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A man who was pulled over in an Alabama tunnel told sheriff’s deputies that he was texting with both hands and driving the car with his knees — with a 3-year-old in the car’s back seat, authorities said.Deputies said they also found $4,500 and prescription drugs in the car after they stopped Dandre Moore in a tunnel in Mobile, Ala., on Tuesday, the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office said.Deputies said...
A 19-year-old who had been missing in California's Cleveland National Forest for three days was found alive late Wednesday, police said, but the search continued for his hiking companion.Rescue crews ratcheted up their search of the rugged terrain about 7:50 p.m. PT (10:50 p.m. ET) after receiving a tip from a hiker who said he had spotted Nicholas Cendoya. The whereabouts of Cendoya's friend Kyn...
Police in Philadelphia are on the hunt for four men who allegedly kidnapped and repeatedly raped a La Salle University student on Easter Sunday.The 20-year-old woman told police she was walking off-campus on the 4800 block of 10th Street around 10 p.m. Suddenly, she says, a black van pulled up beside her and four men jumped out. They allegedly grabbed her and forced her inside the vehicle before d...
DENVER -- Two more men connected to a violent white supremacist gang are being sought in connection with the slaying of Colorado's prisons chief, and authorities are warning officers that they are armed and dangerous.The search comes about two weeks after prison gang member Evan Ebel — a suspect in the death of Department of Corrections chief Tom Clements on March 19 and of Nathan Leon, a pizza de...
A 17-year veteran of the New York Police Department was arrested Wednesday, charged with armed robbery and narcotics trafficking, law enforcement officials said. Jose Tejada, 45, was taken into custody at Kennedy Airport after returning from the Dominican Republic, officials said. Tejada has been linked to three robberies in the Bronx in 2006 and 2007, according to officials.More news from NBCNewY...
The Carnival Triumph -- the cruise ship that lost propulsion in the Gulf of Mexico in February, eventually leaving thousands of passengers stranded aboard with backed up toilets and limited food -- broke loose from its moorings at a shipyard in Mobile, Ala."Due to strong winds in Mobile, Ala., Carnival Triumph, which was docked at a Mobile shipyard, broke away from its moorings," Carnival said in ...
A civilian employee died in a shooting that occurred Wednesday afternoon in a parking lot at the Army base at Fort Knox, Ky., an Army spokesman said.The base was briefly locked down and remained on heightened security Wednesday evening.The victim, who was an employee of U.S. Army Human Resources Command, was transported by ambulance to Ireland Army Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead,...
The Army base at Fort Knox, Ky., was briefly locked down and remained on heightened security Wednesday evening after a shooting on the post, military officials said.A civilian was flown by helicopter to a hospital, but there was no immediate word on the victim's condition, a military official told NBC News.The shooting occurred shortly after 5 p.m. ET near the Army's Human Resource Command, which ...
A man was arrested Wednesday and charged with making a threat over the phone in Kaufman County, Texas — where multiple law enforcement agencies are investigating the double-slaying of the district attorney and his wife.Nick Morale, 56, of Caroll is being held on $1 million bail in Kaufman County jail, Lt. Justin Lewis of the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office said at a news conference Wednesday after...
Retired Col. Benjamin Purcell, the highest ranking Army POW during the Vietnam War, died on Tuesday. He was 85.After serving a combat tour in Korea, Purcell volunteered for a tour in Vietnam.In early 1968, the helicopter he was riding in was shot down near Quang Tri City. He and the crew were captured - and at least one of the American soldiers was executed on the spot.Purcell was taken as a priso...
