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485 Amtrak passengers moving again after stalling on rain-swept tracks in Wisconsin for nearly 24 hours

485 Amtrak passengers moving again after stalling on rain-swept tracks in Wisconsin for nearly 24 hours

Spencer Platt/Getty Images(TOMAH, Wis.) — Two Amtrak trains carrying 485 passengers that were stalled in Wisconsin for nearly 24 hours because of track flooding are finally on their way, the railroad said Wednesday. The Empire Builder trains operating daily between Chicago, Portland, Oregon, and Seattle — one with 218 passengers […]

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Hundreds of Amtrak passengers stalled on rain-swept tracks in Wisconsin

Hundreds of Amtrak passengers stalled on rain-swept tracks in Wisconsin

Spencer Platt/Getty Images(TOMAH, Wis.) — Track flooding has stalled two trains carrying 485 Amtrak passengers through Wisconsin, the railroad said Wednesday. The Empire Builder trains operating daily between Chicago, Portland, Oregon, and Seattle — one with 218 passengers and the other with 267 – are still stuck because freight railroad […]

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Two construction workers fall to their death in Florida after scaffolding collapses

Two construction workers fall to their death in Florida after scaffolding collapses

Orange County Fire Rescue(ORLANDO, Fla.) — Two construction workers were killed in Florida early Wednesday when scaffolding they were working on collapsed and they plunged six stories. The accident happened at a hotel under construction in Orlando, Florida, at about 4:15 a.m. Officials said both men died at the scene. […]

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Bags containing human body parts found in Bronx for 2nd time in a week

Bags containing human body parts found in Bronx for 2nd time in a week

WABC(NEW YORK) — For the second time in less than a week, police believe they have found human body parts in garbage bags in a New York City park. The second set of remains was found Tuesday evening in the Bronx at Barretto Point Park, just 2 1/2 miles from […]

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Shayna Hubers found guilty in retrial over ex-boyfriend’s brutal murder

Shayna Hubers found guilty in retrial over ex-boyfriend’s brutal murder

ABC News(HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky.) — The Kentucky woman whose trial garnered national attention three years ago was convicted of murder for the second time on Tuesday in a retrial over her ex-boyfriend’s brutal death. Shayna Hubers, 27, was found guilty of murder on Tuesday more than five years after she […]

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160 undocumented workers detained in Texas immigration bust

160 undocumented workers detained in Texas immigration bust

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (SUMNER, Texas) — Federal authorities detained well over 100 undocumented workers on Tuesday in a surprise raid at a Texas manufacturing company. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained 160 workers at Load Trail, a trailer manufacturing company that was previously charged with knowingly hiring […]

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Parents used bear spray to fend off grizzly bear that attacked their 10-year-old son at Yellowstone National Park

Parents used bear spray to fend off grizzly bear that attacked their 10-year-old son at Yellowstone National Park

KTMF(SEATTLE) — A family exploring Yellowstone National Park was able to save their 10-year-old son from a grizzly bear using bear spray they had rented from a kiosk nearby, according to reports. Sally Vering, the founder of the Bear Aware kiosk at Yellowstone’s Canyon Village, told ABC affiliate KTMF in […]

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Convicted Russian mobsters may face life in prison

Convicted Russian mobsters may face life in prison

Department Of Justice(NEW YORK) — Two Russians who ran illegal high-stakes poker games near Coney Island and at one point ordered a building that housed a rival’s poker game be set on fire are now facing life in prison. Lenny Gershman, 35, and Aleksey Tsvetkov, 39, on Tuesday were convicted […]

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Headless torso found in fish tank inside missing man’s home

Headless torso found in fish tank inside missing man’s home

iStock/Thinkstock(SAN FRANCISCO) — Authorities in San Francisco made a gruesome discovery while searching the home of a man who has been missing since the start of summer. On Aug. 17, investigators found a headless torso inside a fish tank in the home of 65-year-old Brian Egg in San Francisco’s South […]

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Neighbors spooked over mysterious woman who rang doorbell and disappeared

Neighbors spooked over mysterious woman who rang doorbell and disappeared

Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department(HOUSTON) — A video of a mystery woman who rang the doorbell of a Texas house in the dead of night, wearing what appeared to be broken restraints on both wrists, has some residents of the neighborhood spooked — and internet sleuths intrigued. The Facebook post with […]

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