A Stolen Dinosaur Named Claire Is Returned to a California Gas Station

The theft of the beloved dinosaur statue upset residents of a California community that was damaged by wildfires earlier this year. Then she was returned with an apology.

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Ex-Minnesota Lawmaker Gets Six Months in Jail for Burglary

Nicole Mitchell was found guilty of breaking into her stepmother’s home. She resigned from the State Senate after her conviction, briefly threatening the Democrats’ slim majority.

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Woman Lured Men With Sex and Drugs and Left Them for Dead, Charges Say

Tabitha Bundrick was arraigned on murder charges in a Manhattan court. Hers is one of several recent cases in which victims were drugged and then robbed, with fatal consequences.

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Thieves Steal $700,000 in Gold From Natural History Museum in Paris

The heist was the latest in a string of thefts at museums in France.

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Tiny Love Stories: ‘UR CUTE, TEXT ME’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.

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Police Arrest Suspect in Death of Queens Couple in Burning House

The arrested man is Jamel McGriff, 42. Investigators believe he killed a couple in their 70s, one of whom was found tied to a pole.

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California Man Killed 2 Men He Met on Dating App, Authorities Say

Prosecutors said Rockim Prowell, 34, also stole their cars and tried to kill a third man. He was being held without bail.

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Man Charged in Connection With Fatal Shooting of Woman, 69, in Harlem

Faisil McCants, 18, was charged with armed robbery and the use of a machine gun in last week’s incident, which left Robin Wright, a bystander, dead.

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Suspect in Macklemore Robbery Also Stole From Sports Stars, Prosecutors Say

Patrick Maisonet’s targets in the Seattle area included the baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki and the former football star Richard Sherman, officials said.

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Police Arrest Man Suspected of Robbing Macklemore’s House in Seattle

Two masked men crept into the rapper’s house in June, attacked a nanny with bear spray and stole jewelry, including a Seattle Sounders soccer championship ring, the police said.

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