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US Marine, two brothers among 4 killed as car plows into tanker truck on New Jersey highway

US Marine, two brothers among 4 killed as car plows into tanker truck on New Jersey highway

WABC(LAKEWOOD, N.J.) — A U.S. Marine was among four young men killed when a sedan they were in plowed into the back of a tanker truck in New Jersey early Wednesday, authorities said. The crash on the Garden State Parkway killed U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Robert Ordenana, 23, of […]

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Rain, snow continue to wreak havoc on holiday travel

Rain, snow continue to wreak havoc on holiday travel

ABC News(NEW YORK) — A storm system playing havoc with holiday travelers returning home from vacation is moving into the Southeast on Thursday with severe storms and snow to the north. The storm stretches from the Canadian border all the way down to the Mexican border, with blizzard-like conditions from […]

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911 dispatcher helps save 1-year-old boy who nearly drowned on Christmas

911 dispatcher helps save 1-year-old boy who nearly drowned on Christmas

iStock(ORLANDO) — A Florida fire department released audio of a frightening 911 call on Tuesday, capturing a dispatcher as she coached a caller through how to save a 1-year-old boy’s life. The scary moment happened on Christmas Day at around 3 p.m. when an Orange County woman dialed 911 after […]

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Dash cam shows Illinois police officer narrowly avoid being hit by speeding train

Dash cam shows Illinois police officer narrowly avoid being hit by speeding train

Mokena Police Department(MOKENA, Ill.) — Police officer Peter Staglewicz narrowly avoided tragedy last month when he swerved off the road just a few feet from being slammed into by a speeding commuter train. Staglewicz, who works for the police department in Mokena, Illinois, was driving toward the train crossing when […]

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Eighteen-year-old student vanishes after being dropped off at college

Eighteen-year-old student vanishes after being dropped off at college

WLS-TV(CHICAGO) — Police are searching for an 18-year-old University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) student who vanished two weeks ago. Shalyha Ahmad’s family said they dropped her off at a Chicago train station on Dec. 14, but they haven’t heard from her since. The family said they arrived to pick […]

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Manhunt underway after suspected gunman kills officer during traffic stop in Northern California: Police

Manhunt underway after suspected gunman kills officer during traffic stop in Northern California: Police

Alex_Schmidt/iStock(NEW YORK) — A manhunt is underway to find a gunman suspected of killing a Northern California police officer during a traffic stop shortly after Christmas, authorities said. The suspect fled in his car after shooting Newman police Corporal Ronil Singh, 33, just before 1 a.m. Wednesday, said the Stanislaus […]

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Former Walmart Santa Claus arrested after bodies of his 2 children were found buried in his backyard

Former Walmart Santa Claus arrested after bodies of his 2 children were found buried in his backyard

(Effingham County Sheriff) Elwyn Crocker and Candice Crocker are pictured in undated booking photos released by the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia. (GUYTON, Ga.) — A Georgia man employed until recently as a seasonal Santa Claus at a Walmart was arrested after the bodies of his two children, who […]

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Search on for 20-year-old cruise ship crewman who went overboard near Puerto Rico

Search on for 20-year-old cruise ship crewman who went overboard near Puerto Rico

fallbrook/iStock(NEW YORK) — A desperate search is ongoing in the waters off the coast of Puerto Rico after a 20-year-old crew member of the Royal Caribbean cruise ship, Harmony of the Seas, apparently went overboard, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The crew member, Aaron Hough of the United Kingdom, […]

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What we know about 8-year-old boy’s time in Border Patrol custody before his death

What we know about 8-year-old boy’s time in Border Patrol custody before his death

Phototreat/iStock(NEW YORK) — The death of an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy in government custody has raised renewed questions about how Customs and Border Protection agents are caring for the children and parents in their care at the southern border, especially in light of a 7-year-old girl’s death earlier this month. New […]

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Young firefighter dies in Christmas morning crash while responding to call

Young firefighter dies in Christmas morning crash while responding to call

Mizpah Volunteer Fire Company 18-2(MIZPAH, N.J.) — A young volunteer firefighter from New Jersey was killed Christmas morning when her car crashed into a guardrail as she responded to an emergency call. Natalie Dempsey, 21, worked for the Mizpah Volunteer Fire Company 18-2 and was the vice president of the […]

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