Tag: authorities
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Wisconsin man faked his own death and ended up in Uzbekistan, authorities say
A Wisconsin man is alive and well after faking his own death — leaving a long trail of electronic breadcrumbs in the United States, Canada and Europe, authorities said Thursday. Green Lake County Sheriff’s deputies have been in touch with Ryan Borgwardt, a married father of two who was reported missing in August and now…
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A Siberian tiger bit a man in China and remains on the loose, authorities say
HONG KONG — Authorities in northern China are searching for a wild tiger, after it attacked two men and left one of them needing surgery. Officials in Boli County in China’s northernmost province of Heilongjiang said in a statement that a villager was bitten on the left hand late Monday. The man’s injury was so…
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Unsolved 1979 slaying in Illinois linked to suspected serial killer, authorities say
The unsolved killing of a 19-year-old woman in suburban Chicago more than four decades ago was linked to a suspected serial killer believed to be responsible for several other slayings in the area, authorities said Wednesday. During a news conference, police in North Aurora, west of Chicago, said they solved the 1979 killing of Kathy…
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Juvenile shooter kills 5, including 3 kids, in Washington state, authorities say
Five people, including three children, were killed Monday in a Washington state shooting allegedly committed by a juvenile suspect who was taken into custody, authorities said. Deputies responded shortly before 5 a.m. to reports of a shooting at a home in the Lake Alice Road neighborhood in Fall City, about 25 miles east of Seattle,…
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Armed North Carolina man arrested on suspicion of making threats against FEMA workers, authorities say
An armed North Carolina man was arrested after it was reported that he had made comments about “possibly harming FEMA employees” involved in hurricane relief efforts in the state, authorities said. William Jacob Parsons, 44, was arrested Saturday after the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office received a call saying the caller witnessed Parsons making threatening comments…
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NYC Mayor Adams turns himself in to federal authorities ahead of arraignment
New York City Mayor Eric Adams will step into a Manhattan courtroom and into the history books on Friday when he is arraigned on federal corruption and bribery charges that could force him out of office. Adams surrendered to federal authorities a day after he was hit with a 57-page federal indictment accusing him of…