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Ohio woman caught with 8.5 pounds of marijuana at CEK airport, feds say

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — An Ohio woman was arraigned on marijuana smuggling charges in U.S. District Court on St. Thomas on June 9 , authorities said Kesahia Davis, 32, of Ohio,…

John McCarthy June 13, 2025

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Coast Guard vet turned OnlyFans model pleads guilty to killing accused rapist in national park

COLUMBUS (NYP) — A Coast Guard veteran turned OnlyFans model has pled guilty on Tuesday to murdering a man who she alleged raped her four years before she executed him…

John McCarthy May 28, 2025

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My mom handed me a secret list in case she disappeared. She was found murdered in the basement when I was 11… I knew exactly what to do

Collier Landry will never forget the look in his mother's eyes when she told him what to do should she ever disappear. Speaking with quiet urgency she handed her then…

John McCarthy May 24, 2025

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Bodycam shows bizarre post-arrest behavior of teen who killed boyfriend by intentionally driving 100 mph into brick wall

COLUMBUS, Ohio (People) — New bodycam footage shows the surprising behavior of an Ohio teen convicted of intentionally crashing her car into a wall at 100 mph and killing two…

John McCarthy April 21, 2025

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Ohio infant killed by family pit bull as grieving mother laments: ‘I’ll never understand why’

COLUMBUS (NYP) — An Ohio infant was killed by one of her family’s three pit bulls, her parents said on social media. “I will never understand why!!!” mother Mackenzie Copley wrote…

John McCarthy April 12, 2025

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Missing Ohio girl, 13, found murdered, raped with her hands cut off; ‘animal’ father arrested after shootout with cops

COLUMBUS — A 13-year-old Ohio girl was discovered murdered, raped and with her hands severed inside of an abandoned home, and police shot and arrested her “animal” father — who…

John McCarthy March 26, 2025

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JetBlue pilot wanted on child sex charge kills himself as cops close in

BOSTON — A JetBlue pilot who was arrested on his own plane and then freed on bail last month over a child sex charge killed himself today as police closed in for…

John McCarthy March 7, 2025

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Ohio and Mississippi bill aims to make ejaculating without intent to conceive a felony — costing over $10K

COLUMBUS — Is spilling semen outside a woman’s vagina a sin? Legislators in Ohio and Mississippi want to fine men up to around $10,000 if they’re caught doing so. A draft bill…

John McCarthy February 13, 2025

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Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, turn to faith amid deportation fears

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — At the end of his Sunday service, the pastor of the First Haitian Evangelical Church of Springfield, Ohio, asked ushers and musicians to form a circle around…

John McCarthy January 27, 2025

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Joy and wonder: Between the bumps of the world, exuberance shone through in 2024

She jumps, her eyes closed, and she grins — this little girl surrounded by gang violence in her own neighborhood in Haiti. The jump rope game she is playing brings…

John McCarthy December 17, 2024