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Record-shattering heat wave hitting wide swath of US: Latest forecast

Record-shattering heat wave hitting wide swath of US: Latest forecast

ABC News (NEW YORK) — A dangerous heat wave is moving in, with more than 100 million people from the Midwest to the Northeast on alert for life-threatening temperatures. The widespread heat alerts are first impacting Midwest states including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska and South Dakota. The heat index — what […]

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Karen Read juror says she thinks ‘collision did not occur,’ blames ‘sloppy police investigation’ for hampering prosecution

Karen Read juror says she thinks ‘collision did not occur,’ blames ‘sloppy police investigation’ for hampering prosecution

Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald via Getty Images (BOSTON) — A woman on the jury that voted to acquit Karen Read this week on murder and manslaughter charges spoke exclusively to ABC News, telling Chief National Correspondent Matt Gutman she believed “a collision did not occur” and that a “sloppy police investigation” […]

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Dad arrested for son’s death after allegedly leaving him in hot car to go drinking

Dad arrested for son’s death after allegedly leaving him in hot car to go drinking

amphotora/Getty Images (ORMOND BEACH, Fla.) — Police in Florida have arrested a father who they say is responsible for the death of his 18-month-old son after he left him “helpless in a hot truck” for more than three hours while he got a haircut and went drinking at a local […]

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Mom who drove truck through ‘park full of kids,’ ran over 12-year-old girl sentenced to 10 years

Mom who drove truck through ‘park full of kids,’ ran over 12-year-old girl sentenced to 10 years

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (PEORIA, Ariz) — A mother in Arizona has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after driving her pickup truck through “a park full of kids” and running over a 12-year-old girl, officials said. Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced earlier this week that 31-year-old Brandie Gotch […]

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The ocean is changing colors, researchers say. Here’s what it means.

The ocean is changing colors, researchers say. Here’s what it means.

Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Warming waters are causing the colors of the ocean to change — a trend that could impact humans if it were to continue, according to new research. Satellite data shows that ocean waters are getting greener at the poles and bluer toward […]

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Alleged trespasser at Memphis mayor’s home charged with attempted kidnapping

Alleged trespasser at Memphis mayor’s home charged with attempted kidnapping

Memphis Police Department (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — A man accused of trespassing at the home of the Memphis, Tennessee, mayor has been charged with attempted kidnapping and stalking, according to police, who said the suspect had a Taser, gloves, rope and duct tape in his vehicle at the time of his […]

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9-year-old girl recounts moment she was bitten by shark while snorkeling in Florida

9-year-old girl recounts moment she was bitten by shark while snorkeling in Florida

Tampa General Hospital. Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (BOCA GRANDE, Fla.) — A 9-year-old girl who was bitten on the hand by a shark in Florida is speaking out about the terrifying moment she was attacked. Leah Lendel was snorkeling near Boca Grande on June 11 when “something hard bit […]

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Some military families want further housing reform

Some military families want further housing reform

Antoinette Reeder (left), Shae Anderson (center) and Audrey Kray have documented what they say are unhealthy living conditions in privatized military housing. ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Moving cross-country from the Carolinas to California, the Reeder family looked forward to its next assignment in San Diego in the summer of 2022. […]

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Minnesota state Sen. Hoffman credits daughter for ‘saving countless other lives’

Minnesota state Sen. Hoffman credits daughter for ‘saving countless other lives’

Glen Stubbe/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife are crediting their daughter Hope for “saving countless other lives” on the night the couple was shot and wounded at their home in what prosecutors called an assassination attempt. “Without Hope, we wouldn’t be […]

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Fugitive on the run for over 6 weeks after escaping police at airport captured

Fugitive on the run for over 6 weeks after escaping police at airport captured

CREDIT: amphotora/Getty Images (SEATTLE) — A fugitive who has been on the run for more than six weeks after escaping authorities at an airport while being transported across state lines has been captured, authorities said. The incident began almost seven weeks ago on May 4 when 29-year-old Sedric Stevenson was […]

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