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Bodycam footage, 911 calls detail heroic rescue of 6-year-old who fell from roller coaster

Bodycam footage, 911 calls detail heroic rescue of 6-year-old who fell from roller coaster

© Patty Lagera/Getty Images (KISSIMMEE, Fla.) — Harrowing new body camera footage and 911 tapes paint a picture of the heroic lengths first responders went to in order to save a 6-year-old boy who fell from a rollercoaster in Central Florida last week. The body camera footage showed paramedics tending […]

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Maui wildfires live updates: Death toll climbs as at least 53 confirmed dead

Maui wildfires live updates: Death toll climbs as at least 53 confirmed dead

FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dangerous wildfires are spreading rapidly on Maui due to very dry conditions stemming from a drought combined with powerful trade winds being squeezed across Hawaii. At least 36 people have died from the wildfires on Maui and much of the coastal town […]

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SCOTUS pauses Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan over whether it can shield founders from opioid liability

SCOTUS pauses Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan over whether it can shield founders from opioid liability

Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked Purdue Pharma’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy that shielded the founding Sackler families from liability in the nation’s opioid epidemic. The application for a stay, brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, was presented […]

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The perfect storm of weather conditions that led to the devastating wildfires in Maui

The perfect storm of weather conditions that led to the devastating wildfires in Maui

NOAA (NEW YORK) — A perfect storm of weather conditions led to the massive inferno that has killed dozens of people in Maui and caused widespread destruction on an island best known as paradise. The fires, which sparked Tuesday night, were fueled by an unfortunate combination of a landscape parched […]

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Alabama riverfront melee: 4th suspect turns herself in, police say

Alabama riverfront melee: 4th suspect turns herself in, police say

Christa Owen (MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — Police say a fourth suspect in the Riverfront Park melee turned herself in on Thursday. Charges were originally filed against three white boaters who allegedly assaulted a Black ferry co-captain in Montgomery, Alabama, on Saturday. According to the Montgomery Police Department, 21-year-old Mary Todd was […]

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Maui wildfires live updates: Chaos at Maui’s main airport as hundreds try to leave

Maui wildfires live updates: Chaos at Maui’s main airport as hundreds try to leave

FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dangerous wildfires are spreading rapidly on Maui due to very dry conditions stemming from a drought combined with powerful trade winds being squeezed across Hawaii. At least 36 people have died from the wildfires on Maui and much of the coastal town […]

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Teen indicted on murder as hate crime in O’Shae Sibley’s death

Teen indicted on murder as hate crime in O’Shae Sibley’s death

Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The 17-year-old suspect charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of 28-year-old professional dancer O’Shae Sibley has been indicted by a grand jury Thursday on the second-degree murder as a hate crime charge, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. The suspect and several […]

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‘Above normal’ activity predicted for remainder of 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, NOAA says

‘Above normal’ activity predicted for remainder of 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, NOAA says

Roberto Machado Noa/Getty Images, STOCK (NEW YORK) — The remainder of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be busier than originally anticipated, partly due to warming ocean waters, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA forecasters are predicting 21 named storms, of which up to 11 […]

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Police still searching for prisoner who escaped from NYC hospital

Police still searching for prisoner who escaped from NYC hospital

WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Yenchun Chen, 44, repelled out a hospital window Wednesday afternoon using towels and linens he had requested from staff. Authorities are still searching for Yenchun Chen after he jumped out a fifth floor window and rappelled down Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in New York […]

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Maui’s cultural, historic landmarks damaged in the devastating wildfires

Maui’s cultural, historic landmarks damaged in the devastating wildfires

MAXAR/Getty Images (MAUI, Hawaii) — Lahaina Restoration Foundation’s executive director Theo Morrison talks about the cultural significance of the hist… Destructive wildfires are consuming the Hawaiian island of Maui, with dozens of deaths reported and hundreds of structures impacted. At least 36 people so far have died in connection with […]

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