WASHINGTON – Federal environmental officials continue to investigate a Delaware family’s serious illness after being exposed to a toxic chemical during their vacation at a Virgin Islands resort. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials say the agency is investigating the use of the pesticide methyl bromide at the Sirenusa Condominium Resort …
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SEATTLE – The airport worker who fell asleep and found himself trapped inside a plane’s cargo hold called 911 to say he couldn’t get out and needed someone to stop the plane. “I’m inside a plane and I feel like it’s moving in the air. Flight 448. Can you please …
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MACCLENNY, Fla. – A two-headed calf was recently born on a farm in northern Florida. Multiple news sources report the calf was born Sunday in Baker County. Dwight Crews, the owner of the farm says he hadn’t seen one born in his more than 60 years of raising cattle. Crews …
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ISLIP, N.Y. – The circus apparently wasn’t all fun and games the last time it was in one Long Island town. Newsday reports (http://nwsdy.li/1Ejv3HR ) the Islip Town Parks Department has denied a permit that would have allowed Cole Bros. Circus to put on shows as a fundraiser for East …
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Authorities say three children have been injured after a waterspout made landfall at Fort Lauderdale Beach and sent an inflatable bounce house flying into the air. Fort Lauderdale police Sgt. Deanna Greenlaw posted on Twitter that when the waterspout came ashore Monday afternoon, it uprooted the …
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Roughly 250 small animals that were transferred from California to Arizona may have ended up being fed to reptiles, according to two humane societies. Tucson TV station KVOA investigated the animals’ whereabouts in September, a month after 300 small animals were transferred from the overcrowded San Diego Humane Society to …
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Troubling testimony was heard Monday against a former Michigan high school basketball coach who is accused of sexually assaulting multiple students. Two of the alleged victims, 15 and 16 years old, took the stand in court against 43-year-old Jerremy Thompkins, who was taken into custody on Monday. One of the …
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A carriage horse driver was charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty on Wednesday, more than a year after his frail, ill horse collapsed on the streets of Manhattan, prosecutors announced. Ian McKeever, 54, was arraigned on a charge of overdriving, torturing and injuring an animal or failure to provide proper sustenance …
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday that Illinois will funnel an additional $160 million to help migrants arriving in Chicago to resettle, including $65 million to help the city launch “winterized” temporary shelter to avoid people sleeping outdoors in cold weather. The announcement came on an unseasonably warm Chicago day in …
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A Louisiana woman accused of involvement in the death of a 5-year-old Atlanta boy whose body was found in a suitcase in Indiana last year has reached a plea deal with prosecutors, news outlets reported. INDIANA POLICE IDENTIFY DEAD BOY FOUND STUFFED IN SUITCASE, NAME MOM AS SUSPECT Dawn Coleman, …
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