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Girl, 13, speaks out after fighting off shark at Florida beach

Girl, 13, speaks out after fighting off shark at Florida beach

ABC News (MIAMI) — A 13-year-old girl said she has more than a dozen stitches after fighting off a shark at a Florida beach. Ella Reed was sitting in shallow water with a friend near a jetty in the Fort Pierce area Thursday when the shark approached, the teen told […]

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Fourteen-year-old shot and killed on Philadelphia subway platform

Fourteen-year-old shot and killed on Philadelphia subway platform

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — A teenager was fatally shot on a train platform in West Philadelphia on Saturday afternoon, according to police. The Philadelphia Police Department said the shooting took place at a SEPTA station on the 5200 block of Market Street. The 14-year-old boy was shot in the […]

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New York City’s iconic Roosevelt Hotel reopens as ‘asylum seeker arrival center’

New York City’s iconic Roosevelt Hotel reopens as ‘asylum seeker arrival center’

Luiz C. Ribeiro for N.Y. Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City’s iconic Roosevelt Hotel reopened its doors over the weekend after nearly three years — but this time, to a slightly different clientele. The historic hotel, which was built in the 1920s and […]

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One dead, at least 11 injured following tornado in Rio Grande Valley: NWS

One dead, at least 11 injured following tornado in Rio Grande Valley: NWS

Obtained by ABC News (LAGUNA HEIGHTS, Texas) — At least one person was killed and 11 others were hospitalized with injuries Saturday morning after a tornado touched down near Laguna Heights, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley, according to officials. “The Laguna Madre area was hit by its fourth weather […]

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Police fatally shoot knife-wielding man who allegedly threatened people at a graduation party

Police fatally shoot knife-wielding man who allegedly threatened people at a graduation party

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — Police in Houston shot and killed a suspect at a party who allegedly threatened his neighbors with a knife Saturday night, authorities said. Officers responded to calls late Saturday night to a home in the 100 block of Palmyra Street, where a man was wielding a […]

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2 dead, 5 injured in shooting at Yuma, Arizona, gathering: Police

2 dead, 5 injured in shooting at Yuma, Arizona, gathering: Police

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (YUMA, Ariz.) — At least seven people were shot, two fatally, during a gathering in Yuma, Arizona, late Saturday, police said. No suspects were in custody Sunday as investigators worked to identify the person or persons who committed the deadly act, police officials said. A $1,000 reward is […]

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Dangerous heat wave continues along West Coast

Dangerous heat wave continues along West Coast

ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — Millions of people on the West Coast are facing a continuation of intense early-season heat for multiple days, forecasts show. Washington state began seeing record-breaking temperatures at the start of the weekend. On Sunday, Seattle could reach 90 degrees for the first time this year, which […]

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Teen uses slingshot to save sister from alleged kidnapper: Police

Teen uses slingshot to save sister from alleged kidnapper: Police

Google Maps Street View (ALPENA, Mich.) — A teenager helped save his younger sister from an alleged kidnapper by shooting the suspect with his slingshot, Michigan authorities said. The 8-year-old girl was mushroom-hunting in her backyard in Alpena Township on Wednesday when “an unknown male appeared from the woods,” the Michigan […]

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Nearly all Uvalde students picked up early by parents from school following gun-related threat

Nearly all Uvalde students picked up early by parents from school following gun-related threat

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — Over 90% of Uvalde students were picked up early by their parents or guardians from school Friday after a video was discovered circulating social media referencing threats to schools in the area, according to the district. “These threats have caused families in our school district […]

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NYC loosens rules, ships migrants upstate and seeks federal aid amid a migrant surge

NYC loosens rules, ships migrants upstate and seeks federal aid amid a migrant surge

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After a week of blame-shifting, name-calling and protests, New York politicians are coming to terms with the reality of housing and caring for thousands of new migrants. A new bus of migrants arrived at New York City’s Port Authority Bus Terminal Saturday morning around […]

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