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iStock/Thinkstock(BENTON HARBOR, Mich.) — A 26-year-old woman and five of her young relatives, ages 2-10, were killed early Saturday in a motel fire in Michigan, authorities said. Kiarre Samuel died when the blaze ignited at [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — There are more than 60 large, uncontained wildfires burning in 13 western states on Saturday as the region deals with bone-dry humidity levels and temperatures in the 90s and above. Dangerous [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(ROBSTOWN, Texas) — Three people were found dead at a nursing home in south Texas after police responded to calls of an active shooter at the location. Further investigation found two more people dead at [Read More…]

ABC News(BRANSON, Mo.) — The captain of the ill-fated duck boat that sank in Missouri earlier this month had checked the weather reports and discussed safety procedures, including the location of life jackets, an initial [Read More…]

Ford(DEARBORN, Michigan) — Cormac Wright didn’t know anything about honeybees two years ago. Now he’s the de facto spokesperson for a new Ford Motor initiative to help save the nation’s dwindling population of honeybees. Six [Read More…]

Facebook/Kevin Russell(CHICAGO) —  Good Samaritans in Chicago came to the aid of two police officers who crashed their car into a tree, a new video shows. The officers, who had been responding to a foot [Read More…]

moodboard/Thinkstock(FALMOUTH, Mass.) — Two police officers have been shot in Cape Cod, according to Massachusetts State Police. Patrol, tactical investigative and forensic units are responding to Falmouth, Massachusetts, to assist local police in the response [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(MIAMI) — A rookie North Miami Beach Police officer has been relieved from duty and charged with aggravated battery after she allegedly kicked a woman 8 months pregnant in the stomach during an altercation on [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(INDIANAPOLIS) — Four family members who died in a duck boat accident in Missouri on July 19 were laid to rest at a ceremony in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Friday. Tia Coleman, who was with 10 [Read More…]

Sacramento Police Department(LOS ANGELES) — In the 1980s, William Evins pleaded guilty to the brutal rape and murder of young Southern California mother Joan Anderson. But now, the Orange County district attorney’s office agreed to [Read More…]

FBI(PORTLAND, Ore.) — An Oregon couple wanted for alleged child rape and molestation evaded authorities for 18 years. But after the man died recently the woman was caught when she gave his alias for his [Read More…]

Ford(DEARBORN, Michigan) — Cormac Wright didn’t know anything about honeybees two years ago. Now he’s the de facto spokesperson for a new Ford Motor initiative to help save the nation’s dwindling population of honeybees. Six [Read More…]

Google(LEXINGTON, Ky.) — Three people were injured when a lighter exploded at an estate sale in Lexington, Kentucky, on Friday, according to local police. The incident happened when someone flicked the lighter to see if [Read More…]

@NYPDDetectives/Twitter(NEW YORK) — A 27-year-old man wanted for the murder of a woman in New York City was arrested in a Los Angeles hotel room with another woman allegedly tied up against her will, authorities [Read More…]

Mahmoud Sarhan(NASR CITY, Egypt) — An Egyptian zoo has come under criticism after being accused of painting donkeys to make them look like zebras. The zoo in Nasr City has denied the allegation but Mahmoud [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. economy grew more than 4 percent in the second quarter — the largest quarterly jump in four years, according to the Commerce Department. The growth, at 4.1 percent, was the best [Read More…]

(FRESNO, Calif) — At least 60 wildfires are burning in the U.S., including the Carr Fire in Northern California that’s already proven deadly. Dry, gusty winds are expected to keep spreading the fires out West, [Read More…]

ABC News(CHIANG RAI, Thailand) — It was British Cave Rescue Council diver Chris Jewell’s very first rescue mission, and the entire world was watching. An elite team of divers, backed by a massive international effort, [Read More…]

ABC News(SHASTA COUNTY, Calif) — The Carr Fire in Northern California that has claimed the life of a bulldozer operator and injured at least three firefighters is “taking everything down in its path,” a fire [Read More…]

Kim Hong-Ji – Pool/Getty Images(WONSAN, North Korea) — The remains of American service members from the Korean War were transferred out of North Korea on Friday, according to a White House statement, fulfilling a key [Read More…]