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Boy who impaled face with meat skewer after falling from tree house survives

Boy who impaled face with meat skewer after falling from tree house survives

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) —  A 10-year-old boy in Kansas left the hospital happy and healthy on Wednesday night after being attacked by wasps in his tree house, falling out and landing face first onto a meat skewer, his mother said. Xavier Cunningham was playing with his friends in a tree house […]

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At least 4 dead, including mom and infant, as Hurricane Florence pounds Carolina coast

At least 4 dead, including mom and infant, as Hurricane Florence pounds Carolina coast

ABC News(NEW BERN, N.C.) — Hurricane Florence pummeled North Carolina, making landfall Friday morning with storm surges and wind gusts before contributing to at least four deaths. Authorities have confirmed those storm-related deaths, including a mother and her infant child who died after a tree fell on their home in […]

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Police officer who fatally shot man in wrong apartment should be fired, family lawyer says

Police officer who fatally shot man in wrong apartment should be fired, family lawyer says

iStock/Thinkstock(DALLAS) — An attorney for the family of the 26-year-old man shot and killed inside of his own apartment by a Dallas police officer is calling for her to be fired immediately. Botham Jean was shot and killed by Police Officer Amber Guyger in his apartment earlier this month. “We’re […]

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As Hurricane Florence hits the Carolinas, Superstorm Sandy survivor helps pay it forward

As Hurricane Florence hits the Carolinas, Superstorm Sandy survivor helps pay it forward

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A New Jersey woman who survived Superstorm Sandy and received help from strangers is calling on people to step up and return the favor to the people in the Carolinas who are in the crosshairs of Hurricane Florence.  Joan DeLucia has formed a group of […]

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Hurricane Florence: At least 3 dead as storm brings ‘1,000-year’ rain, catastrophic flooding to North Carolina

Hurricane Florence: At least 3 dead as storm brings ‘1,000-year’ rain, catastrophic flooding to North Carolina

ABC News(NEW BERN, N.C.) — Hurricane Florence is pummeling North Carolina, making landfall with life-threatening storm surges and wind gusts. Authorities have confirmed three storm-related deaths, including a mother and her infant who died after a tree fell on their home in Wilmington, where the storm hit Friday morning with […]

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Mom, 5 kids hunker down in North Carolina as ‘crazy and frightening’ Hurricane Florence hits home

Mom, 5 kids hunker down in North Carolina as ‘crazy and frightening’ Hurricane Florence hits home

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WILMINGTON, N.C.) — A mother has hunkered down with her five children and dog in their Wilmington, North Carolina, home as Hurricane Florence bears down. Melissa Cellucci, who lives 20 minutes from Wrightsville Beach where the hurricane made landfall, told ABC News she is riding out the storm […]

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Armed with boats and air mattresses, Cajun Navy rescues 160 trapped by Florence

Armed with boats and air mattresses, Cajun Navy rescues 160 trapped by Florence

KTRK-TV(NEW BERN, N.C.) — The Cajun Navy came to the aid of nearly 160 people in North Carolina Friday morning, many of whom had to be rescued from the roofs of their cars after they were stranded while trying to drive away from the devastation of Hurricane Florence. “The tide […]

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Florence makes landfall; police chief predicts ‘biblical proportion flood’

Florence makes landfall; police chief predicts ‘biblical proportion flood’

ABC News(NEW BERN, N.C.) — Hurricane Florence is pummeling the North Carolina coastline, making landfall with life-threatening storm surges and hurricane-force winds. “I see a biblical proportion flood event that’s going to occur,” Wilmington, North Carolina, Police Chief Ralph Evangelous told ABC News. “I see the beach communities being inundated […]

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Hurricane Florence pummels North Carolina coast, knocking out power

Hurricane Florence pummels North Carolina coast, knocking out power

ABC News(NEW BERN, N.C.) — Hurricane Florence is pummeling the North Carolina coastline, nearing landfall with life-threatening storm surges and hurricane-force winds. As North Carolina residents brace for the impact of the Category 1 storm, more than 372,000 customers in the state were without power early Friday. Here’s the latest: […]

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South Carolina residents take in needy animals ahead of Hurricane Florence

South Carolina residents take in needy animals ahead of Hurricane Florence

iStock/Thinkstock(CHARLESTON, S.C.) — Many South Carolina residents were working to secure a safe shelter for themselves as Hurricane Florence made its way inland, but some also took time to think about the homeless animals in the area who could be in danger. The Animal Society in Charleston, South Carolina, was […]

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