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“Imagine if that was your son who was killed because of this,” the police said. A 7-year-old bystander was fatally shot in the head by a stray bullet amid an altercation over jet skis on July 4, according to police in Tampa, Florida. When gunfire erupted near a boat ramp, the 7-year-old boy’s grandfather pulled him into a truck for cover, but the boy was still shot in the head and the grandfather was shot in the finger, Tampa Police Deputy Chief Calvin. Johnson said at a press conference on Wednesday. It appears the boy and his grandfather were shot…

Swedish prosecutors have charged climate activist Greta Thunberg with disobedience to law enforcement in connection with a protest in Malmö last month FILE – Police officers talk to Swedish activist Greta Thunberg as they move activists from the organization ‘Ta Tillbaka Framtiden’ (Bring back the future) who are blocking the entrance to the Oljehamnen neighborhood in Malmö, Sweden, Monday June 19 of 2023 Local newspaper Sydsvenskan reported on Wednesday 5 July 2023 that Swedish prosecutors have charged Thunberg with disobedience to law enforcement in connection with a protest in Malmö last month. (Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency via AP, File) The…

Several shark encounters and sightings have been reported this week from the East Coast to the Gulf Coast. Five incidents involving sharks or suspected sharks occurred Monday and Tuesday in New York, officials said. All victims survived. On Fire Island, New York, a 15-year-old boy who was surfing in the early evening was bitten by a shark on his heel and toes, Suffolk County police said. His heel and toes remained intact, and he was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Also Monday, a 15-year-old girl suffered puncture wounds from an unknown source in the water at Robert Moses State…

Clearwater City Manager Jennifer Poirrier has named Eric Gandy, former deputy chief and current director of the city’s Marine and Aviation Department, as the next police chief, the Clearwater Police Department announced Wednesday in a press release Gandy, 56, joined the police department in 1991. He was a patrol major when he was promoted to deputy chief in 2017. He retired from the agency in February 2022 and became director of the city’s navy and aviation the following month. “I look forward to leading a forward-looking and well-respected police department and employees dedicated to public safety and the citizens we…

Crews responded to a call of a wildfire near Belleuve around 2:20 p.m. Wednesday. According to emergency communications monitored by the Idaho Mountain Express, the fire appeared to be burning through cottonwood stands and downed timber along the Big Wood River at Eccles Flying Hat Ranch. Coordinates relayed to the Bureau of Land Management’s wildfire incident server indicated the fire was burning about a half-mile west of State Highway 75 on the east side of the river. Two onlookers also reported seeing flames on the east side of Big Wood, according to scanner traffic. By 2:45 p.m., firefighters had called…

TEWKSBURY, Mass. – Judith Merenda Cadorette was last seen alive days before the July 4 holiday, 1973, at the Holiday Inn near Route 38 and Interstate 495 in Tewksbury, authorities said. Days after the holidays, the 19-year-old’s body was found on July 6, 1973, in a wooded area near the ramp from Interstate 93 South to Route 133 West in Andover, a route that leads directly in Tewksbury. Five decades later, her murder case remains unsolved, and now investigators are once again appealing to the public to help find her killer. Police said Cadorette had long, dark hair and poor…

President Joe Biden has been briefed on the investigation into the discovery of cocaine on the floor of the West Wing lobby of the White House and believes it is “incredibly important” that the Secret Service determine how it got there. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says the White House is confident the Secret Service will “get to the bottom of this.” US Secret Service agents found the powder during a routine sweep of the White House on Sunday in a small clear plastic bag on the floor in a high-traffic area, according to three people who were not…