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Police say a 2-year-old girl who walked away from her home in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with two family dogs was found hours later asleep in the woods using one of the canines as a furry pillow FAITHORN, Mich. -- A 2-year-old girl who walked away from her home in Michigan's Upper Peninsula alongside two family dogs was found in the woods hours later sleeping on the smaller dog like a furry pillow , state police said. “She laid down and used one of the dogs as a pillow , and the other dog laid right next to her and kept her safe,” Lt. Mark Giannunzio said Thursday. “It’s a really remarkable story.” Troopers used drones and police dogs in the search while local police and citizens from both Michigan and adjacent Wisconsin helped look for the girl in the remote wooded area. Troopers from Michigan State Police’s Iron Mountain post had been called to a home in the Faithorn area of Menominee County about 8 p.m. Wednesday after the girl wandered away. Around midnight, a citizen on an ...

The single-engine Piper PA-23 crashed around 8:20 p.m. PT on Sunday shortly after taking off from Canyonlands Regional Airport, according to the FAA. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating a small plane crash that killed all four occupants -- North Dakota state Sen. Doug Larsen, his wife and their two children -- in Moab, Utah, according to officials. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum confirmed the deaths in a statement Monday afternoon. "First Lady Kathryn, Lt. Gov. [Tammy] Miller and I are deeply saddened by the heartbreaking loss of Sen. Doug Larsen, his wife, Amy, and their two young sons," Burgum wrote. "Sen. Larsen was a father, husband, coach, entrepreneur, businessman, state senator and lieutenant colonel in the North Dakota National Guard who committed himself fully to each of those roles with an unwavering sense of honor and duty," he continued. "As a legislator, he was a tenacious advocate for ...

Kansas child welfare officials say they investigated the family of a 5-year-old Kansas girl five times during the 13 months before she was raped and killed TOPEKA, Kan. -- Child welfare officials investigated the family of a 5-year-old Kansas girl five times in the 13 months before she was raped and killed , but couldn't confirm allegations of neglect or drug use by her mother, and the family repeatedly declined offers of help, a report released Tuesday showed. The report by the state Department of Children and Families said in one case, the agency confirmed that the mother wasn't properly supervising Zoey Felix, but the girl was placed with her father and because of that, “No safety concerns were identified.” After receiving allegations in late August of drug use and lack of utilities in the home, child welfare officials made seven failed attempts to reach the family over the next month. On Oct. 2, Zoey died after fire crews couldn't resuscitate her at a gas station...

A Florida family who claimed they had a "miracle" cure for COVID-19 that contained a toxic bleach were sentenced to federal prison on Friday. Members of a Florida family who claimed they had a "miracle" cure for COVID-19 that contained a toxic bleach were sentenced to federal prison on Friday, the Department of Justice said. Mark Grenon, 66, and his three sons -- Jonathan Grenon, 37, Jordan Grenon, 29, and Joseph Grenon, 36 -- were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by distributing an unapproved and misbranded drug, the DOJ said. The federal jury also found Jonathan and Jordan Grenon guilty of contempt of court following a trial this summer. MORE: Man who allegedly sold fake COVID cure arrested after 3-year manhunt Jonathan and Jordan Grenon were sentenced to 151 months -- about 12 1/2 years -- in federal prison, while Mark and Joseph Grenon were sentenced to five years, the DOJ said. Federal prosecutors said the men manufactured, produced and sold a...

Ta’Kiya Young planned to move her growing family into a place of her own, and was just steps away from achieving that goal COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ta’Kiya Young treated her two little boys like kings, dressing them sharply, letting them have too many sweets, cooking them big gourmet meals of T-bone steak with broccoli, cheese and rice. The royal life also awaited her unborn daughter. When Young found out she was pregnant with her third child — a girl — she was thrilled. The 21-year-old Ohio mom and aspiring social worker bought a stack of adorable onesies in anticipation of the baby’s arrival. She scheduled a photo shoot to show off her baby bump. She applied for public housing and looked forward to the day when she and her growing brood would have a place to call their own. Instead, Young’s grieving family held her funeral on Thursday, exactly two weeks after a police officer in the Columbus suburbs fatally shot her in her car in a supermarket parking lot. About 100 people showed up at t...

Authorities are continuing the search for the suspect connected to an "execution-style" shooting that killed five members of the same family in Texas. Authorities are continuing the search for the suspect connected to an "execution-style" shooting that killed five family members in Texas, including an 8-year-old boy. The carnage began Friday night after neighbors asked the suspect, Francisco Oropeza, 38, to stop shooting his gun in the yard of his home in Cleveland, Texas, about 50 miles north of Houston, investigators said. The San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office received a call around 11:31 p.m. Friday detailing harassment, San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers told reporters on Sunday. When deputies arrived at the home, they found five victims at the property, Capes said. In this aerial view, an exterior of a crime scene where five people were killed after a shooting inside a home, April 29, 2023 in Cleveland, Texas. Go Nakamura/Getty Images Three minors who...

A Utah man who fatally shot his wife, her mother and their five kids left a suicide note saying he “would rather rot in hell” than continue being controlled by his wife, investigators wrote in a report released on Friday SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah man who f atally shot his wife, her mother and the couple’s five kids after he was investigated for child abuse left a suicide note saying he “would rather rot in hell” than continue enduring what he called controlling behavior by his wife, investigators wrote in a report released on Friday. The claims in the suicide note left by Michael Haight, 42, stand in stark contract to conclusions by investigators in the 57-page report that overwhelmingly portray Haight, and not his wife, as controlling and abusive. The report cites the family 's communications before the killings and interviews from community members conducted after the January tragedy. “This is nonsense and I can’t handle it for one more day. We will not be a burden on society. I...

Six people were gunned down at a central California home in what the sheriff is calling a targeted attack. Six people were gunned down at a central California home in what the sheriff called a targeted attack. Among those killed in the "horrific massacre" were a 17-year-old mom and a 6-month-old baby, Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux told reporters. Both were shot in the head, he said. "We do have survivors," the sheriff said, adding that it's not yet clear how they survived. Authorities believe there are at least two suspects at large, Boudreaux said. No arrests have been made. "We believe that this was a targeted family ," the sheriff said. "This was very personal," Boudreaux said. "We also believe that it was a message being sent." Authorities "believe there are gang associations involved in this scene, as well as potential narcotics investigations," Boudreaux said. Six people have been gunned down at a Central Ca...

Ted Cruz's office said his daughter is OK and asked for privacy for the family after Houston police and fire personnel were called to his home Tuesday Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's office said late Tuesday that his daughter is OK and asked for privacy for the family after Houston police and fire personnel were called to his home. "This is a family matter and thankfully their daughter is okay," Cruz's representatives said in a statement to ABC affiliate KTRK and other outlets. "There were no serious injuries. The family requests the media respect their daughter 's privacy at this time," Cruz's office said. Republican Senator from Texas Ted Cruz speaks during the 2022 Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership meeting, in Las Vegas, Nov. 19, 2022. Caroline Brehman/EPA-EFE via Shutterstock According to KTRK, the Houston Police Department said they received reports just before 8 p.m. local time on Tuesday of a 14-year-old with self-inflicted stab wo...