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The body of a U.S. man who had been missing since Feb. 11 has been found in a clandestine burial pit on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, prosecutors in the state of Baja California Sur said Wednesday. State prosecutor Daniel de la Rosa said a local man and his sister had …

A 15-year-old working at a McDonald’s location in Morristown, Tennessee suffered hot oil burns while using a deep fryer, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The incident occurred in June 2022, according to a department spokesperson.  Investigators in the Wage and Hour Division learned that the McDonald’s location allowed …

A bill that would allow Idaho to execute condemned inmates by firing squad is headed to the governor’s desk after passing the legislature on Monday with a veto-proof majority. Firing squads will be used only if the state cannot obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections. At least one death …

Investigators in the U.S. Virgin Islands have launched a criminal probe into the unexplained death of a retired American athlete, authorities confirmed.  Jamie Cail, 42, was pronounced dead on arrival by medical workers at a hospital on St. John last week, the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department said in a news …

The Food and Drug Administration warned Wednesday of another imported eye product that could be contaminated with bacteria, in the wake of an outbreak earlier this year of highly drug-resistant bacteria that hospitalized and blinded some patients. Americans should stop using Delsam Pharma’s Artificial Eye Ointment, the FDA says, an …

A federal court jury convicted a Kansas man who insisted that a death threat he made against Rep. Jake LaTurner was a message from God, amid what authorities have said is a sharp rise in threats against members of Congress and their families. Jurors found Chase Neill, 32, of Lawrence, …

A 13-year-old girl led state troopers on a high-speed car chase through central Nebraska on Monday night, at times topping 100 mph during a pursuit that lasted roughly 15 minutes, authorities said.  The driver, a girl from Colorado, was eventually taken into protective custody along with the vehicle’s only passenger, …

The University of California reached an agreement Friday with some 36,000 graduate student teaching assistants and other academic workers for increased pay and benefits that could potentially end a monthlong strike — the largest of its kind in the nation — at the prestigious state system. The strike disrupted classes …

Newly unsealed court documents show that a Tennessee man arrested for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection also conspired with another person to kill dozens of federal agents involved in the investigation. Earlier this year, Edward Kelley, 33, was one of many rioters arrested on charges of illegally …

Matt Araiza, the former Buffalo Bills punter who was accused of gang-raping a 17-year-old at an off-campus party at San Diego State University last year, will not be charged in connection with the alleged crime, prosecutors said Wednesday. The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office said two of Araiza’s former …