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Man in Space
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Courtesy of WTHR-13, Indianapolis, as I am in a traffic jam outside of there and haven’t moved for over an hour:

Woman killed dog, pointed gun at officers they shot her, Lawrence police say

Yes, that is the unedited original.
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Man in Space wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 3:41 pm Courtesy of WTHR-13, Indianapolis, as I am in a traffic jam outside of there and haven’t moved for over an hour:

Woman killed dog, pointed gun at officers they shot her, Lawrence police say

Yes, that is the unedited original.
That’s not confusing, just ungrammatical, surely?
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bradrn wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 8:53 pm
Man in Space wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 3:41 pm Courtesy of WTHR-13, Indianapolis, as I am in a traffic jam outside of there and haven’t moved for over an hour:

Woman killed dog, pointed gun at officers they shot her, Lawrence police say

Yes, that is the unedited original.
That’s not confusing, just ungrammatical, surely?
Maybe worth noting that the headline has been corrected to "Woman killed dog, pointed gun at officers before they shot her, Lawrence police say"
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