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French anesthetist suspected of poisoning 24 patients, killing 9: Authorities

gpointstudio/iStock(PARIS) — An anesthetist in France is accused by police of poisoning 24 patients, killing nine, allegedly in an effort to ruin the reputation of his colleagues because of personal conflicts he had with them, according to authorities. On Wednesday, the French court of appeals confirmed that Dr. Frederic Pechier, 47, is to remain free …

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Iran responsible for attack on two tankers in Gulf of Oman: Pompeo

Manakin/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said Iran is responsible for the attack on two commercial tanker ships sailing in international waters in the Gulf of Oman earlier in the day. “It is the assessment of the United States government that the Islamic Republic of Iran is responsible for the attacks that …

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Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei rejects Trump’s offer to talk

iStock/BornaMir(TEHRAN, Iran) — Amid renewed high tensions in the Persian Gulf, Iran’s Supreme Leader says he has rejected an offer from President Donald Trump to talk, blasting the U.S. as insincere in its offer and untrustworthy. “I do not consider Trump as a person worth exchanging any message with,” Ayatollah Khamenei reportedly said. Khamenei met …

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Man arrested for 1986 murder of 11-year-old girl who was strangled while walking home from school

Norwalk Police Department(NORWALK, Conn.) — A man was arrested Wednesday in the 1986 cold case murder of an 11-year-old Connecticut girl who was strangled while walking home from school, police said. On September 23, 1986, 11-year-old Kathleen Flynn left school in Norwalk to walk home using a path that goes through the woods, Norwalk police …

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Virginia school district buys food truck to provide students with free meals during summer

No Kid Hungry(DANVILLE, Virginia) — A Virginia school district has purchased a food truck to serve free lunches to students over the summer. Danville Public Schools bought the food truck, which costs $42,000, because of its “desire to feed our children as much as we can,” Phillip Gardner, Danville Public Schools director of child nutrition, …

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Sheriff, family grieve off-duty LA deputy’s ‘senseless and cowardly murder’

LASD(LOS ANGELES) — A Los Angeles County deputy who was killed this week while off duty is being remembered as a kind-hearted family man who gave 13 years of “selfless service,” the Los Angeles County sheriff said. Deputy Joseph Gilbert Solano, 50, was shot while off-duty at a Jack in the Box in Alhambra on …

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Houston police seeking man in security guard uniform who shot 1-year-old boy in chest

Crime Stoppers of Houston(HOUSTON) — Police in Houston say they’re desperate to find a man who was wearing a security guard uniform and holstered gun when he shot a 1-year-old in an apparent road rage incident. The boy was struck in the chest and survived, authorities said. The shooting unfolded at about 1 p.m. on …

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Two tankers attacked in Gulf of Oman, US not ruling out Iran is responsible

Manakin/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Two commercial tanker ships were hit by apparent attacks on Thursday while sailing in international waters in the Gulf of Oman, and while a U.S. official said that it was too soon to make a determination if Iran was responsible, the official said “we’re not ruling anything out at this time.” One ship …

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Amanda Knox returns to Italy for first time since her acquittal

Paula Lobo/ABC(ROME) — Amanda Knox arrived in Italy Thursday for the first time since her 2015 acquittal in a years-long murder case there. Knox will take part in a three-day conference on criminal law in Italy, according to the conference’s organizers. She landed at an airport in Milan, in the country’s north, emerging to a …

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Alexis Ohanian’s next stop is Congress as he fights for dads to get paid paternity leave

Paul Kane/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit, husband of Serena Williams and father of their daughter, Olympia, is on a mission to get dads the mandated right to take paid paternity leave. He and Dove Men+Care are asking men and women to sign The Pledge for Paternity Leave. Ohanian plans to …

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