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Mother charged with killing 6-year-old son and throwing body into Ohio River
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After initially reporting him missing, an Ohio mother has been charged with killing her 6-year-old son and disposing of his body in the Ohio River, police said. Brittany Gosney, 29, has been charged with murder, abu...
Jonah Hill takes to Instagram to sound off about body image after Daily Mail publishes surfing pictures
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Jonah Hill has opened up about body image insecurities after the Daily Mail newspaper published photographs of the actor surfing in Malibu, California. The recent photographs included side-by-side images of Hill ch...
For those with body dysmorphic disorder, masks do more than protect. They help them function
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For Lavinia Darr, a public bus was dangerous territory. There were the other passengers, who she feared would be aghast at her physical flaws. And there were the mirrors and windows, which she knew would propel he...
Body camera video shows a violent arrest that is now a civil rights lawsuit
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Body camera video of a violent arrest in Chicago is now key evidence in a new federal civil rights lawsuit filed by the man police are seen slamming to the ground. Leroy Kennedy, a Black man, says in his lawsuit tha...
A funeral home van with a body inside is stolen in Missouri
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Police in St. Louis County, Missouri, are searching for a funeral home van that was stolen Thursday with the body of an adult female inside. According to police, the white cargo van was stolen after the driver sto...
Fired Rochester police chief says he didn’t see anything ‘egregious’ in body cam video of death of Daniel Prude
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The former police chief of Rochester, New York said Friday he didn't seen anything "egregious" or any criminal conduct from police officers when he first watched body camera video of the incident that led to the dea...
Smuggler caught with nearly 1,000 cacti and succulents strapped to her body
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A woman who strapped nearly 1,000 succulents and endangered cacti to her body in an attempt to smuggle them into New Zealand has been sentenced to 100 hours of community work, the country's biosecurity ministry said...
Minneapolis police officers must keep body cameras turned on during entire response to a call, new policy says
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Minneapolis police officers will no longer be allowed to deactivate their body cameras in order to hold private conversations during the course of their response to an incident, according to a statement Monday from...
Body cam video shows police officer’s fatal shooting of an unarmed man during a mental health check
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The chief of police in Killeen, Texas, is defending an officer who shot and killed a Black man during a mental health check earlier this month. Officer Reynaldo Contreras arrived at the home of Patrick Warren on J...
This snake turns its body into a lasso to climb up smooth surfaces
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Snake-haters, look away -- and, whatever you do, don't look up. Scientists have discovered that brown tree snakes can use a lasso-like movement to climb large, smooth cylindrical objects -- a way of moving never se...
Body of man who fell into Victoria Falls in New Year’s Day tragedy retrieved
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The body of a man who fell into Victoria Falls gorge on New Year's Day has been retrieved after a group of volunteers abseiled and swam to reach his body, authorities told CNN. On an outing with his friends and the...
Group of Alabama protesters places fake body bags on courthouse lawn to push for removal of Confederate flag and monument
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For months, a group of protesters in Alabama has been fighting for the removal of a Confederate flag and a Confederate monument that sit in front of the Marshall County Courthouse in Albertville. Last week, protest...
Ohio police officer kills Black man while body camera wasn’t on, mayor says
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A Columbus, Ohio, police officer who shot and killed a Black man Tuesday morning didn't have his body camera turned on at the time, Mayor Andrew Ginther said. The officer has been suspended pending an investigation,...
California activates ‘mass fatality’ program over rising Covid-19 infections, buys more body bags
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The day after California began its Covid-19 vaccination rollout, the state activated its "mass fatality" program, including the purchase of 5,000 body bags. In a press conference Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom said the ...
Officials find pilot’s body after an F-16 military plane crashed in Michigan
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A pilot who died in a military plane crash in Michigan's Upper Peninsula has been identified as Air Force Capt. Durwood "Hawk" Jones. The aircraft, a F-16 Fighting Falcon, crashed around 8 p.m. Tuesday. It was on a...
Teens with negative body image may experience depression as adults, study finds
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Adolescence is fraught with stressful changes, and the developing body can be one of those challenges, especially if a teen's body doesn't meet society's — or that teen's — standards. Negative body image can threat...