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The Chicago Police Department is trying to figure out how a gun turned in at a buyback event in 2004 ended up at a suburban crime scene years later.

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Despite media reports, the homeowner, Patrick Hale, confirmed that he was armed, but never pulled his gun. He thinks the escaped inmates were responding to his car, which looks like a police cruiser.

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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Marcus Jett put the 1900 Morgan silver dollar and dog tag carried by his grandfather on D-Day back into the sand of Omaha Beach for the fist time in 72 years.

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After a tragic mass shooting currently being investigated as terrorism, California Gov. Jerry Brown slammed neighboring states for lax gun laws.

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Denise Peraza said she will always remember Shannon Johnson holding her close and saying, “I got you.”

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Law enforcement in Roseburg are asking people to focus not on the gunman, but on the victims and the heroes.

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Marine Lance Corporal William “Kyle” Carpenter, who fell on a live grenade to shield his fellow Marines from the impending blast, was awarded the Medal of Honor Thursday for his heroic and selfless actions that fateful day in Afghanistan in 2010. Carpenter, now 24, was seriously wounded from the explosion. He lost most of his […]

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G.I. Joe, the all-American hero, is turning 50-years-old this year. In 1964, the very first G.I. Joe action figures found their ways into the hands of giddy children around the nation. For 50 years the military-themed action figures have weathered horrendous conditions and suffered great loss. Separation of limbs from firecrackers, severe melting from magnifying […]

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A teen died after confronting a suicide bomber at the main gates of his high school in Pakistan Monday morning. Aitazaz Hassan Bangash was a 17-year-old student in the Hangu district who, along with others, challenged a suspicious person that was trying to gain entrance to their school. The bomber, dressed in a school uniform […]

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The Eagles cheerleader-turned-soldier was honored by her team as a “Hometown Hero” Sunday. Rachel Washburn, 25, is a first lieutenant in the United States Army and recipient of The Bronze Star. She served two tours in Afghanistan where she deployed on missions with Special Forces units, CNN reports. Strapped with her M4 and sidearm, Washburn […]

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Hunters saved one entangled buck from certain death after a sparring match turned deadly. In the LiveLeak video, two bucks violently clashed antlers, killing one and entangling both. Coyotes began eating the dead buck as the victor’s antlers were still locked to the other. But a group of hunters came to the rescue, freeing the […]

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Former paratrooper and WWII hero Vincent Speranza is a man you want on your team. This 88-year-old war vet braved enemy fire, fierce cold and a very angry major, so his wounded and thirsty comrades could sip on tasty German brew. It was 1944 and the battle of Bastogne raged on around Speranza and the […]

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