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South Padre Island PD(NEW YORK) -- The Florida State Attorney's Office 20th Judicial Circuit said on Tuesday it will seek the death penalty against Lois Riess, who allegedly killed a woman in Fort Myers Beach in April. Riess, 56, also is accused of shooting and killing her husband in Minnesota before traveling to Florida and killing Pamela Hutchinson to assume her identity. Riess, who "was also indicted for Grand Theft […]

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump has reversed the initial rejection of a request to lower the White House flag to half-staff to honor the newspaper employees who were killed in a Maryland shooting last week. The mayor of Annapolis had made a personal appeal to the White House over the weekend, which was rejected Monday, according to a spokesperson for Mayor Gavin Buckley. But Trump issued a proclamation Tuesday morning […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- While Iowa is considering what could become the most restrictive abortion law in the country, the Hawkeye state won't be one of the states with the longest waiting periods for abortions. The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday struck down a law that required a 72-hour waiting period before obtaining an abortion. In the 92-page decision, the Iowa Supreme Court justice concluded that the three-day waiting period, which […]

iStock/Thinkstock(ORLANDO) -- A Florida mom made a frantic cry for help while on a call with a 911 dispatcher because her teen daughter was trapped in a tree for a half an hour with hissing alligators below. "My daughter's stuck in a frickin' tree and there's gators surrounding her," the mom said on the phone call to 911. "We can't get her out." The close encounter with the alligators occurred […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) -- Just a few days after five staff members were gunned down in the newsroom of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, the local paper released a letter on Sunday to express their appreciation of the community's response and remind readers of the frequent attacks on the press.The staff opened the letter by saying "thank you for the outpouring of sympathy" the paper received from the […]

iStock/Thinkstock(CLEVELAND) -- An Ohio man has been accused of plotting an attack on Wednesday's Independence Day parade and fireworks in downtown Cleveland, the FBI announced Monday.Agents said they had charged Demetrius Nathaniel Pitts with one count of attempting to provide material support to Al-Qaeda.“I’m trying to figure out something that would shake them up on the 4th of July,” Pitts allegedly said to an undercover FBI operative, according to court […]

Google Maps(BOISE, Idaho) -- A 3-year-old girl attacked at her birthday party by a knife-wielding man who stabbed five other children and three adults in Boise, Idaho, has died from her injuries, police said Monday.The girl, whose name had not been released, died at a trauma center in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she was flown for treatment."It is with deep sorrow we share the news that she has passed […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Another day of blistering heat is in store for much of the Northeast. A prolonged heat wave is gripping the Northeast, with heat index values near 100 degrees Monday in major cities like Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia; New York City; Hartford, Connecticut; and Albany, New York. Some record highs will be challenged as temperatures rise to nearly 20 degrees above average. Heat advisories, excessive heat warnings and excessive […]

iStock/Thinkstock(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) -- TV news employees were forced to evacuate from their building Sunday night, skipping a newscast, after a nonemployee gained access to the building and sat down on set. KRQE, a CBS affiliate in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was forced to skip its 10 p.m. newscast due to the intruder. According to the Albuquerque Police Department, the man "gained access" to the TV station's building at about 8:45 p.m. […]