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Boise: Idaho couple charged in kids’ deaths face potential death penalty

Boise: Idaho couple charged in kids’ deaths face potential death penalty

By Rebecca Boone, Associated Press Troy Warren for BoiseNewsAndTalk.Com BOISE, Idaho — Prosecutors in Idaho say they will seek the death penalty against a couple in the killings of the wife’s two youngest children and the husband’s previous wife in a convoluted case involving doomsday religious beliefs and another suspicious death in Arizona. The prosecutors made the announcement in court filings Thursday, saying all three murders were especially heinous and cruel, that they were done for financial gain and that the couple exhibited such a propensity for killing that they are likely to be a continuing threat to society if they…
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Burbank: 3 killed, 2 seriously injured in street racing crash in Burbank, California

Burbank: 3 killed, 2 seriously injured in street racing crash in Burbank, California

By Melissa Hernandez, Los Angeles Times Troy Warren for BurbankNewsAndTalk.Com City known as home to major Hollywood entertainment studios Three people were killed and two others were seriously injured during a fiery three-car crash in Burbank, California, on Wednesday that investigators believed was caused by street racing. he three who died, who were traveling in a Volkswagen sedan, were not involved in the street racing, said Sgt. Emil Brimway of the Burbank Police Department. Video footage of the scene showed a car sheared nearly in half.   At around 12:15 a.m. Wednesday near Andover Drive and Glenoaks Boulevard, the Volkswagen was…
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Phoenix: Innovative technology and service solutions for confronting a pandemic

Phoenix: Innovative technology and service solutions for confronting a pandemic

By Cemile Kavountzis, for STChealth Troy Warren for PhoenixNewsAndTalk.Com #covid-19 #business Innovation and empowerment in company culture create a great place to work. The lifesaving practice of vaccination is often traced back to Edward Jenner, an English country doctor who performed the first vaccine for small pox in 1796. However, there is evidence of vaccine research as far back as the 1500s. Today, vaccines are preventative care targeting preventable diseases, such as measles and whooping cough. There have been many milestones in the battle against devastating illnesses. Looking back, the U.S. had successfully eradicated small pox by 1949, a disease which continued…
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Phoenix: Hundreds of COVID-19 safety complaints were filed in Arizona. Only 1% led to citations

Phoenix: Hundreds of COVID-19 safety complaints were filed in Arizona. Only 1% led to citations

Rebekah L. Sanders, Arizona Republic Troy Warren for PhoenixNewsAndTalk.Com #covid-19 More than 300 complaints reported COVID-19 safety problems in workplaces, but Arizona regulators cited three companies for virus-related violations. More than 300 Arizonans reported COVID-19 safety problems in their workplaces in the first 12 months of the pandemic, but state regulators cited only three companies for pandemic-related violations, according to public records obtained by The Arizona Republic. The fines ranged from $900 to $3,000. Few workplaces were inspected. The Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health closed about seven out of eight cases with no site visit after employers described their compliance…
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Los Angeles: Robert Durst expected to testify at murder trial

Los Angeles: Robert Durst expected to testify at murder trial

By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press Troy Warren for LosAngelesNewsAndTalk.Com New York real estate heir Robert Durst is expected to take stand at his Los Angeles County murder trial New York real estate heir Robert Durst is expected to take the stand in his own defense in a Los Angeles County court Thursday in a rare move considered extremely risky for a defendant in a murder trial. Durst is charged with killing his best friend Susan Berman, who was shot and killed in her home in 2000. Prosecutors are set to resume their cross-examination of the only other defense witness, false…
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Bloomington: Victim of attempted lynching charged with assaulting his attackers

Bloomington: Victim of attempted lynching charged with assaulting his attackers

By ArLuther Lee, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for BloomingtonNewsAndTalk.Com A Black man who was the victim of an “attempted lynching” near Bloomington, Indiana, last summer has been charged with felony assault and misdemeanor trespassing in connection with the incident. Vauhxx Booker and his lawyer held a news conference outside an Indiana courtroom Monday after Sonia Leerkamp, the special prosecutor for Monroe County, filed charges against the local rights activist last Friday. “There’s nothing more American than charging a Black man in his own attempted lynching,” Booker said Monday, according to The Washington Post. “It is unprecedented,” added attorney Katharine Liell,…
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Alpharetta: Review of K-9 attack nearly complete, Alpharetta police chief says

Alpharetta: Review of K-9 attack nearly complete, Alpharetta police chief says

By Adrianne Murchison, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for AlpharettaNewsAndTalk.Com Released bodycam footage shows suspect was trying to return to his home alongside family members An internal police review is nearly complete on Alpharetta officers’ response to a 911 call in which a man was attacked and injured by a police dog. Appearing before City Council on Monday, Alpharetta Police Chief John Robison said a statement on the investigation would be released within a “couple of days.” The department’s goal is to be transparent in reviewing how officers handled an emergency call to the home of Travis Moya on July 25, Robison added.…
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Los Angeles: LA County Not Requiring Proof of Vaccination for Business Entry “At This Point in Time”

Los Angeles: LA County Not Requiring Proof of Vaccination for Business Entry “At This Point in Time”

BY CHRIS GARDNER | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for LosAngelesNewsAndTalk.Com \ "We applaud those businesses that are assessing risks to their employees and customers and adding additional layers of protection, including requiring proof of vaccination," an L.A. County Department of Public Health spokesperson tells The Hollywood Reporter. On the heels of news that New York would soon be requiring proof of vaccination for all residents to participate in indoor activities, a rep for L.A. County’s Department of Public Health says the office “is is not requiring proof of vaccination for customers to enter specific businesses at this point in time.” Earlier today, New York…
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Scottsdale: This undercover sting at a Scottsdale strip club took down Arizona’s top liquor cops

Scottsdale: This undercover sting at a Scottsdale strip club took down Arizona’s top liquor cops

Richard Ruelas | Arizona Republic Troy Warren for ScottsdaleNewsAndTalk.Com   The topless dancer said the undercover agent from the Liquor Department kept pawing at her while in a VIP room at the strip club. Scottsdale police found her claim had merit after reading the liquor detective's own report. In it, he said the dancer had “allowed” him to touch her breasts and buttocks. But that wording would disappear in a later version of the report, coaxed out, the detective told investigators, by his supervisors at the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control. The October incident sparked an internal affairs investigation that concluded on April 20. In…
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New Orleans: Groom allegedly shoots friend on wedding day over suspected affair with wife

New Orleans: Groom allegedly shoots friend on wedding day over suspected affair with wife

By Avery Newmark, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for NewOrleansNewsAndTalk.Com Several people were injured in New Orleans late Saturday when gunfire broke out during a traffic jam on the Bonnet Carre Spillway. Following bumper-to-bumper traffic behind the crash on Interstate10, an argument erupted between a groom, his new bride and a male friend. The groom allegedly shot his friend after suspecting he was having an affair with his new wife, authorities said.   Witnesses took to social media to post their firsthand accounts of the events. Cheri Faucheux wrote on Facebook, “So supposedly there was a wreck on the spillway tonight…
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