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First cannabis cafe in the US opens in Los Angeles

Aleksandr_Kravtsov/iStock(LOS ANGELES) -- Lowell Farms Cafe officially opens Tuesday for canna-business!The organic cannabis cafe off La Brea Avenue in West Hollywood, Calif., is the first place in the country where customers can legally eat, drink and smoke cannabis.The establishment said to think of it as "a fresh concept blending a cafe and dispensary.""We wanted to break the stigma against cannabis so we wanted to create an environment where people could […]

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Amber Guyger convicted of murder in wrong-apartment killing of innocent man

BCFC/iStock(DALLAS) -- A Texas jury rejected former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger's self-defense claims and convicted her of murder on Tuesday in the fatal 2018 shooting of an innocent man eating ice cream in his own home after mistaking his apartment for her own.The 12-member jury reached its verdict after deliberating for less than two days. Guyger stood as Dallas County District Court Judge Tammy Kemp read the decision."We the […]

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Texas church uses donations to pay off $2.6M in medical debt for families

iStock(ROCKWALL, Texas) -- A church in North Texas is using donations to pay off $2.6 million in medical debt for 2,400 families in Dallas and Rockwall counties.Pastor Josh Howerton, from Lake Pointe Church, told ABC News on Sept. 24 that the project was part of the church's "Pay It Forward" campaign, which is designed to encourage community members to participate in acts of kindness in celebration of the church's 40th […]

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Community attends funeral service for Florida veteran with no immediate family

iStock(NAPLES, Fla.) -- It was an emotional day for hundreds of people who turned out to honor and say final farewells to a U.S. Army veteran many had never met.On Tuesday, friends and strangers in the community attended the internment for Edward K. Pearson, 80, of Naples, Florida, at Sarasota National Cemetery.They carried U.S. flags. Some laid flowers. Others reached out to touch the veteran's urn."It shows that Americans still […]

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Last of the escaped ‘extremely dangerous’ inmates caught in North Carolina

Gallia County Sheriff/Facebook(CARY, N.C.) -- Authorities in North Carolina have captured all four of the "extremely dangerous" inmates who escaped from an Ohio jail early Sunday morning.Brynn K. Martin, 40, Christopher M. Clemente, 24, and Troy R. McDaniel Jr., 30, were apprehended early Monday morning in Cary, North Carolina, just west of Raleigh, according to Cary officials.The fourth escapee, 29-year-old Lawrence R. Lee III, remained at-large until Monday when he […]

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Police searching for stolen New Jersey 9/11 memorial plaques

Atlantic Highlands Police(ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, N.J.) -- Weeks after the 18th anniversary of 9/11, three bronze plaques were stolen from a memorial in New Jersey, according to the Atlantic Highlands Police Department.Police believe the crime happened between Sept. 25 and 26 at the Monmouth County 9/11 Memorial at Mt. Mitchell in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey. The plaques at the memorial indicate time stamps of the events on Sept. 11, and now […]

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Video shows partially detached engine cover on United jet

Bobby Lewis(DENVER) -- After their United Airlines plane departed from Denver headed to Orlando, Florida early Sunday morning, passengers aboard Flight 293 looked out their window to a frightening sight: an engine cover had broken loose and was flapping around, leaving the engine exposed. Half an hour after taking off, pilots asked air traffic controllers at the Denver International Airport to return to the airport, saying that, “an engine panel […]

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Man falls into hot spring at Yellowstone’s Old Faithful, suffers severe burns

AdamLongSculpture/iStock(NEW YORK) -- A 48-year-old man was severely burned after falling into a boiling hot spring in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, officials said. Cade Edmond Siemers, an American who is currently living in India, told park rangers he had gone for a walk off the boardwalk without a flashlight and tripped into the thermal water near the Old Faithful cone geyser. He managed to get himself back to his […]

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Quick-thinking crew member stops runaway cart from striking airplane on tarmac

aapsky/iStock(CHICAGO) -- A quick-thinking airport employee averted a bad accident when a catering cart spun out of control on the tarmac of Chicago's O’Hare International Airport. The dramatic incident was caught on video by a passenger inside the terminal. Employees were servicing an American Airlines jet when their catering cart suddenly lurched out of control and began spinning wildly on its own. Dr. Kevin Klauer, who shot the video Monday, […]

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