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Police: Genealogy Helps ID Rape Suspect in Decade-Old Cases

RALEIGH, NC (AP) — Investigators compared online family tree data with crime-scene DNA evidence to identify and track down a suspect in a series of North Carolina rapes from a decade ago, police said Wednesday. One of the lead detectives called the approach, similar to what was used in the "Golden State Killer" cold case…
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GOP – And Some Democrats, Too – Reject Talk of Impeachment

WASHINGTON (AP) — The day after President Donald Trump was implicated in a federal crime, members of both parties dismissed talk of impeachment, with some Democrats expressing fears Wednesday about such a politically risky step, and Republicans shrugging off the accusations or withholding judgment. The legal entanglements surrounding Trump — the guilty plea by former…
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Man Charged in Family Killings Spoke on Saving Relationships

DENVER, CO (AP) — A Colorado man charged with killing his family and dumping their bodies at an oil worksite taped a video presentation six years ago about saving or abandoning relationships. A YouTube video posted in April 2012 shows Christopher Watts giving a PowerPoint presentation that he titled "Communication Speech, Relationship Deterioration and Repair." Watts opened…
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Hurricane Sends People In Hawaii Hurrying To Buy Supplies

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER , Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hurricane Lane has weakened as it approaches Hawaii but was still expected to pack a wallop, forecasters said Wednesday, as people hurried to buy water and other supplies and the Navy moved its ships to safety. The National Weather Service said tropical-storm-force winds could begin…
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Farmer Who Employed Accused Killer Of Iowa Student Receives Threats

MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — The manager of a dairy farm that employed the man charged with killing an Iowa college student says he has received dozens of threatening phone messages and other contacts in the last 24 hours, including death threats. Dane Lang, manager of Yarrabee Farms in Brooklyn, Iowa, says one person threatened to kill…
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