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'Dr. Deep' resurfaces after a record 100 days living underwater in Florida

Dr. Joseph Dituri set a record for the longest time living underwater without depressurization.
In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, diving explorer and medical researcher Dr. Joseph Dituri points to his watch Friday, June 9, 2023, indicating that it is time to surface after spending 100 days in the Jules' Undersea Lodge marine habitat at the bottom of a Key Largo, Fla., lagoon. Dituri broke the previous 73-day record for underwater human habitation at ambient pressure, undertook medical and marine science research and interacted online with more than 5,500 students during his Project Neptune 100 mission organized by the Marine Resources Development Foundation. (Mariano Lorde/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, diving explorer and medical researcher Dr. Joseph Dituri points to his watch Friday, June 9, 2023, indicating that it is time to surface after spending 100 days in the Jules' Undersea Lodge marine habitat at the bottom of a Key Largo, Fla., lagoon. Dituri broke the previous 73-day record for underwater human habitation at ambient pressure, undertook medical and marine science research and interacted online with more than 5,500 students during his Project Neptune 100 mission organized by the Marine Resources Development Foundation. (Mariano Lorde/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
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Man wanted in 1984 Florida killing captured in California

Donald Santini, arrested Thursday in San Diego County, is suspected in the killing of Cynthia Ruth Wood, officials said.
Cynthia Ruth Wood.
Cynthia Ruth Wood.
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Former USC football player charged in connection with 2 Los Angeles rapes

Joshua Fred James Jackson Jr., 21, played two seasons with the Trojans and had been looking to transfer schools.
USC Spring Game
USC Spring Game

Texas man kills roommate, fires barrage of shots at police, then kills self

Around 100 shots were fired by the gunman over a span of about 20 minutes as police were outside the home, the San Antonio police chief said.
San Antonio Police Chief Bill McManus holds a press conference, in San Antonio, Texas recently.
San Antonio Police Chief Bill McManus holds a press conference, in San Antonio, Texas recently.
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Mother of Migos rapper Takeoff sues bowling alley where he was killed for over $1 million

Titania Davenport is accusing the Houston bowling alley of not providing sufficient security personnel and screening on the night her son was fatally shot, according to the lawsuit.
Takeoff performs onstage during Global Citizen Live in Los Angeles
Takeoff performs onstage during Global Citizen Live in Los Angeles
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Jeffrey Epstein accuser seeks new testimony from JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon

The accuser in her suit claims that JPMorgan facilitated and financially benefited from Epstein’s sex trafficking of her and other young women.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.

Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., US, on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Lawmakers yesterday seized on recent political tensions and hot-button social issues in a hearing with the chief executive officers of America's largest retail banks asking them on everything from the escalation of the Ukraine conflict and racial equity to fossil-fuel financing.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.

Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., US, on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Lawmakers yesterday seized on recent political tensions and hot-button social issues in a hearing with the chief executive officers of America's largest retail banks asking them on everything from the escalation of the Ukraine conflict and racial equity to fossil-fuel financing.

Ex-NYPD detective is charged with allegedly helping robbers, who targeted Asian Americans, avoid arrest

The criminal crew engaged in a series of robberies and burglaries that primarily targeted Asian American small-business owners, according to the DOJ.
Image: A New York Police Department officer in Manhattan in 2023.
Image: A New York Police Department officer in Manhattan in 2023.
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Mike Batayeh, comedian and ‘Breaking Bad’ laundromat manager, dies at 52

Batayeh died on June 1 of a heart attack while asleep in his Michigan home.
Mike Batayeh
Mike Batayeh

NYC launches program to reexamine gay bar drugging and homicide cases

The announcement comes more than a year after two gay men were killed as part of a drug-induced robbery scheme.
Mayor Eric Adams during a press conference at NYPD Headquarters in April 2023.Y
Mayor Eric Adams during a press conference at NYPD Headquarters in April 2023.Y

Army veteran who disarmed Club Q attacker to lead first Pride parade since the shooting

Richard Fierro, a decorated Army veteran, tackled the shooter during a November 2022 attack that left five dead and 17 others injured at a Colorado LGBTQ club.
Richard  Fierro, with his brother Ed, left, by his side, describes how he took the shooter down the night of the shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs in 2022.
Richard  Fierro, with his brother Ed, left, by his side, describes how he took the shooter down the night of the shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs in 2022.

Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor is granted bond

Susan Louise Lorincz, 58, was ordered to wear an ankle monitor, to have no contact with the family of Ajike “AJ” Owens and to not leave the state of Florida.
Susan Louise Lorincz in court on June 9, 2023.
Susan Louise Lorincz in court on June 9, 2023.