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Christina Hartman, 51, said she found Zoey, an 8-pound bichon frise dog that had been carried off by an eagle from a yard in Bowmanstown, Pa., 4 miles away, when she pulled over after spotting a furry white lump on a snow-covered back road and then used social media to find the dog’s owner.
Dustin Pederson, 36, is accused of robbing a bank branch in Trenton, Ohio, of $8,800 and then less than an hour later using $4,500 of the money to buy an engagement ring for his fiancee, a police detective said.
Juan Jose Carabello, 70, grabbed his gun when he heard someone breaking into his home near Orlando, Fla., and shot and killed an intruder, a confrontation that also left Carabello injured by a bullet and requiring surgery, Orange County sheriff’s deputies said.
Rusty Lowe, a fire captain in Hoover, Ala., said it took firefighters about 20 minutes to rappel off a bridge to rescue an injured man who was trapped when his pickup fell about 100 feet off an interstate and landed upside down in a creek.
Miranda Maloney, 33, suspected of being a robber nicknamed the “Grimace Bandit” for wearing a purple shirt and a purple scarf during some of seven Arizona bank heists over a span of five weeks, was arrested by federal agents and police in Gulfport, Miss.
Laila Amer, a young singer, is the second female performer in a month to be charged in Egypt with violating public decency and inciting debauchery over a music video that reportedly shows her belly-dancing and making provocative gestures.
Malachi Love-Robinson, 20, accused of illegally operating a medical practice as a 19-year-old, pleaded guilty to grand theft, practicing medicine without a license and other charges, and was sentenced in Palm Beach County, Fla., to 3½ years in prison.
William Dombrow,a monsignor who is rector of a retirement home for Roman Catholic priests in Philadelphia, was sentenced to eight months in federal prison after pleading guilty to embezzling $500,000 and spending the money on casino visits, expensive dinners and concerts.
Grady Judd, the sheriff of Polk County, Fla., called it “a tragedy no parent or family should ever have to go through” after an 11-yearold girl wearing headphones and concentrating on her phone was struck and killed by an Amtrak train as she crossed some railroad tracks.