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Pauline Conner(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on Tuesday to 1st Lt. Garlin Conner for his heroic actions during World War II, saying that "he takes his rightful place in the eternal chronicle of American valor."It's believed that Garlin has now become the second-most-highly decorated WWII veteran, after Audie Murphy.The award was accepted by Garlin's wife of 53 years, Pauline Conner, 89, of Clinton County, […]

Lancaster County Prison(NEW YORK) -- DNA recovered from a DJ's gum and water bottle has led to his arrest in connection with the killing of a Pennsylvania teacher 26 years ago, according to prosecutors.Raymond Rowe, who uses the DJ name "DJ Freez," has been charged with criminal homicide for allegedly killing Christy Mirack at her East Lampeter Township home, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office.The case dates back […]

WJLA(WASHINGTON) -- The Red Hen, a Washington, D.C., restaurant, is scrambling to make clear to diners that it's not the same henhouse embroiled in a White House squabble.In a case of mistaken identity, The Red Hen in Northwest Washington has been vandalized and ridiculed by geographically-challenged critics confusing it with The Red Hen in Lexington, Virginia. That restaurant asked White House press secretary Sarah Sanders to leave last week because […]

Justin Merriman/Getty Images(PITTSBURGH) -- One day after the funeral for Antwon Rose -- an African-American teen killed by police -- determined demonstrators returned to the streets of Pittsburgh.Patricia Bates said she is protesting Tuesday because of "the injustice and inequality that goes on in the city and all over the world.""I want justice to be served," she said, "and I want to know why? Why [are] you devaluing innocent people […]

Beaudette Family(MALIBU, Calif.) --  A man mysteriously shot dead while camping with his two young daughters was a "selfless" and "generous" father who was married to his high school sweetheart, his family said.Tristan Beaudette, 35, was gunned down at about 4:45 a.m. Friday at Malibu Creek State Park in Southern California, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office and Department Medical Examiner said. No one else was injured, the sheriff's office […]

Chicago Police Department(CHICAGO) -- A police dog helped officers in Chicago recover more than 1,500 pounds of narcotics with an estimated street value in excess of $10 million.The dog smelled the drugs during a traffic stop, and Chicago Police Department officers discovered the stash quickly thereafter, according to a post on the department's Facebook page.The pickup truck that contained the contraband was stopped around 7 p.m. on June 21 in […]

Pauline Conner(NEW YORK) -- When 89-year-old Pauline Conner of Clinton County, Kentucky, learned that her husband would receive the Medal of Honor, she thought it was a scam.Pauline was told that she would receive an important phone call about the matter at 11 a.m. on Friday, so she gathered family members to her home to be by her side in case that call did come.When the phone rang, a voice […]

Christopher Polk/Getty Images for 'The Man who Unlocked the Universe' (NEW YORK) -- Buzz Aldrin, the second person to walk on the moon, said he was overwhelmed with “sorrow” when two of his three adult children asked a court to grant them legal guardianship over his affairs, saying their father is in “cognitive decline” and associating with people who manipulated him.Aldrin, 88, opened up in an exclusive interview with “Good […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) -- The Pawnee fire in Northern California has burned 10,500 acres and destroyed 22 structures, as winds and hot weather fuel the flames.Over 1,000 people have been evacuated and the blaze is just 5 percent contained.California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in the area."Each day we're fighting mother nature," Cal Fire Assistant Chief Billy See told ABC station KGO in San Francisco.The West […]