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Winter storm moving east heading into weekend

Winter storm moving east heading into weekend

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Most of the eastern U.S. is in the grip of wintry weather with cold temperatures and snowfall. Anywhere from 3 to 7.5 inches of snow fell Wednesday from the Carolinas to New Jersey and western New York — producing numerous accidents and spinouts. Now, a new […]

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Man pushes random passerby in front of oncoming truck in downtown LA

Man pushes random passerby in front of oncoming truck in downtown LA

KABC-TV(LOS ANGELES) — A random passerby in downtown Los Angeles is lucky to be alive after he was pushed in front of a truck by a random person on the street Wednesday. In the surveillance video, acquired by Los Angeles ABC station KABC-TV, a man is seen sitting on a […]

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Death of Guatemalan toddler detained by ICE sparks $60M legal claim

Death of Guatemalan toddler detained by ICE sparks $60M legal claim

Yazmin Juarez(NEW YORK) — A Guatemalan toddler who died weeks after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border with her mother is at the center of a wrongful death claim that’s seeking $60 million from the federal government. Mariee Juarez and mother Yazmin, who told ABC News she was fleeing an abusive situation […]

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Prosecutor wants death penalty for border agent accused of killing four women

Prosecutor wants death penalty for border agent accused of killing four women

stellalevi/iStock(LAREDO, Texas) — The Texas border patrol supervisor who confessed to killing four women in September may receive the death penalty, authorities said. U.S. Border Patrol agent Juan David Ortiz, 35, was indicted Wednesday on charges of capital murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, unlawful restraint and evading arrest […]

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No more snow days for five South Carolina school districts

No more snow days for five South Carolina school districts

georgejurasek/iStock(NEW YORK) — One school district in South Carolina has gotten rid of snow days. In fact, they’ve done away with all inclement weather days altogether. The change is part of a pilot program for the 21 schools in Anderson School District Five as well as four other South Carolina […]

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Navy to honor former President George H.W. Bush with 21-jet ‘missing man formation’

Navy to honor former President George H.W. Bush with 21-jet ‘missing man formation’

US Navy(WASHINGTON) — Twenty-one U.S. Navy fighter jets will conduct a flyover in the “missing man formation” in honor of President George H.W. Bush Thursday. The flyover will take place over the Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas, where the late president will be buried in a private ceremony, […]

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George W. Bush eulogizes his father with laughter and tears: ‘A genuinely optimistic man’

George W. Bush eulogizes his father with laughter and tears: ‘A genuinely optimistic man’

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President George H.W. Bush once said about his funeral and lying in state, “Do you think anyone will come?” On Wednesday, after thousands of teary-eyed visitors waited hours in the December cold to pay their respects to the late president in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda as […]

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Teen boy killed in school bus crash while headed to Christmas musical; no seat belts on board

Teen boy killed in school bus crash while headed to Christmas musical; no seat belts on board

jetcityimage/iStock(ARGOS, Ind.) — A teenage boy died after a packed school bus headed to a Christmas musical crashed in Indiana on Wednesday morning, according to state police. There were 38 children and three chaperones on the bus when it collided with a straight truck around 9 a.m., the Indiana State […]

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Demonstrators shut down major highway again to protest Alabama mall shooting

Demonstrators shut down major highway again to protest Alabama mall shooting

TheaDesign/iStock(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — Protesters on Tuesday evening once again swarmed a suburb near Birmingham, Ala., and blocked traffic on a major highway while demanding justice for a 21-year-old black man who was shot to death by police inside a shopping mall on Thanksgiving night. More than 100 demonstrators marched through […]

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Far-right terrorism in North America, Europe increased even as terrorism deaths declined: Report

Far-right terrorism in North America, Europe increased even as terrorism deaths declined: Report

GM Stock Films/iStock(NEW YORK) — Far-right terrorism increased in the U.S., Canada, and Western Europe in 2017, even as overall terrorism deaths fell for the third consecutive year, according to a new report. While they comprise a tiny fraction of total terrorism deaths and the overall threat picture is “encouraging,” […]

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