Christopher Ruddle

The killing at a busy Manhattan station came against a broader decline in homicides, while deadly subway violence remains comparatively rare. NEW YORK — A fatal shooting at a heavily traveled Midtown Manhattan subway station disrupted train service Saturday and renewed attention on transit safety, even as New York City headed toward one of its lowest homicide totals in decades. A man was shot in the chest during a dispute at the 53rd Street-Seventh Avenue …

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Ann Marie LoPrieno, 71, died after a concrete truck struck her as she crossed an Oak Park intersection in September. OAK PARK, Ill. — The family of a 71-year-old Oak Park woman who was fatally struck by a concrete truck last month is considering legal action as the truck driver faces a traffic citation stemming from the collision. Ann Marie LoPrieno was crossing at North Boulevard and Euclid Avenue shortly before 9 a.m. Sept. 23 …

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Saturday’s roadway crash injured three people a day after another aircraft made a crash landing at Reid-Hillview Airport. SAN JOSE, Calif. — Two small-plane accidents were reported in San Jose on consecutive days, including a Saturday crash that sent two adults and a child to a hospital after their aircraft came down on a roadway near Capitol Expressway. The Saturday crash was the more serious of the two incidents. The San Jose Fire Department said …

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The family says a driver trying to get around road construction crossed private property before striking the man and leaving. MAPLEWOOD, Minn. — A grandfather was injured Friday morning after a driver cut through a residential yard near Maplewood Drive and Kohlman Lake, struck him and fled, according to the man’s family. The incident happened around 9 a.m. while the man was visiting a family member’s home, relatives told KSTP. His family said the vehicle …

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Deputies said an argument among residents turned physical before gunfire erupted Saturday evening at a north Harris County apartment complex. HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Two men were wounded and a woman was detained after a dispute at a Cypress Station apartment complex escalated into gunfire Saturday evening, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded about 7:48 p.m. Oct. 17 to The Park at Cumberland Apartments at 505 Cypress Station Drive after receiving a …

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Police said the vehicle rolled backward after the woman got out while it was not in park. MOORE, Okla. — A woman has died from injuries suffered when her own vehicle rolled backward and struck her outside a fast-food restaurant in Moore, police said. The Moore Police Department said officers responded around 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, to an auto-pedestrian incident at a Chick-fil-A near Southwest 19th Street and Telephone Road. The woman suffered serious …

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Landy Victoria Carrejo faces a state prosecution while federal authorities hold her in El Paso for immigration proceedings. EL PASO, Texas — A New Mexico woman indicted in a child trafficking case is being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in El Paso, placing her in federal immigration custody while serious state criminal allegations remain unresolved across the state line. Landy Victoria Carrejo, 37, is being held at the El Paso Processing Center while …

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Police have charged security guard Tyron Henton with murder, but a detailed account of the fatal encounter has not yet been released. FORT WORTH, Texas — The arrest of a La Gran Plaza security guard on a murder charge has placed new scrutiny on the moments before he allegedly fatally shot a 20-year-old man who police said was smashing a jewelry kiosk inside the Fort Worth shopping center. Tyron Douglas Henton, 31, was arrested Friday, …

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The emergencies occurred about two weeks apart, and one patient, 25-year-old Edan Cherrill, later died after hospitalization. HOPKINS, Minn. — Police are investigating a Minnesota dental center after two patients suffered cardiac arrest during procedures about two weeks apart, including a 25-year-old man who later died, according to police records and reports about the investigation. The scrutiny centers on Gendler Dental Center in Hopkins and two September medical emergencies. The first involved a patient who …

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