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12-year-old girl believed to have been abducted at Reagan National Airport found safe
(NEW YORK) — Authorities announced that the 12-year-old girl who disappeared from a Washington, D.C. airport with an unknown woman was found unharmed in New York City with her parents on Friday. The girl, JinJing [Read More…]
Texas police officer rescues baby who was choking on a marble
WFAA(PLANO, Texas) — A police officer in Texas helped save a 1-year-old girl who was choking on a marble. Last month, officer Coy Clements responded to a 911 call about an emergency at a resident’s [Read More…]
School launches investigation, issues apology, after black student says she was racially-profiled
WCVB(NEW YORK) — A black college student is speaking out after a campus employee called the police on her to report seeing someone who appeared to be “out of place.” Oumou Kanoute, a student at [Read More…]
2 injured after hot air balloon has ‘hard landing’ in Colorado
iStock/Thinkstock(HARTSEL, Colo.) — Two people were injured in Colorado on Friday after the hot air balloon they were traveling in had a “hard landing,” officials said. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating the [Read More…]
Rescuers use dish soap to free trapped rock climber
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(ISANTI, Minn.) — The next time you’re stuck between a rock and a hard place, look to your kitchen sink. It might just hold the key to your freedom. When a 13-year-old rock [Read More…]
Dozens of goats corralled after busting loose in Boise, Idaho
iStock/Thinkstock(BOISE, Idaho) — Police in Boise, Idaho were called on Friday to help corral as many as 100 hungry goats on the lamb. At about 7 a.m. Friday morning, Boise police received a call advising [Read More…]
Humanitarian ship resumes Mediterranean migrant rescue patrol despite European resistance
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Leading non-governmental organizations SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have announced that their migrant rescue ship Aquarius would resume patrolling the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya. The humanitarian groups [Read More…]
Portugal and Spain brace for potentially record-breaking temperatures
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — With Europe facing a wide-ranging heatwave, some areas of Spain and Portugal are bracing for potentially record-breaking temperatures. The current European record of about 118 degrees Fahrenheit (48 degrees Celsius), which was [Read More…]
Harvey Weinstein to seek dismissal of sexual assault charges
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Harvey Weinstein asked a New York City judge on Friday to throw out the two indictments returned against him in the last few months, arguing the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office [Read More…]
Suspect in murder of Houston cardiologist kills himself as authorities close in, police say
iStock/Thinkstock(HOUSTON) — The search for the suspected killer of a Houston doctor who once treated former President George H.W. Bush came to an abrupt end Friday morning when he took his own life as authorities [Read More…]
Apple comes first American publicly traded company to reach $1 trillion valuation
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A company that started in a garage more than four decades ago became the first American publicly traded company to reach a $1 trillion valuation. Shares hit $207.05 midday Thursday [Read More…]
Google to seek return to China with a censored search engine, reports say
Google(BEIJING) — Google is reportedly building a censored search engine that could allow it to return to the massive market in China, but some experts said the plan is unlikely to succeed at least in [Read More…]
Palace City Pre-Sturgis Party a hit
Mayor Bob Everson spent a busy Thursday evening welcoming special guests and watching daredevil Cole Freeman’s record-setting jump during Mitchell’s first Palace City Pre-Sturgis Party that packed the Corn Palace area. He read a special [Read More…]
US citizen detained in Vietnam may be there for months, family says
Nguyen Family(HO CHI MINH, Vietnam) — A 54-year-old American missing in Vietnam for nearly a month is being held by Vietnamese authorities, his family and a congresswoman announced Thursday. Detained without charges, he is the [Read More…]
Flash flooding threatens East Coast after parts of Virginia see half a foot of rain
ABC News(NEW YORK) — More than 35 million people from Georgia to Vermont remain at risk of flash flooding Friday morning, as the heaviest rainfall is expected to shift northeast with gusty thunderstorms possible. Lynchburg, [Read More…]
How Apple became the first American publicly traded company to reach $1 trillion valuation
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A company that started in a garage more than four decades ago became the first American publicly traded company to reach a $1 trillion valuation. Shares hit $207.05 midday Thursday [Read More…]
American citizen believed to have been in Slovenia has been missing for weeks
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — An American man is believed to have gone missing in Slovenia while vacationing in June. The Department of State is working with police in Europe on the continuing search. Jonathan Reid Luskin [Read More…]
Remains from North Korea likely American soldiers who fought at Chosin Reservoir
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The 55 boxes of human remains North Korea transferred to the United States this week are “consistent” with being American service members who lost their lives in the Korean War, according to the [Read More…]
Georgia cops kept 13-year-old handcuffed in freezing squad car to get him to talk
iStock/Thinkstock(ROSWELL, Ga.) — Flipping a coin to decide whether to arrest a sobbing woman. Keeping a K-9 on the force after it repeatedly attacked a man despite its handler’s commands. And now, leaving a 13-year-old [Read More…]
Prominent locals want Trump’s DC hotel to lose liquor license
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A local regulatory agency is nearing a decision on whether to recommend a review of Trump International Hotel’s liquor license after seven D.C. residents filed a complaint arguing the hotel’s owner, President Donald [Read More…]
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