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The former president of a Michigan paving company faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $1 million fine, authorities said.
Newsom, a former college athlete, took a tumble during a recent trip to China, knocking over a young boy in the process.
Kaiser Permanente faces an $18,000 fine after the nurse required surgery and a hospital stay, reports said.
Visitors braked to avoid hitting the spider, causing a motorcycle to crash into their camper, according to the National Park Service.
The fire in Rancho Bernardo comes as Santa Ana winds blow through Southern California.
About 100 people were attending an unlicensed event at an art gallery in Chicago when the gunman started shooting, police said.
Officers in the area heard gunshots and saw a large crowd running in several different directions through downtown New Haven, police said.
The incident followed an earlier altercation between the victims, who were shot from a moving vehicle, and another group, police said.
Santa Ana winds brought power outages and parking restrictions to the Los Angeles area Sunday.
Four people were injured in the shooting, police said, and one of the victims was in critical condition.
The victims were found in a commercial area, according to police, who said one of the men was in critical condition.
The attack left 15 people shot, two of whom were in critical condition, police said.
SR 674 reopened at about 2 p.m. Sunday, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
An altercation between two groups escalated to gunfire in the packed 7th Avenue business corridor early Sunday morning, police said.
The 18-year-old repeatedly stabbed a relative, intervening in a physical dispute between the victim and another person, police said.
“He even had his own fork to savor the food," the owner of a Long Beach restaurant wrote in a social media post about the incident.
The hourlong attack put the victim in intensive care, according to an animal control report, which said the woman nearly lost an arm.
An armed man approached a DeKalb resident near his vehicle and forced him back inside his home at gunpoint, police said.
The child's 21-year-old mother was described as a beloved preschool teacher.
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