Eric Singer left his Ohio home on his bicycle, never to be seen again. With the help of advances in DNA research, he was finally found.

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The children, between the ages of 5 and 14, were locked in a room that the authorities said “functioned as a dungeon,” with no beds and boarded-up windows.

The false report of a gunman drew a large police response to the university’s campus northwest of Philadelphia, where freshmen and their parents were told to shelter in place.

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The report drew a large police response to the university’s campus northwest of Philadelphia, and students were told to shelter in place.

The report drew a large police response to the university’s campus northwest of Philadelphia, and students were told to shelter in place.

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The release of a man who had been serving a five-year sentence for assault is the second time the jail has released someone prematurely this year.

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