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Third nor’easter still a possibility for start of next week

Third nor’easter still a possibility for start of next week

ABC News(NEW YORK) — While most of the Northeast is still cleaning up and digging out from the second nor’easter to hit the Northeast in a week, some computer models are hinting there is a chance for a third nor’easter. There were still 435,000 customers without power in the Northeast […]

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Ex-officer charged with assault in beating and Tasering of alleged jaywalker

Ex-officer charged with assault in beating and Tasering of alleged jaywalker

iStock/Thinkstock(BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C.) — A white former North Carolina police officer, who was captured on body camera video in 2017 beating and using a stun gun on an African-American man stopped for jaywalking, was the subject Thursday in a criminal arrest warrant for assault and communicating threats, the Buncombe County […]

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Woman rescued after falling overboard from cruise ship in Bahamas

Woman rescued after falling overboard from cruise ship in Bahamas

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A cruise ship passenger is lucky to be alive after she fell overboard from a mega ship in the Bahamas, Tuesday night. The woman, who has not yet been identified, fell from the massive Norwegian Epic while it was sailing and rescue efforts were launched immediately, Norwegian […]

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Second transgender individual signs contract with US military as Trump debates final policy

Second transgender individual signs contract with US military as Trump debates final policy

Digital Vision/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A second transgender individual is under contract to serve in the U.S. military, a U.S. official confirmed to ABC News. The individual signed a contract with the Navy on March 1, as President Donald Trump decides how the Department of Defense will handle the military service of […]

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Nearly 1 million without power after nor’easter, third storm may hit next week

Nearly 1 million without power after nor’easter, third storm may hit next week

Scharfsinn86/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Nearly one million people are without power across the Northeast on Thursday afternoon as the region digs out from its second nor’easter in seven days. Two to three feet of snow fell from New Jersey to New England as the major nor’easter swept across the Northeast on […]

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Legal team for Chicago cop charged with teen’s murder wants a change of venue

Legal team for Chicago cop charged with teen’s murder wants a change of venue

Vladstudioraw/iStock/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) — Lawyers for a Chicago police officer accused of murdering a Chicago teen in a shooting captured on dashcam video that ignited protests in the city and around the country are arguing their client will not be able to get a fair trial in Chicago. Chicago cop Jason Van […]

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Mysterious burst of light, loud boom puzzles Washington state residents

Mysterious burst of light, loud boom puzzles Washington state residents

blackdovfx/iStock/Thinkstock(MONTESANTO, Wash.) — A bright burst of light illuminated the horizon over western Washington state Wednesday night, followed by a loud boom that shook the ground, according to several reports, leaving both residents and officials puzzled. Local officials in Grays Harbor County received hundreds of calls about the incident, the […]

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Frantic calls released from Parkland shooting: ‘I love you, it’s going to be fine… I need you to play dead,’ mom says

Frantic calls released from Parkland shooting: ‘I love you, it’s going to be fine… I need you to play dead,’ mom says

John McCall/Sun Sentinel/TNS via Getty Image(PARKLAND, Fla.) — “I love you, it’s going to be fine,” a panic-stricken mother said over the phone to her child hiding in a classroom during the Parkland, Florida school massacre. “Can you play dead? I need you to play dead.” Officials on Thursday released […]

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Car burst into flames after driving over live wires, killing driver

Car burst into flames after driving over live wires, killing driver

iStock/Thinkstock(FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J.) — A car burst into flames in New Jersey Thursday morning, killing the driver who apparently drove onto live wires, police said. Around 9 a.m. Thursday officers responding to a car fire in Franklin Lakes found a “vehicle fully engulfed in fire and a live power line […]

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Chicago mayor ordered to answer questions in death of teen shot by police

Chicago mayor ordered to answer questions in death of teen shot by police

Scott Olson/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — A judge has ordered Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson to give sworn depositions in lawsuits related to a controversial police shooting of a teen and his neighbor. The city’s police oversight agency found that officer Robert Rialmo unjustifiably shot and killed 19-year-old […]

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