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Authorities believe a gunman may have targeted the California Seventh-day Adventist school where two young boys were critically wounded in a shooting Wednesday because of its church affiliation, the Butte County sheriff said.
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Phil Helsel, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
Two children were wounded in a shooting Wednesday at a small religious school in Northern California, according to the local sheriff’s office.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
He was extradited to Miami, where a St. Petersburg detective and a Pinellas County sheriff’s deputy picked him up over the weekend.
—Faith Karimi, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
One burglary happened early October 6 at a home in Missouri’s Cass County, a report from the county sheriff’s office said.
—Chris Boyette, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
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Phil Helsel, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
Two children were wounded in a shooting Wednesday at a small religious school in Northern California, according to the local sheriff’s office.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
He was extradited to Miami, where a St. Petersburg detective and a Pinellas County sheriff’s deputy picked him up over the weekend.
—Faith Karimi, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
One burglary happened early October 6 at a home in Missouri’s Cass County, a report from the county sheriff’s office said.
—Chris Boyette, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
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The woman was expected to be accompanied by six US marshals on Tuesday’s flight back to New York, authorities said.Saskya Vandoorne, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
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Republican legislators also failed to pass a major civil rights act that could have provided federal marshals to guard polling places and protect African-American voters.Luke Voyles / Made by History, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
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The Florida Highway Patrol said troopers found Mensch dead at the scene of a crash just after 8 p.m. in Citrus County, Florida.Michelle Watson, Dan Heching and Megan Thomas, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
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Footage obtained by Tennessee news station WTVF shows the moment Yager took a field sobriety test conducted by Georgia State Patrol troopers.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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Since the ordinance's passage two years ago, more than 100 additional inspectors have taken the department's training, Rich said.Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 10 Dec. 2024
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If the violation is severe enough, the DNS inspector may write an emergency order to fix the heating.Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
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Joseph Kenny, the NYPD's chief of detectives, confirmed Monday that the note is now in the possession of the Altoona Police Department.Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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During a Monday news conference, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said detectives were traveling to Altoona, about 100 miles east of Pittsburgh, to interview Mangione.James Powel, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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Kenny added that investigators found evidence that Mangione knew of UnitedHealthcare's annual investor conference in New York City.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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Federal investigators began looking into Jafari-Hassad’s operation in 2019.Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
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The office said that on Nov. 18, patrolmen from law enforcement saw the drones.Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
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According to the announcement, patrolmen from law enforcement saw the drones Monday night.Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
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Burrows was an ally and top lieutenant for Phelan, R-Beaumont, who was the focal point of a conservative insurrection that's center of gravity was actually outside of the House itself.John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 7 Dec. 2024
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Taft’s lieutenants undertook their task with zeal, especially in the State Department.Laura Ellyn Smith / Made by History, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
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One of Taylor's lawyers represented Daniel Perry, the former Army sergeant whom Abbott pardoned earlier this year after he was convicted of killing a Black Lives Matter protester.Skye Seipp, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Nov. 2024
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Loading your audio article A former Orange County sheriff’s sergeant was indicted Wednesday by a grand jury on charges of first-degree murder in the death of his estranged wife, a lieutenant with the agency who detectives initially believed killed herself.Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Sheriff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheriff. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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