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Man fatally shot by officer was a working professional, beloved church member

Man fatally shot by officer was a working professional, beloved church member

iStock/Thinkstock(DALLAS) —  The 26-year-old man who was killed by an off-duty Dallas police officer in an apartment she apparently confused for her own was a beloved member of a local church as well as an employee at a prestigious accounting and consulting firm, according to those who knew him. Botham […]

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Tropical Storm Florence expected to become major hurricane

Tropical Storm Florence expected to become major hurricane

ABC News(NEW YORK) — The peak of hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean is Sept. 10, and right on schedule, the Atlantic Basin has come to life with numerous areas of concern. Foremost among those is Tropical Storm Florence, which is expected to re-strengthen into a hurricane next week and […]

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Delta Fire among large wildfires burning in California; flooding continues in Midwest

Delta Fire among large wildfires burning in California; flooding continues in Midwest

ABC News(NEW YORK) — There are three major fires burning in Northern California on Saturday — part of 34 uncontained wildfires currently burning in 13 states. The Delta, Kerlin and Hirz fires are currently scorching Northern California. The Delta Fire is at zero percent containment and has scorched 31,325 acres […]

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Police find 2 people shot dead in home of Leggett, NC mayor, 2 suspects arrested

Police find 2 people shot dead in home of Leggett, NC mayor, 2 suspects arrested

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Two people found dead at their home in Edgecomb County, North Carolina on Thursday night died of an apparent double homicide, according to the Edgecomb County Sheriff’s Office. Police arrested and charged Keith Earl Williams, 25, of Tarboro with first-degree murder. “We were able to solve this […]

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Police find 2 people shot dead in home of North Carolina mayor

Police find 2 people shot dead in home of North Carolina mayor

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Two people found dead at their home in Edgecomb County, North Carolina on Thursday night died of an apparent double homicide, according to the Edgecomb County Sheriff’s Office. Police arrested and charged Keith Earl Williams, 25, of Tarboro with first-degree murder. “We were able to solve this […]

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Homeless vet will get all of the $400,000 in donations still owed to him: GoFundMe

Homeless vet will get all of the $400,000 in donations still owed to him: GoFundMe

ABC News(NEW YORK) —  A homeless veteran who is suing a New Jersey couple for allegedly blowing much of the more than $400,000 in donations they had raised for him will get the money he’s owed, according to his attorneys and the crowdfunding platform that hosted the online campaign. GoFundMe […]

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Tragic sword-fighting class mishap sent student home blind and paralyzed: Lawsuit

Tragic sword-fighting class mishap sent student home blind and paralyzed: Lawsuit

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) —  A beginner swordsman called over by an instructor to participate in a demonstration for the class instead got an accidental blade through the eye that pierced his skull and left him blind, paralyzed and brain-damaged, according to a $9 million lawsuit filed against the teacher and his […]

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Man arrested for allegedly killing girlfriend on Carnival cruise ship

Man arrested for allegedly killing girlfriend on Carnival cruise ship

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) —  A Topeka, Kansas, man was arrested this week for allegedly killing his girlfriend on a cruise ship in January, prosecutors said. Eric Newman was on the Carnival Elation ship on a four-day cruise to the Bahamas when he allegedly killed 50-year-old Tamara Tucker on Jan. 19, the […]

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Cincinnati police release video showing officers engaging gunman who killed 3

Cincinnati police release video showing officers engaging gunman who killed 3

iStock/Thinkstock(CINCINNATI) — Authorities in Cincinnati have released video footage showing the harrowing moment when officers shot and killed a gunman who opened fire on a downtown bank on Thursday morning. Surveillance video from the Fifth Third Bank headquarters near the city’s Fountain Square shows the gunman, identified by police as […]

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Woman blows off fingers after mistaking stick of dynamite for candle: Report

Woman blows off fingers after mistaking stick of dynamite for candle: Report

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) —  A woman in Connecticut blew her fingers off after mistaking a stick of dynamite for a candle, ABC New York station WABC-TV reported. The woman’s home — on Lindley Street in Bridgeport, Connecticut — had lost power, and the family came back from a trip to Home […]

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