TUAL, Indonesia — The same trawlers that had enslaved countless migrant fishermen for years carried more than 300 of them to freedom Saturday after a dramatic rescue from a remote Indonesian island. After 17 hours overnight at sea, the men, mostly from Myanmar, filed off the boats and walked to the site of their new […]
QUANTICO, Va. – Three active duty Marines — two men and one woman assigned to the Officer Candidate School at Marine Base Quantico — are dead in an apparent double murder-suicide that locked down the Prince William County base for several hours. “Our thoughts are prayers are with them at this time. This is truly […]
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A woman whose neglect of her daughter ultimately contributed to the girl’s death from complications of diabetes was sentenced to 16 years in prison Monday. Georgia Jones, 31, pleaded guilty and asked Judge Gary Stephens to sentence her. Jones’ daughter, Chasity Butler, was 9 when she died on her mother’s bed next to a bag of candy […]
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CHICAGO (AP) — The city of Chicago has begun informing teachers, principals and local officials about which public schools it intends to close under a contentious plan that opponents say will disproportionately affect minority students in the nation’s third largest school district, teachers said Thursday. Chicago Public Schools hasn’t said how many schools or students […]
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