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Grandmother shot, hostages held at LA supermarket; 1 woman dead

LOS ANGELES — Police said they were trying to determine what prompted a man to shoot his grandmother and wound another woman before he crashed his car and ran into a busy supermarket, where he held dozens of people hostage in a tense standoff with scores of heavily armed officers outside.[gh:iframe src="https://omny.fm/shows/ap-news-headlines/playlists/podcast/embed?style=artwork" width="100%" height="180" frameborder="0"][/gh:iframe]A woman was shot [...]
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Box Office: ‘Equalizer 2’ squeaks past ‘Mamma Mia 2’ and takes top spot

In the battle of two very different sequels at the box office this weekend, Denzel Washington's action pic "The Equalizer 2" has narrowly won out over the ABBA jukebox musical "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again."Studios on Sunday estimate that the R-rated Denzel Washington joint grossed $35.8 million from North American theaters over the weekend. It's Washington's first ever sequel and the biggest opening of director Antoine Fuqua's career. The first "Equalizer," from 2014, opened [...]
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Ambassadors hit the beach in Santa Rosa

NAVARRE — The Santa Rosa County UF/IFAS Extension Office is seeking volunteers to promote safe practices on Navarre Beach.A handful of volunteers participated in the Navarre Beach Ambassador training Wednesday to learn how to be good stewards of Florida's Most Relaxing Place."This program serves two purposes," said Katie Boole, a University of Florida student interning with the extension office through the summer. "It's promoting the area and promoting ways to protect [...]
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Man dead after flatbed crashes into pickup on I-10

MILTON — A Milton man is dead after a traffic accident on Interstate 10 on Thursday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Jimmy L. Berger, 76, was driving a 2016 Ford F-150 pickup truck east on I-10 near the Avalon Boulevard exit as Donald E. Chase, 35, [...]
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Ethics Commission to hear case against Cecilia Jones

The Florida Commission on Ethics has scheduled a probable cause hearing to evaluate the findings of an investigation launched after two complaints were lodged against Walton County Commissioner Cecilia Jones.Former Walton County resident Art Miller was informed in a letter dated June 18 that the hearing would be held at 10 a.m. Sept. 7 in Tallahassee.Miller filed his complaint last October. He alleged Jones had misused her powers as a commissioner and indulged in various [...]
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Pregnant woman involved in FWB accident (PHOTOS)

FORT WALTON BEACH — A pregnant woman was sent to the hospital following a Thursday afternoon accident on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.A black Cadillac sedan and a red Mustang were involved in an accident at about 4 p.m. Thursday in front of Heather Glenn Apartments, at the intersection of Hunt Club Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. A Florida Highway Patrol crash report has not yet been released.According to the call history record from the Okaloosa County [...]
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