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Two prison guards were shot and killed during an inmate escape at Baldwin State Prison. Inmates Donnie Russell Row and Ricky Dubose were both serving a life sentence for armed robbery,  allegedly overpowered the guards while being transported by bus to a work assignment.  ...Read more

The American university student who has been held captive in North Korea since January 2016 has been released. Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia, is on his way back to the United States, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday. ...Read more

More than 97% of voters have favored attempting to join America as the 51st state instead of staying a self governing territory. The final decision is up to U.S. Congress, which has ...Read more

First Lady Melania Trump and son Barron finally move into the White House five months after President Trump took office. Mrs Trump wanted to stay in New York for Barron, 11, to finish the school year. She’s the first First Lady to delay the move to Washington in recent years, with Michelle Obama actually moving early to get her children settled. ...Read more

After 26 years on the lam, Gustavo Falcon is charged in a 1991 indictment claiming he was part of a major cocaine smuggling operation during the 1980s. He’s dubbed as Miami’s last “cocaine cowboys” and face charges that could land him in prison for life. ...Read more

It’s a he said, she said debate between President Donald Trump and then-FBI head James Comey. Thursday, Mr. Comey went on record to discuss discrepancies over his meetings with President Trump.  ...Read more

A couple who worked for Boeing for more than 30 years asked to pay the entire lunch debt of their neighborhood elementary school. When Tom and his wife, Christy, found out it was only $259, they asked what it would cost them to erase the lunch debt at all 10 elementary schools in the Marysville School District, which totaled $5,495. ...Read more

Hawaii is the first state in the country to implement laws than mirror portions of the Paris climate deal. Gov. David Ige signed two laws that will aim to reduce greenhouse emissions on Tuesday. ...Read more

Roy Larner, 47, a fan of the London football club Millwall, has been dubbed the “Lion of London Bridge” after he single handedly fought three knife wielding jihadis with his bare hands during the London Bridge terror attack. The football fan was stabbed eight times while distracting the terrorist and buying time for people in the pub to evacuate. A petition online is asking to award him the George Cross, an award for bravery that is the second highest honor in the UK.  ...Read more

A Las Vegas police officer has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a man put in a chokehold.  The chokehold was an unapproved method of subduing.  ...Read more