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A Mexican cartel leader arrested in the US faked his death and assumed a phony name, prosecutors say
Read full article: A Mexican cartel leader arrested in the US faked his death and assumed a phony name, prosecutors sayThe Justice Department says a high-ranking member of a Mexican drug cartel accused of faking his own death and living in the U.S. under a fake identity has been arrested on federal charges.
Fire damages a bicycle repair shop that has been open for nearly 4 decades in Miami
Read full article: Fire damages a bicycle repair shop that has been open for nearly 4 decades in MiamiThe Suarez Bicycles Assembly, a repair shop serving customers since 1987 in Miami, was temporarily closed on Thursday after an overnight fire.
Remains of World War II POW who died in the Philippines returned home to California
Read full article: Remains of World War II POW who died in the Philippines returned home to CaliforniaThe remains of a World War II service member who died in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines in 1942 have been brought home to California.
Overnight fire displaces over 60 people at Fort Lauderdale rehab facility
Read full article: Overnight fire displaces over 60 people at Fort Lauderdale rehab facilityMore than 60 residents of a rehabilitation and treatment facility in Fort Lauderdale were displaced early Monday morning due to a fire.
Apartment building fire injures 3, displaces 5 in Miami
Read full article: Apartment building fire injures 3, displaces 5 in MiamiA fire that appeared to have started in a dumpster and spread to a three-story apartment building injured three people and displaced five on Saturday in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood.
Small earthquake shakes Southern California desert near site of Coachella music festival
Read full article: Small earthquake shakes Southern California desert near site of Coachella music festivalA small earthquake has shaken the Southern California desert near where the Coachella music festival is being held this weekend.
Police: Man fires at Miami apartment with 5 sleeping, wounds man after argument over drugs
Read full article: Police: Man fires at Miami apartment with 5 sleeping, wounds man after argument over drugsA 24-year-old man appeared in Miami-Dade County court on Wednesday to face charges over a shooting that wounded a 45-year-old man in November in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood.
Teenage boy known as ‘Werm’ charged as adult over group attack in Miami, records show
Read full article: Teenage boy known as ‘Werm’ charged as adult over group attack in Miami, records showA group of attackers wore masks as they stabbed and hit their victim in Miami, but nearly two months later detectives have identified two suspects known as “Squid” and “Werm,” records show.
In the Amazon, communities next to the world's most voluminous river are queuing for water
Read full article: In the Amazon, communities next to the world's most voluminous river are queuing for waterAs the Amazon drought rages on, public authorities in Brazil are scrambling to deliver food and water to thousands of isolated communities throughout a vast and roadless territory, where boats are the only means of transportation.
Police: After shootings, man threatened California Capitol
Read full article: Police: After shootings, man threatened California CapitolAuthorities say they've arrested a suspect who made threats against California's Capitol on Thursday shot a gun from his vehicle while driving through two Sacramento suburbs the night before.
Family of slain California deputy calls for judge to resign
Read full article: Family of slain California deputy calls for judge to resignThe family of a slain Southern California sheriff’s deputy has demanded the resignation of a judge who had previously released the lawman’s shooter despite a violent criminal record.
Deputy in California slayings killed self with service gun
Read full article: Deputy in California slayings killed self with service gunAuthorities say a Virginia sheriff’s deputy who they believe traveled to California to kill three family members of a 15-year-old girl he tried to sexually extort online killed himself with a government-issued firearm.
Deputy who killed teen's family was on psych hold in 2016
Read full article: Deputy who killed teen's family was on psych hold in 2016A Virginia sheriff’s deputy who killed the family members of a 15-year-old California girl he tried to sexually extort online had been detained in 2016 for a psychiatric evaluation over threats to kill himself and his father.
Freed California siblings feared opposing rundown housing
Read full article: Freed California siblings feared opposing rundown housingA year after they were freed from the horribly abusive home of their parents in Southern California, some of the 13 children said they felt pressure to move to a rundown apartment in a crime-ridden area by the county agency tasked with their care.
VIRUS TODAY: California struggles to tame COVID-19
Read full article: VIRUS TODAY: California struggles to tame COVID-19— Health officials say they’ve found evidence in a Florida man of the latest U.S. case of the new and apparently more contagious coronavirus variant first seen in England. The cases have triggered questions about how the COVID-19 variant circulating in England arrived in the U.S., where experts say it probably already is spreading. The Grafton Police Department said the former Advocate Aurora Health pharmacist was arrested on suspicion of reckless endangerment, adulterating a prescription drug and criminal damage to property. GOP senators are ignoring the outgoing president’s demand to increase the $600 COVID-19 aid checks to $2,000. ___Find AP’s full coverage of the coronavirus pandemic at https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic
1 California Hightway Patrol officer killed, 2 hurt in shootout
Read full article: 1 California Hightway Patrol officer killed, 2 hurt in shootoutOne officer was killed and two others were injured in a shootout in Riverside, California. Distributed by LAKANA. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.