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'General Hospital' actor Johnny Wactor's killer at large, LAPD shares new details about three suspects

The Los Angeles Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating the individual responsible for fatally shooting “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor on Saturday. In a press release obtained by Fox News Digital on Tuesday, the LAPD said Wactor was “confronted by three individuals” in the early hours on May 25. Wactor had just ended a bartending shift and …

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13 confirmed dead, 16 missing after stone quarry collapse in India’s northeast

A stone quarry collapsed Tuesday in India’s northeast due to heavy rains triggered by a tropical storm, killing 13 quarry workers, officials said, while 16 remain missing. Senior police officer Rahul Alwal said rescuers recovered the bodies of those killed from the quarry in Melthum, about 3.7 miles from the state capital Aizwal, and were able to pull out two …

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'General Hospital' actor Johnny Wactor's death leaves cast 'sickened': 'He was truly one of a kind'

After Johnny Wactor’s sudden death, tributes started to pour in for the “General Hospital” alum. Wactor was shot and killed in downtown Los Angeles early Saturday morning, Fox News Digital confirmed. He played Brando Corbin for 164 episodes on “General Hospital” from 2020 to 2022. The official social media account for the soap opera wrote: “The entire General Hospital family …

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‘Mary Poppins,’ 'It’s a Small World’ songwriter Richard M. Sherman dead at 95

Richard M. Sherman, one half of the prolific songwriting duo with his brother Robert Sherman, has died at 95. The Walt Disney Company announced the news on their website on Saturday. “Disney Legend Richard M. Sherman, half of the Academy Award-winning songwriting team of the Sherman Brothers (with his late brother, Disney Legend Robert B. Sherman), passed away Saturday, May …

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‘General Hospital’ star Johnny Wactor killed in Los Angeles: ‘They took a great human being,’ mother says

“General Hospital” alum Johnny Wactor was shot and killed in downtown Los Angeles early Saturday morning, Fox News Digital has learned. His mother, Scarlett Wactor, spoke with Fox News Digital on the phone and confirmed the news. According to her, he and a co-worker were asked to stay late at a rooftop bar where he was bartending to clean and …

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Morgan Spurlock, 'Super Size Me' director, dead at 53

Morgan Spurlock, the documentarian behind the Academy Award-nominated “Super Size Me,” has passed away due to complications from cancer. He died Thursday in New York. “It was a sad day, as we said goodbye to my brother Morgan,” his brother Craig Spurlock said in a statement. “Morgan gave so much through his art, ideas and generosity. Today the world has …

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14 confirmed dead in Vietnam after fire burns apartment building

An overnight fire in an apartment building in a narrow alley in Vietnam’s capital killed 14 people and injured six others, state media said Friday. The apartment building in central Hanoi could only be accessed through an alley just 6.5 feet wide, preventing firetrucks from reaching it, and firefighters eventually contained the fire by using hoses, state media said. The …

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At least 9 dead in India after fire at chemical factory, authorities say

Rescuers combed through piles of debris and wreckage Friday searching for bodies after an explosion and fire at a chemical factory in western India killed at least nine people and injured 64 others, officials said. The explosion in the factory’s boiler on Thursday led to a fire that affected nearby factories and houses in Maharashtra state’s Thane district, administrative official …

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Hundreds reportedly dead after severe landslide strikes Papua New Guinea village

Hundreds are feared dead after a massive landslide leveled dozens of homes and buried families alive in a remote village in northern Papua New Guinea early on Friday, a resident said. More than 50 homes, many with people still asleep inside, were buried when the landslide hit Kaokalam village around 3 a.m., villager Ninga Role told Reuters by phone. The …

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1 dead, 3 injured in explosion at apartment building in northeastern China

An explosion at an apartment building in northeastern China killed one person and injured three others on Thursday, state media reported. Parts of the five-story apartment building in Harbin were damaged, with one apartment’s balcony completely blown off, videos on social media showed. Officials told local media that the explosion was likely from a natural gas tank that was left …

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