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Health experts urge caution ahead of New Year’s Eve festivities as COVID-19 surge intensifies

Health experts urge caution ahead of New Year’s Eve festivities as COVID-19 surge intensifies

Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — If you were planning to ring in 2022 with a couple dozen of your friends this New Year’s Eve, many officials and health experts are warning against it. “Omicron and delta are coming to your party,” Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker warned at a press […]

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‘Very grave’: Colorado mayor speaks out after devastating wildfires

‘Very grave’: Colorado mayor speaks out after devastating wildfires

Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images (SUPERIOR, Colo.) — The mayor of a Colorado town decimated by sudden and fast-moving wildfires called the situation “very grave” in an interview with Good Morning America. Hundreds of homes were destroyed and thousands were forced to evacuate in Boulder County […]

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COVID live updates: Avoid cruises regardless of vaccination status, CDC says

COVID live updates: Avoid cruises regardless of vaccination status, CDC says

JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 824,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 62% of the […]

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Hundreds of homes lost amid fast-spreading Colorado fires

Hundreds of homes lost amid fast-spreading Colorado fires

Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images (BOULDER COUNTY, Colo.) — Thousands of people are being asked to evacuate immediately and hundreds of buildings have already been lost as winds fuel fast-spreading wildfires in Boulder County, Colorado. Several small grass fires, sparked by downed power lines amid gusty […]

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Dad allegedly kills daughter after mistaking her for intruder: Reports

Dad allegedly kills daughter after mistaking her for intruder: Reports

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — A teen girl was allegedly killed by her father early Wednesday morning in what appears to be a case of mistaken identity, according to reports. Investigators are looking into the death of Janae Hairston, 16, of Columbus, Ohio, who was shot in the garage […]

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Father allegedly drove 14-year-old son to store to commit murder, police say

Father allegedly drove 14-year-old son to store to commit murder, police say

kali9/Getty Images (GARLAND, Texas) — A father and his 14-year-old son have been charged with capital murder in the killings of three teenagers at a convenience store on Dec. 26, according to Garland Police Department in Texas. A fourth teenager was injured in the attack. 33-year-old Richard Acosta has been […]

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Live updates: Hundreds of homes lost amid fast-spreading Colorado fires

Live updates: Hundreds of homes lost amid fast-spreading Colorado fires

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (BOULDER COUNTY, Colo.) — Thousands of people are being asked to evacuate immediately and hundreds of buildings have already been lost as winds fuel fast-spreading wildfires in Boulder County, Colorado. Several small grass fires, sparked by downed power lines amid gusty winds in central Colorado, according to […]

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Truck driver’s sentence lowered to 10 years after originally receiving 110 years for fatal crash

Truck driver’s sentence lowered to 10 years after originally receiving 110 years for fatal crash

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (DENVER) — A truck driver who was sentenced to 110 years in prison for a fatal accident in Colorado has been resentenced to 10 years after an outcry from family and advocates. Gov. Jared Polis announced the commutation of Rogel Aguilera-Mederos’ sentence Thursday. “I am writing to […]

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Live updates: Thousands of families asked to evacuate amid fast-spreading Colorado fires

Live updates: Thousands of families asked to evacuate amid fast-spreading Colorado fires

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (BOULDER COUNTY, Colo.) — Thousands of people are being asked to evacuate immediately as winds fuel fast-spreading wildfires in Boulder County, Colorado. Several small grass fires, sparked by downed power lines amid gusty winds in central Colorado, according to the Boulder County sheriff, have grown into raging […]

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Criminal charges possible for man attacked by tiger after reaching into enclosure at Florida zoo

Criminal charges possible for man attacked by tiger after reaching into enclosure at Florida zoo

WZVN-TV (NAPLES, Fla.) — A maintenance worker who entered an unauthorized area of a Florida zoo and was attacked by a tiger could face criminal charges, authorities said. The tiger was shot and killed by responding authorities in order to free the man from the animal’s jaws. The incident happened […]

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