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FILE — James Lewis is escorted through Boston’s Logan Airport, Friday Oct. 13, 1995, after being released from the Federal Correctional Institution in Oklahoma. Lewis, the suspect in the 1982 Tylenol murders, was found dead Sunday, July 9, 2023 at his home in Cambridge, Mass., law-enforcement sources said. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Tylenol poisoning suspect who tried to extort $1 million from Johnson & Johnson to ‘stop the killing’ dies at 76

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AT SEA – (—-EDITORIAL USE ONLY â” MANDATORY CREDIT – ” OCEANGATE/ HANDOUT” – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS—-) An undated photo shows tourist submersible belongs to OceanGate germi appears on the water surface at a sea. Search and rescue operations continue by US Coast Guard in Boston after a tourist submarine bound for the Titanic’s wreckage site went missing off the southeastern coast of Canada. (Photo by Ocean Gate / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The Titan sub may have been doomed from the start by its unconventional design and a ‘smoking gun’ refusal to have it inspected by outsiders

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Warwick Neck Light, that dates to 1827 and was a onetime important navigation tool for mariners making their way to Providence, R.I., stands near Narragansett Bay, April 12, 2023, in Warwick, R.I. The federal government’s annual effort to give away or sell lighthouses that are no longer needed for navigation purposes includes 10 lighthouses this year. (Barbara Salfity/General Services Administration via AP)

Want a lighthouse? U.S. is auctioning or giving away 10 of them

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Rhode Island church window

‘Unique and highly unusual’ stained-glass window from 1878 found in Rhode Island showing Jesus as person of color

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Driver driving a car with a bottle of alcohol in his hands close-up.

Boston and its liquor stores are standing off over a major tiny problem: Drinkers throwing tiny bottles out of their car windows

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Young girl having finger prick test.

3 former executives are accused of hiding faulty medical tests that produced false results for tens of thousands of children

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This image provided by Simik Ghookasian shows passengers and crew members restraining a man who according to federal authorities tried to open an airliner’s emergency door and tried to stab a flight attendant on a weekend flight from Los Angeles to Boston on Sunday, March 5, 2023. Simik Ghookasian, a passenger, said in a telephone interview that he was seated several rows behind the suspect, identified by federal authorities as Francisco Severo Torres, when he heard a commotion. (Simik Ghookasian via AP)

A group of airplane passengers zip-tied a man who tried to stab a flight attendant with a broken spoon: ‘Total teamwork’

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This image provided by Dan Vitale shows a U.S. flag signed by quarterback Tom Brady. Vitale, the owner of the flag, sued the New England Patriots on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, saying the team caused irreparable damage to the flag by improperly displaying it at the team’s hall of fame at Gillette Stadium. The suit contends that after the flag had been on display for a couple of months, Brady’s signature written in blue Sharpie had significantly faded, which reduced the flag’s value by as much as $1 million. (Dan Vitale via AP)

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Owner of ‘priceless’ flag Tom Brady signed is suing Patriots for ruining it

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