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Community members, friends attend vigil to honor victims of deadly limo crash

Community members, friends attend vigil to honor victims of deadly limo crash

ABC News(AMSTERDAM, N.Y.) — Community members arranged a candlelit vigil in upstate New York on Monday to remember the victims of a fatal limousine crash that authorities consider the country’s deadliest transportation accident in nearly 10 years. Hundreds of people gathered Monday night at a park overlooking the Mohawk River […]

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Six children hospitalized in Minnesota after coming down with rare, polio-like disease

Six children hospitalized in Minnesota after coming down with rare, polio-like disease

James Hill(MINNEAPOLIS) — An outbreak of a mysterious disease in Minnesota that doctors say resembles polio has left children partially paralyzed and health experts baffled. Quinton Hill, 7, spent two weeks in a hospital undergoing a range of tests, according to his parents, before he was finally diagnosed with acute […]

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San Francisco’s Bay Area transit tests earthquake alert system

San Francisco’s Bay Area transit tests earthquake alert system

iStock/Thinkstock(SAN FRANCISCO) — Commuters in the Bay Area should expect a delay this morning between 11 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. PT as San Francisco-area trains will slow to 27 miles per hour for a system-wide test of an earthquake early-warning alert from the ShakeAlert program. With at least seven significant […]

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No Columbus Day in Columbus, Ohio? City says it can’t afford one

No Columbus Day in Columbus, Ohio? City says it can’t afford one

iStock/Thinkstock(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — For the first time in its history, Columbus, Ohio – which was named for explorer Christopher Columbus — is not observing the federal holiday named in his honor this year because money is too tight, city officials said in a press release late last week. Instead, city […]

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Hurricane Michael: Heading toward Florida, could be Category 3 at landfall

Hurricane Michael: Heading toward Florida, could be Category 3 at landfall

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Hurricane Michael was upgraded from a tropical storm as it churns in the Gulf and is forecast to become a major Category 3 storm when it makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle later this week. Already a Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of 75 miles per […]

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Limo in New York crash that killed 20 had failed inspection and driver didn’t have appropriate license: Governor

Limo in New York crash that killed 20 had failed inspection and driver didn’t have appropriate license: Governor

iStock/Thinkstock(SCHOHARIE, N.Y.) — The limousine that was involved in a deadly crash in upstate New York failed an inspection by the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles last month, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Additionally, the driver of the limousine, who died in the crash along with 19 others, did not […]

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Governor says limo in crash that killed 20 had failed inspection and driver didn’t have appropriate license

Governor says limo in crash that killed 20 had failed inspection and driver didn’t have appropriate license

iStock/Thinkstock(SCHOHARIE, N.Y.) — The limousine that was involved in a deadly crash in upstate New York failed an inspection by the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles last month, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Additionally, the driver of the limousine, whose name has not been released and who died in the […]

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Hurricane Michael takes aim at Florida coast, could be ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 3 at landfall

Hurricane Michael takes aim at Florida coast, could be ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 3 at landfall

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The tropical storm that is headed toward Florida has been officially upgraded to Hurricane Michael after strengthening overnight. The National Hurricane Center announced the upgrade at 11 a.m. Monday, forecasting that the storm will become a Category 3 hurricane when it makes landfall Wednesday afternoon. Florida Gov. […]

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Four people walk away unscathed after three-vehicle crash in Arizona

Four people walk away unscathed after three-vehicle crash in Arizona

Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office(PRESCOTT, Ariz.) — Four people miraculously survived a three-vehicle car crash near an Arizona middle school that ended with two cars precariously stacked on top of each other. On Sunday evening, firefighters responded to reports of a three-vehicle accident on Williamson Valley Road near the entrance to […]

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Newlyweds, young couple among 20 killed in New York limousine crash, families say

Newlyweds, young couple among 20 killed in New York limousine crash, families say

iStock/Thinkstock(SCHOHARIE, N.Y.) — Two newlyweds and a young upstate New York couple were among the victims of a deadly limousine crash over the weekend, according to their families. Newlyweds Erin Vertucci, 34, and Shane McGowan, 30, were among the 20 people killed near Albany on Saturday, their family said, in […]

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