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QUEENS, N.Y. — The fundamental expectation of safety during a night out was violently, ruthlessly obliterated in the early hours of Tuesday morning. In a residential and commercial pocket of Richmond Hill, a routine social gathering at a local establishment mutated into a scene of absolute, kinetic horror—a tragedy that has claimed the life of…
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WAYCROSS, Ga. — The intersection of criminal law and reproductive healthcare faced a dramatic and public collision this week in a South Georgia courtroom. In a ruling that has sent shockwaves through the legal community, a Superior Court judge has essentially signaled that the state’s attempt to prosecute a woman for “malice murder” following a…
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CINCINNATI, Ohio — The fundamental tragedy of a life cut short is often compounded by a history of trauma, and in the case of Nazir Owens, the details of his death are as haunting as the details of his life. For nearly two years, Nazir was a name on a missing persons flyer, a 13-year-old…
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NEW YORK, N.Y. — The aviation community in both New York and Toronto is in a state of profound, absolute grief today as the second victim of the “unthinkable” LaGuardia runway collision has been named. As federal investigators in Washington D.C. begin the delicate process of analyzing the recovered cockpit voice recorders, the narrative of…
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NEW YORK, N.Y. — In the grim history of aviation disasters, the phrase “ejected from the aircraft” almost never precedes the word “survived.” Yet today, the family of Solange Tremblay is using the word “miracle” to describe her escape from a catastrophic runway collision at LaGuardia Airport that has already claimed the lives of two…
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NEW YORK, N.Y. — The technical jargon of “runway incursions” and “operational errors” has been replaced today by the face of a young man from Quebec who loved the sky. As federal investigators meticulously comb through the mangled remains of Air Canada Express Flight 8646 at LaGuardia Airport, the human cost of the disaster has…
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HOMEWOOD, Ill. — The fundamental expectation of safety at a red light was violently, ruthlessly obliterated on Sunday night in Homewood. For the residents of the South Suburbs, the intersection of Governor’s Highway and 183rd Street is a familiar, everyday transit point. But at approximately 9:00 p.m., that routine intersection was transformed into a site…
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BROOKLYN, N.Y. — There are individuals in New York City who serve as the “connective tissue” of their neighborhoods—people who don’t necessarily occupy the headlines but occupy the hearts of everyone they meet. Today, Bushwick stands in a state of profound, reflective grief as the news travels that Timothee Englund has passed away. Timothee was…
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EAST HADDAM, Conn. — The tranquil, spring evening at Lake Hayward was violently interrupted this weekend by a desperate cry for help that has left a Connecticut community in a state of absolute, agonizing suspense. What was meant to be a quiet outing for two college students transformed into a life-and-death struggle when their canoe…










