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MIAMI — For the third time this month, there has been a shark attack in the Florida Keys. On Friday, a fisherman was hospitalized after a shark bite, deputies said. And this time, the shark struck while on land. Around 8 p.m., the 35-year-old was fishing off a dock on Flagship Drive in Sumerland Key, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said. The shark was on the dock with the angler when it took a bite of his foot. It’s unclear if the man, who was not identified, reeled in the shark or how it ended up on the dock. He was flown to Jackson South Medical Center. His condition is unknown, deputies ......

PHILADELPHIA — In late November, Miles Pfeffer posted a warning on his Instagram page. “Work smart not hard make stupid decisions face stupid consequences,” Pfeffer wrote, beneath the photo of a male, his face obscured by fanned-out $20 bills, with what appeared to be a Ruger pistol tucked in his waistband. According to Philadelphia police, Pfeffer failed to follow his own advice. Early Sunday morning, federal and local law enforcement officials descended on the home Pfeffer’s mother in Buckingham Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and charged the 18-year-old with murdering Temple Univers......

PHILADELPHIA — Hand-painted signs in Amish country often advertise fresh eggs, shoofly pies or handmade quilts, but the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is trying to determine whether one Lancaster County farmer’s sizable gun collection was also his side hustle. An ATF spokesman said agents seized evidence during an “enforcement operation” on Jan. 12 at the Cattail Foundry in Leacock Township, Lancaster County, but declined to comment further. Two sources familiar with the investigation said approximately 600 firearms were seized during the operation. On Wednesday morning, f......