Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Fremont, California delivered end-of-life news to a 78-year-old patient via a robotic machine this week.
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‘Gifted’ college student killed by flying tires in freak roadside accident in Mississippi
A college student was killed at a Mississippi rest stop on Tuesday when two tires came loose from a passing tractor trailer and struck the woman.
Utah teacher on leave after forcing student to wash off Ash Wednesday cross
A Utah school district has placed a teacher on administrative leave for forcing a student to remove the Ash Wednesday cross from his forehead.
Grenade launcher found in Florida man’s luggage. ‘Thank goodness’ it was a replica, TSA says
Transportation Security Administration officers in Pennsylvania found the parts of a replica rocket propelled grenade launcher in a Florida man’s bag.
‘We both fight’: President Trump fulfills dying man’s wish with phone call
Jay Barrett, who is terminally ill, is an avid supporter of President Donald Trump. Havingsome contact with the president was on his bucket list.
‘Massive’ alligator weighing about 700 pounds found in ditch
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources says the alligator was found on Feb. 18 in an irrigation ditch near a lake
Police called on potential ‘deranged person.’ It was actually a cardboard cutout of MyPillow CEO
Minnesota police received a call saying a man was standing motionless outside in the cold and hugging a pillow. It was just a cardboard cutout.
Frozen strawberry shipment from Mexico contained $12.7 million worth of meth, authorities say
The alleged drug-smuggling operation was discovered at the cargo facility at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge in Texas. Officials say they found 906 pounds of methamphetamine concealed in a trailer.
He threw away a napkin at a hockey game. Police used it to charge him with a 1993 murder
Jerry Westrom, 52, was charged with second-degree murder in connection with a 1993 cold case after police used a genealogy site to identify him as a suspect and a discarded napkin to obtain DNA evidence.
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Amazon pays no federal income tax for 2018, despite soaring profits, report says
Amazon’s profits nearly doubled in 2018, but itpaid nofederal income tax, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy says.