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Police kick in door to help mom resuscitate newborn baby, deliver her twin

Police kick in door to help mom resuscitate newborn baby, deliver her twin

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) —  Two Minnesota police officers are being hailed for resuscitating a baby and delivering her twin after responding to an emergency call earlier this week. Nichole Mickelson was home with her 2-year-old son when she went into labor after taking a shower early Tuesday morning. She called her […]

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Michael’s death toll rises to 11 as Florida, Georgia survey massive destruction from historic hurricane

Michael’s death toll rises to 11 as Florida, Georgia survey massive destruction from historic hurricane

@Ginger_Zee/Twitter(ATLANTA) — Hurricane Michael, a ferocious and historic storm, has killed 11 people, including an 11-year-old girl, and left a trail of destruction across Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. Michael is the fourth most powerful storm on record to hit the U.S., and the worst since Hurricane Camille in 1969. […]

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Hurricane Michael by the numbers: At least 8 dead, 1.6 million homes, businesses without power

Hurricane Michael by the numbers: At least 8 dead, 1.6 million homes, businesses without power

ABC News(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) — Hurricane Michael, a historic Category 4 storm, struck the Florida Panhandle early Wednesday afternoon, unleashing heavy rain, high winds and a devastating storm surge. Here is a look at the dangerous storm by the numbers: 155 mph: Wind speed — nearly the highest possible for […]

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Animal activists outraged at Forest Service handling of wild horses

Animal activists outraged at Forest Service handling of wild horses

American Wild Horse Campaign(SAN FRANCISCO) — Animal activists and horse lovers are criticizing the U.S. Forest Service’s plan to round up 1,000 wild horses in northern California this month, saying the animals could wind up being sold to slaughterhouses. The Forest Service cites a 2013 management plan that says the […]

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Men banned ‘for life’ from gun range after taking selfie with gun

Men banned ‘for life’ from gun range after taking selfie with gun

@topgunrangetx/Twitter(HOUSTON) —  Two men have been banned from a gun range in Texas after a friend pointed a gun at the other to take a selfie, according to the manager of the range. The incident occurred at Top Gun Range in Houston on Oct. 5, Kyle Harrison, manager of the […]

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Police arrest suspect for string of burglaries in Malibu and Calabasas

Police arrest suspect for string of burglaries in Malibu and Calabasas

ABC News(MALIBU, Calif.) —  A man has been arrested in connection with a string of burglaries around Malibu and Calabasas in California. Anthony Rauda, 42, is being held without bail on an active parole violation after officials said they found him armed with a rifle in a steep ravine, matching […]

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Hurricane Michael by the numbers: At least 6 dead, over 900,000 homes, businesses without power

Hurricane Michael by the numbers: At least 6 dead, over 900,000 homes, businesses without power

ABC News(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) — Hurricane Michael, a historic Category 4 storm, struck the Florida Panhandle early Wednesday afternoon, unleashing heavy rain, high winds and a devastating storm surge. Here is a look at the dangerous storm by the numbers: 155 mph: Wind speed — nearly the highest possible for […]

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Medieval re-enactor on horseback killed after being impaled on his own lance

Medieval re-enactor on horseback killed after being impaled on his own lance

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A Virginia man on horseback playing a Medieval knight in a reenactment performance in Kentucky died after he apparently dropped his lance and then became impaled upon it, according to his brother. Peter Barclay, 52, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, had been performing medieval horseback for 30 […]

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Limo in deadly crash had been cited for out-of-service brakes

Limo in deadly crash had been cited for out-of-service brakes

Peter R. Barber/The Daily Gazette of Schenectady, N.Y.(SCHENECTADY, N.Y.) — The limousine that crashed Saturday in upstate New York, killing 20 people, had been cited by the State Department of Transportation in March for brake failures, according to inspection results obtained by ABC News. The citations included “brakes out of […]

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Michael’s death toll rising as storm tears into Florence-ravaged Carolinas

Michael’s death toll rising as storm tears into Florence-ravaged Carolinas

National Hurricane Center(PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla.) — A ferocious and historic Hurricane Michael reached the Carolinas after tearing through Florida and Georgia, demolishing homes, submerging entire neighborhoods and killing at least five people, including an 11-year-old girl. It is the third-most-powerful storm on record to hit the U.S., and the […]

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