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NYPD cop arrested in motorcycle-SUV assault case

An off-duty undercover police detective was arrested late Tuesday after investigators said he was shown on video hitting and kicking an SUV when a biker rally spiraled into violence.

 
Actor Tom Hanks says he has type 2 diabetes

Actor Tom Hanks has said that he has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the metabolic disease.

 
Police: Rail commuters on phones oblivious to gun, shooter

A man flashed a gun several times on a crowded commuter train in San Francisco, but passengers were so absorbed in their phones and tablets they didn’t notice until he randomly shot and killed a university student, authorities said.

 
Obama, Boehner trade barbs, hints of compromise

President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner traded heated rhetoric yet also showed signs of compromise Tuesday, a frustratingly inconclusive combination that left an eight-day partial government shutdown firmly in place and the threat of an unprecedented national default drawing closer.

Indiana dog that crashed half-marathon gets medal

Boogie Butts navigated most of the 13.1 miles of the Evansville Half Marathon on Saturday, but rather than having a medal bestowed upon him as the other 2,000 runners and walkers did, Boogie was locked up.

 
Memo: Stowaway on Las Vegas flight known to Minnesota child protection staff

A 9-year-old boy who evaded airport security and stowed away on a flight from Minneapolis to Las Vegas has also stolen a car and sneaked into a water park, and he is known to child protection investigators, according to a confidential county government memo.

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Steubenville rape case grand jury issues charges

An employee in the same district where two Ohio high school football players were convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl was charged Monday with interfering with a criminal matter, the first charges brought by a grand jury investigating whether other laws were broken in connection with the rape case.

7th-grader appeals suspension for gun keychain

The family of a Rhode Island seventh-grader who was suspended for three days for having a small toy gun keychain at school is appealing the suspension.

Lost newspaper reporter stable after rescue from Texas park

An Arkansas reporter is in stable condition at a Texas hospital after rescuers airlifted her from a state park where she’d been lost and stranded alone for two days.

Lawyer: Undercover cop didn’t see NY driver attack

An undercover detective attending at a motorcycle rally that devolved into broken bones and blood did not witness a biker get struck by an SUV or see the SUV driver subsequently attacked by bikers, a lawyer said Monday.

Leaked report: Target of SEAL raid planned attacks in Kenya

The man U.S. Navy SEALs tried to take down in Somalia over the weekend was a Kenyan who had plotted to attack his country’s parliament building and the United Nations headquarters in Nairobi, according to a Kenyan government intelligence report.

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