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MIAMI — A federal judge declined to jail a Florida teenager accused of murdering and sexually assaulting his stepsister on Wednesday, allowing him to remain in the custody of a family member while he awaits trial

Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara, who took over the department in the wake of George Floyd’s death, resigned Tuesday after an investigation found that he had interfered with a probe into his conduct.

HONOLULU — The defense attorney for a tourist from Washington state accused of hurling a coconut-sized rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal says his client was trying to protect sea turtles and has since been physically assaulted, threatened and doxed

GENEVA — The number of cases of Hantavirus linked to a cruise ship at the centre of an outbreak has increased to 13, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.“Spain reported a new case among the passengers who are in quarantine, which brings the total number of cases to 13,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a post on X.Among them three died, but there have been no new deaths since May 2, Ghebreyesus said.“The situation remains stable.

One skydiver was killed and another injured after they collided midair during a team jump in Washington state, officials said

The U.S. military launched another strike Tuesday on a vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing one man and leaving two survivors.

The remaining 16,000 residents of Garden Grove, California, were allowed to return home Tuesday, days after the threat of a catastrophic explosion at a chemical tank prompted fears of an environmental disaster.

A Southern California man known for his patriotic and pro-Trump home decorations died after he was assaulted outside his house, authorities said

Landscaper Tafu Letuli, shot near the San Diego mosque where two teens carried out a deadly shooting last week, said he was inches away from meeting a horrible end to his life, in his first statement after the incident.

Fatalities have been confirmed at the scene of an implosion at a manufacturing plant in Longview, Washington, where emergency responders were continuing a recovery operation Tuesday afternoon.