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Authorities in Louisiana are searching for two inmates who escaped from the Tangipahoa Parish Jail, just north of New Orleans, after catching two others who escaped at the same time — and three of the four are homicide suspects, the parish sheriff’s office said. Sheriff Daniel Edwards said in a statement that they got out through the jail’s perimeter fence …

A British horse rider died Sunday after she fell while competing at an equestrian event in England, the sport’s governing body said. Georgie Campbell suffered a fatal fall while competing at the Bicton International Horse Trials in Devon, England, on Sunday, British Eventing said in a statement. She was 37. “Medical professionals attended immediately following her fall at fence 5b …

The National Park Service (NPS) denied claims that park officials at Denali National Park ordered a construction crew to not fly the American flag over Memorial Day weekend. The claim appears to have originated from a report by Alaska Watchman, a conservative news outlet, which cited an anonymous construction worker. The crew, the report said, was working on a 475-foot-long …