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Utah lowered its DUI limit. Will other states follow?

If you’re a 200-pound man, it takes about four drinks in an hour to register a .08 blood-alcohol content level and be deemed legally intoxicated.Except if you’re in Utah.A new law that went into effect...

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Texas man accused of beheading mother's dog

A Texas man is accused of stabbing and beheading his mother’s dog last year, according to an arrest affidavit released Monday by police in Round Rock, just north of Austin.Sebastian Deen Abdullah, 18,...

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Laundry gets hot

Pratt firefighters were called to the First Street Laundry to investigate a report of smoke from a dryer but all they found was an overloaded washing machine.

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Fla. teacher spread feces on tables, grills before child's birthday party,...

A professional dispute between a Sarasota County, Fla., School District principal and her substitute teacher led to an arrest last month when the teacher allegedly spread human feces on the tables and...

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N.Y. man accused of killing grandmother: 'I did chop her up'

“I did do it. I did chop her up. I didn’t only chop her up, I chopped my landlord up too.”Those are the words that a double-homicide defendant said Tuesday night regarding the killing of his...

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Ohio woman busted after showing up to court with backpack full of drugs, cops...

An Ohio woman who showed up in the village mayor’s court to answer to drug charges carried a backpack containing meth, Ecstasy, marijuana, pills and other drugs — and pipes used to smoke them.Stark...

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Texas father admits kidnapping was staged, leads police to infant's lifeless...

A Texas father who reportedly admitted to police that he staged the kidnapping of his 8-month-old son has led officers to the infant's body, authorities in San Antonio confirmed Friday.King Jay Davila...

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Ill. strip-club dancer allegedly invokes Trump’s name, hurls shot glass and...

An Illinois strip-club dancer was arrested after throwing a shot glass at a customer before slapping the back of his head, police said.About 11:20 p.m. Jan. 2, the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office was...

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Fla. mom charged after kids found with rotted teeth, living in house with...

A 23-year-old woman was charged with child neglect without great bodily harm after her children were found in poor condition at their Crestview, Fla., home.On Jan. 5, Angelica Crites’ daughter called...

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Texas woman shot, killed man while posing with rifle for Snapchat, police say

A Texas woman who fatally shot a man two days before Christmas was posing with a rifle for Snapchat when she accidentally pulled the trigger, according to an arrest affidavit filed on Monday.Autumn...

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'To Catch a Predator' host Chris Hansen arrested, charged with passing bad...

Former NBC News correspondent Chris Hansen, whose "To Catch a Predator" reports caught countless men soliciting minors for sex, was arrested this week in Connecticut for allegedly passing bad...

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Ariz. police arrest nurse they say raped, impregnated incapacitated patient

A nurse has been arrested and charged with raping and impregnating an incapacitated patient at an Arizona nursing home.That 26-year-old patient, whose name has not been released, gave birth Dec. 29.The...

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Cops: Woman danced half-naked after threatening to shoot up Fla. Waffle House

Sheriff’s deputies say 38-year-old woman dropped her pants and danced half-naked in a Waffle House parking lot in Pensacola, Fla., Monday afternoon.Before doing that, the restaurant manager reported,...

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Kansas Supreme Court supports decreased time in jail for convicted murderer...

The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday overturned, in part, decisions made by a lower court and the Court of Appeals to change the sentence of convicted murderer James Lee Jamerson.Jamerson, convicted of...

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Retired Kansas Highway Patrol trooper sentenced for lying to FBI about gambling

A 53-year-old retired Kansas Highway Patrol trooper was sentenced Monday to a year on federal probation after he lied to the FBI during an investigation into illegal gambling in Wichita.The District of...

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Kansas couple arrested for child endangerment after young child tests...

A husband and wife in southwest Kansas were arrested over the weekend in connection with child abuse after a young child tested positive for methamphetamine.Liberal Police said Monday officers...

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Cops: Fla. man thought he was stealing opioids, but wound up with laxatives...

A Florida man who thought he was stealing opioids wound up with laxatives instead, police say.Peter Hans Emery Jr., 69, was caught on surveillance video taking a handful of pills from a bottle he found...

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Bill inspired by high-speed chase in Topeka would remove liability for police

Legislation introduced by the Kansas League of Municipalities would strike from state law a requirement for police officers engaged in a high-speed chase to drive with regard for others' safety.The...

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New Kansas corrections secretary says transfers, double-bunking factors in...

The new secretary of the Kansas Department of Corrections said Wednesday questionable transfer of inmates among prison facilities and crowded living conditions fueled riots in 2017 and 2018, and he...

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Kansas man jailed after police say he set homeless woman's blankets on fire...

PITTSBURG — A Pittsburg man is being held on $100,000 bond on allegations of aggravated arson and attempted murder of a homeless woman.According to a release from the Pittsburg Police Department, at...

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