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Severe thunderstorms could bring damaging winds from Great Lakes to Northeast

Severe thunderstorms could bring damaging winds from Great Lakes to Northeast

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Severe thunderstorms may bring damaging winds from the Great Lakes to the Northeast on Sunday, with a more widespread threat in the Heartland early in the week. Sunday afternoon, strong to severe storms are expected to flare up along a cold front that will sweep […]

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Pittsburgh bridges reopen after 26 barges break loose, float uncontrolled down Ohio River

Pittsburgh bridges reopen after 26 barges break loose, float uncontrolled down Ohio River

John Greim/Loop Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (PITTSBURGH, Pa.) — Twenty-six barges broke loose and floated uncontrolled down the Ohio River Friday night, according to the Pittsburgh Public Safety Office. The West End Bridge was closed in both directions and rail traffic was shut down on the rail bridge […]

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Lincoln University administrator’s suicide spotlights Black women’s struggles in higher education

Lincoln University administrator’s suicide spotlights Black women’s struggles in higher education

Mireya Acierto/ Getty Images (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) — When Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey, the former vice president of student affairs at Lincoln University in Missouri, died by suicide on Jan. 8, the tragedy brought attention to the difficulties and obstacles that many Black women report experiencing in higher education. Candia-Bailey, who […]

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Librarians say they face threats, lawsuits, jail fears over ongoing book battles

Librarians say they face threats, lawsuits, jail fears over ongoing book battles

Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images (BOISE, Id. ) — Librarians across the country say they’ve become targets in the ongoing battles over books – but the attacks have escalated beyond just calls to remove materials from library shelves. Several librarians told ABC News they’re facing threats of physical […]

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Woman dead after bus crashes into pedestrians at Honolulu cruise ship terminal

Woman dead after bus crashes into pedestrians at Honolulu cruise ship terminal

Kevin Carter/Getty Images (HONOLULU, Hi.) — One woman has died and 10 others were injured after a shuttle bus crashed into the transportation area outside a Honolulu cruise terminal Friday, according to police. The ship, Carnival Miracle, was on a 15-day journey, departing Long Beach, California, on April 6, according […]

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Electric sports cars are starting a ‘performance arms race,’ engineer says

Electric sports cars are starting a ‘performance arms race,’ engineer says

McLaren (NEW YORK) — Are we entering a “performance arms race” between internal combustion engine and electric sports cars? Some engineers and top auto executives are beginning to question the superiority of electric sports cars, which have become a contentious topic among enthusiasts. This week, Lawrence Stroll, executive chairman of […]

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This automaker has an answer to electric sports car

This automaker has an answer to electric sports car

McLaren (NEW YORK) — Are we entering a “performance arms race” between internal combustion engine and electric sports cars? Some engineers and top auto executives are beginning to question the superiority of electric sports cars, which have become a contentious topic among enthusiasts. This week, Lawrence Stroll, executive chairman of […]

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One dead, 13 injured after man intentionally crashes stolen semi-truck into Texas DPS office: Officials

One dead, 13 injured after man intentionally crashes stolen semi-truck into Texas DPS office: Officials

KTRK-TV (BRENHAM, Texas) — One person was killed and more than a dozen injured after a man allegedly intentionally crashed a stolen semi-truck into a Texas Department of Public Safety office in Brenham on Friday, officials said. A suspect is in custody, authorities said. “This is a tragic day for […]

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Mom accused of leaving 2 young children home alone for days to go on cruise

Mom accused of leaving 2 young children home alone for days to go on cruise

KTRK (HOUSTON) — A Texas mother has been arrested after allegedly leaving her two young children home alone for days to go on a cruise, court records show. Lakesha Williams, 29, of Houston, has been charged with abandoning a child with intent to return, a felony, according to a criminal […]

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How 2 teenagers plotted their best friend’s murder

How 2 teenagers plotted their best friend’s murder

Getty Images – STOCK (MORGANTOWN, W.Va.) — When 16-year-old Skylar Neese went missing from her West Virginia home after midnight on July 6, 2012, two of her best friends took to social media to express their fears and hopes that Skylar could be alive. But months later, investigators would find […]

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