Tag: man
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New York man fatally attacked by group of dogs in a backyard
A man was attacked and killed by several pit bull mixed dogs in a backyard this week in Albany, New York, and police are investigating whether charges are warranted. About 6 p.m. Wednesday, up to nine mixed-breed pit bulls “brutally and viciously” attacked a man in a backyard, Albany Police Chief Eric Hawkins said Thursday…
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Man accused of slashing 7-year-old girl’s neck at a Detroit park
A Detroit man was arrested after allegedly slashing the neck of a 7-year-old girl this week at a park. Gary Lansky, 73, was charged with assault with intent to murder and felonious assault in connection with the attack Tuesday at Ryan Park in Detroit, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office. The Council on American-Islamic…
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Teen charged with murder in stabbing death of gay Detroit man
A Michigan teenager charged in the stabbing death of a gay Detroit man will be tried as an adult, in part because of the “heinous nature of the crime,” authorities said Tuesday. Detroit police charged Ahmed Al-Alikhan, 17, with first-degree murder, felony murder and unlawful driving away in an automobile, alleging he fatally stabbed Howard…
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Black bear and 3 cubs attack man after they break into his Colorado home
A 74-year-old Colorado man was injured in his home by a black bear after the animal and its three cubs opened a partially cracked sliding glass door, authorities said. The attack Thursday in Lake City marks the first bear attack in the state this year, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The animals got into…
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Man falls to his death while canyoneering in Utah’s Zion National Park
A man fell to his death while canyoneering in Utah’s Zion National Park on Saturday, the National Park Service said in a release. The man, 40, died after accidentally falling near the exit of Heaps Canyon around 6 p.m., the park service said Sunday. He was not immediately identified. The man was canyoneering with three…
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Illinois man manipulated by girlfriend into killing Romeoville family of 4, police say
An Illinois woman manipulated her cheating boyfriend to believe he was being threatened by violent drug runners, leading him to slaughter a family of four before killing that tech-savvy girlfriend and himself, police said Thursday. Detectives in the Chicago suburb of Romeoville have been working for nearly a year to understand why Nathaniel Huey Jr.,…
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Black man details alleged beating at the hands of a white supremacist group in Boston
A Black teacher and musician told a federal court Thursday that members of a white nationalist hate group punched, kicked and beat him with metal shields during a march through downtown Boston two years ago. Charles Murrell III, of Boston, was in federal court Thursday to testify in his lawsuit asking for an undisclosed amount of money…
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Armed man breaks into home of rabbi hosting dinner for Jewish University of Michigan students
An armed man broke into the home of a rabbi in Southfield, Michigan, on Wednesday evening during a holiday dinner with Jewish students from the University of Michigan, police and university officials said. The dinner took place at the start of Rosh Hashanah, they added, and no one was injured. “The preliminary investigation indicates this…
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Texas man says he smashed Taylor Swift-signed guitar he bid $4,000 on at auction as ‘a joke’
There were more splinters than teardrops left on a Taylor Swift-autographed guitar after a Texas man smashed it apart as “a joke” — after paying thousands for it at auction, the man said Tuesday. Gary Estes, 67, says he paid $4,000 for the instrument at the Ellis County Wild Game Dinner in Waxahachie, an annual…
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North Carolina man jumps into Helene flood waters to save trapped woman
A North Carolina man made a “calculated risk,” jumping into fast-moving, Helene-swollen waters to save a woman because he “couldn’t watch her die.” Eddie Hunnell, 57, was in Grassy Creek ahead of son Austin Hunnell’s Saturday wedding when he saw floodwaters picking up Lesley Worth’s home. Video footage captured onlookers standing on the banks of…