things pickle flavored.For a more in-depth schedule and map of the grounds head to Pickle Fest's website.
  
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• Student pilot safely lands plane after it loses power over Colorado

  09-07-2023 15:47 via wane.com
  
  DENVER (KDVR) -- A student pilot was able to safely land a plane Saturday after the aircraft lost power shortly after he took off.The student pilot took off to the south at around 1 p.m. from the Front Range Airport, located about 30 miles east of Denver.He had only reached 100 feet of altitude when the plane suddenly lost power, according to the Adams County Sheriff's Office.Keeping his cool, ACSO said the student was able to safely land the plane in a field near Peterson Road, only striking a
  
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• Botanical Conservatory celebrates 15 years of Jazzworks!

  09-07-2023 15:44 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory is continuing its groovy tradition for its 15 year. Jazzworks puts a spotlight on local Jazz artists as a lead-up to the Three Rivers Festival ending fireworks show.
  Before the fireworks show, enjoy the jazz styling of local musicians Alicia Pyle & The Locals, Ty Causey, and The Mad Scatter performing outdoors on the Conservatory Terrace.Mad Anthony will join the crowd, serving up food and beverages for those in attend
  
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• Deputies accused a Texas sheriff of corruption and dysfunction. Then came the mass shooting

  09-07-2023 15:08 via wane.com
  
  COLDSPRING, Texas (AP) — Sheriff Greg Capers was the classic picture of a Texas lawman as he announced the capture of a suspected mass killer: white cowboy hat on his head, gold star pinned to his chest, white cross on his belt and a large pistol emblazoned with his name on his hip.For four days, Francisco Oropeza had evaded hundreds of officers after allegedly killing five neighbors when they complained that his late-night shooting was keeping their baby awake. The sheriff said
  
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• No winner pushes Powerball jackpot to $650M: When is the next drawing?

  09-07-2023 15:07 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) - For the 34th consecutive drawing, no ticket matched the winning Powerball numbers drawn Saturday night, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $650 million ahead of the next drawing.
  As it stands, the jackpot ranks as the ninth largest in game history, edging out a $632.6 million prize split by tickets in California and Wisconsin last year.
  Numbers drawn Saturday were 7, 23, 24, 32, 43 and red Powerball 18, and the Power Play multiplier was 2X.Three tickets - one each sold in California
  
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• Two New Jersey firefighters killed in burning cargo ship

  09-07-2023 14:18 via wane.com
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Fire crews on Saturday continued to battle flames that have smoldered inside a cargo ship docked at the East Coast’s biggest port, days after the blaze claimed the lives of two New Jersey firefighters and injured five others.Newark firefighters Augusto “Augie” Acabou and Wayne “Bear” Brooks Jr. were killed in the Wednesday night fire aboard the Grande Costa d’Avorio, an Italian-flagged vessel carrying thousands of vehicles a
  
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• Judge holds Washington state in contempt for not providing services to mentally ill people in jails

  09-07-2023 14:00 via wane.com
  
  A federal judge has found Washington state in contempt and ordered it to pay more than $100 million in fines for failing to provide timely psychiatric services to mentally ill people who are forced to wait in jails for weeks or months.In her order released late Friday, U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman said the Washington Department of Social and Health Services has been violating the constitutional rights of these people since 2015 due to a “lack of foresight, creativity, planning and ti
  
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• Six killed when small plane crashes, bursts into flames in field near Southern California airport

  09-07-2023 13:21 via wane.com
  
  MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — Six people were killed when a small plane crashed in a field and burst into flames during the second of two landing attempts in fog just before dawn Saturday at a Southern California airport, authorities said.The crash of the Cessna C550 business jet occurred around 4:15 a.m. in Murrieta, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.It took firefighters more than an hour to extinguish the flames, which ch
  
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• Gunman on scooter shoots randomly in NYC, police say. 87 year-old killed, 3 others wounded

  09-07-2023 03:15 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (PIX11/AP) — A scooter-riding gunman who went on a random shooting spree across two New York City boroughs was arrested by the New York Police Department, officials said Saturday.A 25 year-old man was taken into custody without incident and his identity was not revealed by police, Assistant Police Chief Joseph Kenny said at a news conference. A 9 mm handgun with an extended magazine and a scooter were recovered.Earlier in the day, NYPD responded to reporters of a shooter coming fr
  
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