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Former police chief, officers allegedly framed teen for burglaries to keep crime stats up: Prosecutors
iStock/Thinkstock(MIAMI) — A former south Florida police chief and two of his officers are accused of framing a teenage boy for four burglaries in order to look like they had perfect burglary arrest statistics, according [Read More…]

Trump says he told Kim: ‘You could have the best hotels in the world,’ instead of testing missiles
Win McNamee/Getty Images(SENTOSA ISLAND, Singapore) — President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that he showed Kim Jong Un a “tape that was done on the highest level of future development” and made the pitch to [Read More…]

Trump courts Kim Jong Un with Hollywood-style trailer: ‘You could have the best hotels in the world’
Win McNamee/Getty Images(SENTOSA ISLAND, Singapore) — President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that he showed Kim Jong Un a “tape that was done on the highest level of future development” and made the pitch to [Read More…]

Hurricane Bud churns in Pacific, could hit Mexico by end of week
KETV(NEW YORK) — Hurricane Bud is churning off the coast of western Mexico in the Pacific Ocean Tuesday as a Category 3 hurricane with winds of 125 mph. Bud is located about 325 miles southeast [Read More…]

Dognapping spree targeting purebred Yorkies has Connecticut town’s pet owners on edge
WABC(BRIDGEPORT, Conn.) — Eleven female Yorkshire terriers have been stolen in one Connecticut town, with officials suspecting that an illegal breeder is the culprit. The pups were taken from homes in Bridgeport, Connecticut, over the [Read More…]

Uber driver kicked out same-sex couple for kissing, women say
WABC(NEW YORK) — A same-sex couple has accused an Uber driver in New York City of discriminating against them after he allegedly kicked them out of the car for kissing in the backseat. Alex Iovine [Read More…]

Officer rescues toddler running along busy road in Chicago suburb in heart-stopping video
Naperville Police Department/Facebook(CHICAGO) — An officer is seen rescuing a toddler running along a busy road in a Chicago suburb in a heart-stopping video. The young boy “escaped his mother’s watchful eye, left his house [Read More…]

Dennis Rodman claims some post-summit credit for his efforts to ‘bring peace between the two countries’
ABC News (SENTOSA ISLAND, Singapore) — The U.S.-North Korea summit gives Dennis Rodman, one of few Americas to meet with Kim Jong Un, “a little more shine of a light” for his efforts to “bring [Read More…]

SUV crashes into playground amid police chase, injuring 3 toddlers
KTSP(MINNEAPOLIS) — An SUV crashed into a Minnesota playground as the driver allegedly fled from police, injuring three toddlers, including two who were fighting for their lives, authorities said. The children — ages 2, 3 [Read More…]

Woman charged in Tennessee officer’s killing would ‘undo it 10,000 times over’
WKRN(NASHVILLE) — The woman charged in connection with a Tennessee police officer’s death was forced to participate in his slaying last month after the accused shooter assaulted her and threatened to kill her children, she [Read More…]

5 moments you missed from the North Korea summit: The biggest developments from overnight
ABC News (NEW YORK) — They came. They shook. They made history. President Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to meet with a North Korean head of state on Tuesday. The controversial summit, [Read More…]

Two teens arrested for terrorist plot targeting Virginia high school prom
Google Maps(VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.) — Police arrested two teens in Virginia who were planning a terrorist attack at a high school prom over the weekend, authorities said Monday. Michael Coleman, 18, and an unnamed 17-year-old [Read More…]

Anniversary of Otto Warmbier’s release brings up harsh memories of North Korea
Xinhua/Lu Rui via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Nearly one year before President Donald Trump’s historic handshake with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, the president painted a very different picture of the “brutality” of [Read More…]

From ‘fire and fury’ to ‘rocket man,’ the various barbs traded between Trump and Kim Jong Un
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is the latest step in what previously had been a tense and combustible public relationship between the two men. The [Read More…]

Cops to suspected serial killer: ‘We know it’s you. Can you please tell us why?’
iStock/Thinkstock(TAMPA, Fla.) — While they didn’t get a confession, Florida cops got a suspect to give them all the evidence they said they needed, including the murder weapon, to link him to a series of [Read More…]

Honduran immigrant arrested, separated from family died of ‘suicide in custody’: Officials
Starr County Sheriff’s Office(GRANJENO, Texas) — Texas officials are investigating the death of a Honduran man last month in an apparent suicide – after he was separated from his family following his arrest for crossing [Read More…]

NYPD officers save blue-faced baby who’d stopped breathing
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — New York Police Department officers are being hailed as heroes after they saved a baby Saturday night out at Coney Island. Michael Pace, 26, and Joseph Doyle, 26, were waiting at a [Read More…]

Uber submits patent to detect drunken app users
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Uber has submitted a patent to add a feature to its app that will help identify drunken riders so drivers could better assist them. The new feature, at least in theory, would [Read More…]

5th-grader to school board: ‘I am here to stand up for every kid that gets bullied’
Timberlake Regional School Board(PLAISTOW, N.H.) — Fighting back tears, a fifth-grader recently pleaded with her school board to help end bullying. At a June 7 Timberlane School Board meeting, Delanie Marcotte, who attends Pollard School [Read More…]

Family of 5, including 3 children, killed in cabin explosion: Washington state police
KOMO(BRINNON, Wash.) — An explosion that decimated a cabin in Washington state also killed a family of five, including three children, authorities said Monday. On Sunday, around 1 a.m., fire personnel and deputies with the [Read More…]