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Blaze tears through senior community in Florida

Blaze tears through senior community in Florida

@MartinFLSheriff/Twitter(STUART, Fla.) — A large fire ripped through a senior-citizen condominium community in South Florida late Monday, injuring two people and destroying at least 10 units at the property. Emergency officials responded to Cedar Pointe Villages in Stuart, Florida, around 8 p.m. after getting calls that one of the complex’s […]

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Chicago firefighter dies searching for boater

Chicago firefighter dies searching for boater

WLS(CHIGAGO) — One Chicago firefighter has died and two others were hospitalized Monday night while searching for a missing boater. The Chicago Fire Department confirmed via a Twitter post early Tuesday that Juan Bucio, who’d been critically injured, had died. The two other injured firefighters were transported to Northwestern Medical […]

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Two journalists killed when tree fell on car in North Carolina: Reports

Two journalists killed when tree fell on car in North Carolina: Reports

iStock/Thinkstock(GREENVILLE, S.C.) — Two people in North Carolina have been killed after a tree fell on the car they were riding in, according to local officials. The victims were employees of NBC affiliate WYFF-TV in Greenville, South Carolina, the station confirmed on its website. The accident occurred Monday afternoon on […]

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Veteran has helped clean thousands of military headstones in honor of Memorial Day

Veteran has helped clean thousands of military headstones in honor of Memorial Day

ABC News(SEATTLE) — This Memorial Day weekend, Americans across the country have been finding their own unique way to remember and honor the fallen. For weeks now, Jordan Houghton and others from the American Legion Post 206 in Seattle have spent their free time cleaning the headstones of veterans at […]

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Lava from Hawaii volcano destroys 10 more houses in Leilani Estates, officials say

Lava from Hawaii volcano destroys 10 more houses in Leilani Estates, officials say

U.S. Geological Survey via Getty Images(PAHOA, Hawaii) — Ten more homes in the path of Hawaii’s Kileaua volcano eruption have been destroyed overnight by fast-moving lava, a spokesperson for the Hawaii County Civil Defense told ABC News. The most recently destroyed homes were in the Big Island’s Leilani Estates subdivision, […]

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Alberto makes landfall along Florida Panhandle

Alberto makes landfall along Florida Panhandle

@michaelscig72/Instagram(NEW YORK) — Alberto, the first named subtropical storm of the 2018 season, has made landfall on the Florida panhandle, bringing heavy rain, gusty winds and flash flooding to the area. The storm, which began to weaken as it approached the Gulf Coast, was about 15 miles west-northwest of Panama […]

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Two killed when tree falls on car in North Carolina, local officials say

Two killed when tree falls on car in North Carolina, local officials say

iStock/Thinkstock(SALUDA, N.C.) — Two people in North Carolina have been killed after a tree fell on the car they were riding in, according to local officials. The accident occurred Monday afternoon on U.S. Highway 176 in Polk County, according to a post on the Facebook page for the Polk County […]

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Abandoned dog found with writing all over her

Abandoned dog found with writing all over her

Courtesy Ross County Humane Society, Brittany May(CHILLICOTHE, Ohio) — A dog with writing on her was rescued by a shelter and is now looking for her forever home. According to Ross County Humane Society in Chillicothe, Ohio, the dog was abandoned in a nearby park and was covered in phrases […]

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National Guardsman missing after flash flooding devastates Ellicott City, Maryland: ‘I’m hopeful that he’ll be OK’

National Guardsman missing after flash flooding devastates Ellicott City, Maryland: ‘I’m hopeful that he’ll be OK’

Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images(ELLICOT, CITY, Md.) —  A National Guardsman is missing after devastating flash flooding swept through Ellicott City, Maryland, turning streets into rivers and carrying away cars. The missing man, 39-year-old Eddison Hermond of Severn, Maryland, was last seen at about 5:20 p.m. Sunday, Howard […]

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Flight student kidnapped by instructors who said he had to go back to China: Police

Flight student kidnapped by instructors who said he had to go back to China: Police

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A Chinese student who was attending flight school in California was allegedly kidnapped by an instructor and his assistant who told the student that he had to go back to China, police said. Cops were informed that Tianshu “Chris” Shi, 21, was being threatened after his brother […]

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