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An explosion and subsequent fire leveled a home in a St. Paul, Minnesota, suburb early Thursday, killing at least one person, a fire official said. EXPLOSION AT OHIO APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT INJURED 3 WAS LIKELY CAUSED BY GAS EXPLOSION The explosion happened just after 6:15 a.m. in South St. Paul, …

A bus driver, who says he unintentionally ingested gummies with a high level of THC and passed out on the highway, has been granted probation. Jinhuan Chen, 59, told a state judge in Bridgeport, Connecticut, that he did not know the candies were laced with the substance because he cannot …

The widower of the 73-year-old woman who was killed in a deadly carjacking last year in New Orleans, is suing the parents of the teenagers responsible for the victim’s death. Linda Frickey was killed during a March 2022 carjacking after four teenagers dragged the woman behind her own vehicle, severing …

FREEPORT, Maine (AP) — The population of a beloved Maine bird, the common loon, dipped for the second straight year, but wildlife surveyors said they are heartened by an increased number of the bird’s chicks. Maine has the largest number of common loons in the eastern U.S., and the state …

A truck driver in Dallas was rescued Monday after a crash left his vehicle dangling off a bridge, authorities said. The Sherwin Williams box truck crashed just before 2:30 p.m. at the interchange of North Stemmons Freeway and the Dallas North Tollway, Dallas Fire Rescue said. The driver remained trapped …

One of the top executives of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said he was “happy” to witness the Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel. Nihad Awad, executive director and co-founder of CAIR, expressed his feelings on the terrorist attack at the 16th Annual Convention for Palestine in the U.S. …

Customized lowrider cars, often decked out with bright exterior designs and elaborate hydraulic systems, will be able to cruise the streets of California again after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law that lifts restrictions on the vehicles. “On behalf of the thousands of advocates who supported this culturally significant legislation, …

An explosion at a Brooklyn substation caused a short power outage in New York City that affected residents across all five boroughs, including those it trapped in elevators. Energy company Con Edison reported a short flicker in voltage on Thursday night due to equipment failure at the Farragut Substation in …

A new three-part docuseries takes a fresh look at Charles “Chuck” Stuart’s money-motivated murder of his pregnant wife in 1989, his elaborate hoax to mislead police and its subsequent unraveling that gripped Boston and the nation. HBO’s “Murder in Boston: Roots, Rage and Reckoning” was made in conjunction with The …

Social media and dating apps are filled with a shocking amount of child sexual predators on the hunt for victims, according to a man who tracks down pedophiles on the dark corners of the Internet. “This is a situation that’s happening every day, all day, everywhere, every minute, every hour,” …