A child and two adults walking on a railroad bridge were killed when they were struck by a train in northern Virginia, police said. 4 DEAD, 27 INJURED AFTER HEAD-ON TRAIN COLLISION IN CZECH REPUBLIC Fairfax County Police say their preliminary investigation shows that the three were walking on the elevated railroad tracks near Accotink Park Road in Springfield when …
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An 8-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy were attacked and injured by elk four days apart in a northern Colorado town. Officials with the Colorado Parks & Wildlife (CPW) warned residents and travelers who visit Estes Park — located at the base of Rocky Mountain National Park — of aggressive cow elk that attacked children in separate incidents. In a …
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A 74-year-old Oregon man was rescued after falling nearly 40 feet over a cliff near the base of Sahalie Falls. In a social media post, the Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District said that first responders arrived at the base of the falls on Wednesday afternoon after reports of a hiker down. The man had fallen approximately 40 feet over …
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The body of a 77-year-old man has been found after a house exploded in suburban Chicago. First responders found the home leveled after the explosion about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in Lake Zurich, according to the Lake County sheriff’s office. The man’s body later was recovered from the rubble. His identity has not been released. CT TIKTOKER GOES VIRAL FOR HAPLESS …
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Iowa officials agreed Tuesday to pay $3.5 million in a settlement agreement with the family of an Iowa State University student who drowned after a school crew club boat capsized in cold, rough waters. The State Appeal Board approved the terms of the agreement between Iowa State and the parents of Yaakov Ben-David more than three years after the 20-year-old …
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A military plane crashed during training on Tuesday, killing its two pilots on board, Turkey’s defense ministry announced. The SF-260D training plane crashed into an agricultural field in central Turkey. The crash occurred after the plane took off from an Air Force base near the city of Kayseri. ‘NO BACKGROUND CHECK’: REPORTS SAY SMUGGLERS USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO LURE TURKISH …
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More than 31,000 Atlantic salmon raised in a Michigan fish hatchery had to be killed after failing to recover from disease, officials said Tuesday. The decision followed an unsuccessful 28-day treatment period at the Harrietta hatchery in Wexford County. It was “gut-wrenching for staff,” even if the fish were just a fraction of the millions raised in hatcheries each year, …
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A memorial for the six victims of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore was vandalized over the weekend. The elaborate display near the south end of the bridge has grown to include decorated wooden crosses and a red pickup truck suspended from nearby tree branches, which represents one of the work vehicles used by the six construction workers …
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Authorities have found the bodies of two men who went over a waterfall while fishing near the Minnesota-Ontario border last month. WEATHER THWARTS SEARCH FOR MISSING FISHERMEN IN MINNESOTA’S BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA Deputies found the remains of Melvin Grams, 40, of Lino Lakes, on Monday in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of northern Minnesota, the St. Louis County …
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California’s largest wildfire so far this year was significantly surrounded Monday after blackening a swath of hilly grasslands between San Francisco Bay and the Central Valley. The Corral Fire was 75% contained after scorching more than 22 square miles during the weekend, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. One home was destroyed and two firefighters were injured. …
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