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Unanswered questions remain after New Jersey firefighters killed in raging blaze on European-made cargo ship

Unanswered questions remain after New Jersey firefighters killed in raging blaze on European-made cargo ship

PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (NEWARK, N.J.) — Investigators are searching for answers after two firefighters were killed and five more were injured while battling a raging blaze aboard a cargo ship docked in Newark, New Jersey. It was the first time since 2007 that a Newark firefighter was killed on the […]

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Solar, wind energy keeping Texas power grids running amid weeks-long heat wave

Solar, wind energy keeping Texas power grids running amid weeks-long heat wave

Robert Brook/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Green energy is helping to keep the Texas power grids alive amid a weeks-long heat wave that has left power usage at an all-time high. The perfect meteorological conditions have allowed renewable energy generated by wind turbines and solar panels to supply the grids […]

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CBP rescues two people suffering from heat stress in southern Arizona

CBP rescues two people suffering from heat stress in southern Arizona

SimpleImages/Getty Images (TUCSON, Ariz.) — Two people suffering from heat stress had to be rescued via helicopter in a remote area of southern Arizona this week, officials said. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a press release Thursday that its Border Patrol Station in Tucson was contacted by […]

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Dozens injured in NYC bus collision: FDNY

Dozens injured in NYC bus collision: FDNY

WABC (NEW YORK) — Dozens of people were injured following a bus collision in New York City on Thursday night, the FDNY said. The FDNY said it received a call just before 7 p.m. ET for a “major vehicle accident” on First Avenue and 23rd Street in Manhattan, where a […]

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Scoreboard roundup — 7/6/23

Scoreboard roundup — 7/6/23

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Philadelphia 3, Tampa Bay 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 9, Oakland 0 Toronto 6, Chi White Sox 2 Toronto 5, Chi White Sox 4 Cleveland 6, Kansas City 1 Baltimore 14, NY Yankees 1 Boston […]

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Boys hailed as heroes for saving 7-year-old drowning in pool

Boys hailed as heroes for saving 7-year-old drowning in pool

Genesee County Sheriff’s Department/ABC News (NEW YORK) — Two Michigan boys are being hailed as heroes for saving another boy from drowning in a swimming pool. Noah Roche, 12, and his brother Weston Woods, 8, were at an apartment swimming pool when they noticed 7-year-old Griffin Emerson. Griffin had been […]

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Utah Tech Athletics Mourns The Loss of Football Student-Athlete Brian Oney

Utah Tech Athletics Mourns The Loss of Football Student-Athlete Brian Oney

ST. GEORGE, Utah-Thursday, Utah Tech University and Trailblazer athletics are mourning the loss of football student-athlete Brian Oney. He passed away at his parents’ home this past Sunday morning, July 3, in St. George. Oney was a 6’7″ offensive lineman from Simi Valley, Calif. who retired from football before the […]

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‘Look at me, you coward’: Relatives of El Paso Walmart shooting victims confront gunman

‘Look at me, you coward’: Relatives of El Paso Walmart shooting victims confront gunman

Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (EL PASO, Texas) — Nearly four years after 23 people were killed in a racist mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, the victims’ families are confronting the gunman in court. Patrick Crusius, 24, pleaded guilty in February to dozens of federal hate crimes and […]

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Philly leaders sue ghost gun manufacturers just days after mass shooting

Philly leaders sue ghost gun manufacturers just days after mass shooting

US Federal Register (PHILADELPHIA) — Just days after a man wielding two “ghost guns,” including an AR-15 rifle, shot seven people, five fatally, in a Philadelphia neighborhood, according to authorities, leaders of the city filed a lawsuit against two companies that manufacture parts for the untraceable firearms they say have […]

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Father says teen killed in Philadelphia mass shooting saved his son’s life

Father says teen killed in Philadelphia mass shooting saved his son’s life

ABC News (PHILADELPHIA) — The father of a 13-year-old boy who was wounded in a Fourth of July weekend mass shooting in Philadelphia said his son’s best friend, 15-year-old Daujan Brown, lost his life trying to protect his child. In an emotional interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Rafiq Fitzgerald […]

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