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Brigham Young University student fermenting rocket fuel causes massive explosion

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A Brigham Young University student was fermenting homemade rocket fuel on a stove in a dorm when the mixture suddenly exploded into a huge “fireball,” according to campus police. The explosion caused by the faulty experiment set off fire alarms and sprinklers in the Heritage Halls at around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, flooding parts of the building, BYU . police said. Campus police and the Provo Fire Department responded to the scene. “The flame from the explosion engulfed the walls and ceiling around the stove and the intense heat disabled the…

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4-year-old dad orders police shooting in McDonald’s car: cops

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A 4-year-old boy fired a pistol at police officers on instructions from his father during a dispute over an order at McDonald’s in Utah on Monday, officials said. The shooting occurred at a McDonald’s restaurant in Midvale, just outside Salt Lake City, when a man fired a gun at fast food workers during an argument over his order, according to the Greater Salt Lake City Unified Police Department. The adult man, who has two children in the back seat, pulled up and waited for workers to fix his order. But…

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Utah human rights defender arrested for cancer fraud

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A human rights advocate has been arrested in Utah on charges of falsifying a cancer diagnosis and collecting thousands of dollars for medical expenses. Coco Berthman, 28, was taken into custody Wednesday and booked into the Salt Lake County Jail while being investigated for communications fraud, according to a report. She has not been formally charged. Berthmann, who was arrested in the southern Jordan suburb of Salt Lake City, is a German national who has spoken out about human trafficking – and claims that she herself was a victim. Police…

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A sword-wielding Utah man has been charged with holding a woman hostage

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Authorities said a Utah man is accused of holding a woman in his home and torturing her by depriving her of food and sleep for nearly two weeks. Jarman Sean Cunningham, 50, was arrested after a dramatic confrontation on Friday in which he threw objects and shot officers from his West Valley City home and then emerged with a sword, KSL-TV news agency reported. “Garman eventually came out of the house armed with a sword,” police wrote in an affidavit. The officers used “less lethal force” on him, causing him…

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