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Officer 'fighting for his life' after crash involving train, HPD Chief Troy Finner says

Officer 'fighting for his life' after crash involving train, HPD Chief Troy Finner says

Officer 'fighting for his life' after crash involving train, HPD Chief Troy Finner says

HPD Chief Troy Finner identified the officer as Vidal Lopez, a 20-year veteran of the force who currently works in the Technology Services department.

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Murdered police officer's widow, children upset after killer gets life sentence in plea deal

Shelton Jones was originally sentenced to death for killing HPD Sgt. Bruno Soboleski in 1991 but the sentence was later overturned on a legal technicality.
Man charged in shooting death of Takeoff asks court for $5K for private investigator, court documents say

The money for the investigator would help “assist in the preparation of his defense,” the motion says.

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No, the ‘zombie’ virus revived from Siberian permafrost can’t infect humans

Scientists did revive a long-frozen zombie virus in Russia’s Siberian region. But it only infects a specific type of amoeba, not people.
No, you can’t send Christmas cards to ‘recovering American soldiers,’ as meme claims

You can’t mail a Christmas card to an unnamed “recovering American soldier” this holiday season, as a meme claims, because the postal service won’t deliver it.