4-year-old girl among 4 killed in Alabama flooding
Four people, including a 4-year-old boy, were killed in devastating flooding in Alabama. Firefighters said they responded to 282 calls for service.
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Famous gorilla who posed for a selfie dies in Congo
Ndakasi, a mountain gorilla who posed for a selfie with a ranger in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has died at the age of 14 after a long illness, the park said Thursday.
An 18-year-old mother was disconnected from life support after being shot by a California school resource officer
A teen mother who was shot by a Long Beach, California school resource officer died after a week on life support. Some of her organs were donated to five people in need of transplants.
They had been married for 77 years and did not even have a photo: the nursing home is organizing a new wedding for them
Frankie and Royce King were married on September 16, 1944, but never celebrated and never even had a photo.
Federal judge temporarily blocks enforcement of Texas law banning most abortions
A federal judge on Wednesday night granted the Justice Department a temporary injunction to block enforcement of Texas’ strict abortion law.
Gaby Petito’s parents reveal what they want to happen to Brian Laundrie
Gaby Petito’s parents revealed what they want to happen to their deceased daughter’s ex-boyfriend Brian Laundrie if it comes to light that he was involved in their daughter’s death: “I want to look him in the eye.”
U.S. and Hollywood labor union to strike for better wages
This has never happened in the 128 years since the birth of the International Association of Stage Employees. The president: “We demand a better quality of life and better wages commensurate with the guaranteed minimum.”
A gynecologist diagnoses the homosexuality of a 19-year-old patient as a disease
A gynecologist wrongly diagnosed as a disease the homosexuality of a 19-year-old patient, it happened in the Reina Sofia Hospital in Murcia and the affected has filed a formal complaint.
Woman is in coma with severe burns after jumping into Yellowstone hot springs to save her dog
A 20-year-old Washington woman is in a coma after suffering severe burns after jumping into a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park to save her dog.
Suspect shoots New York cops, kills himself during standoff in Harlem apartment
When police officers showed up at a Harlem apartment to arrest a suspect for a recent domestic incident, he shot at them before barricading himself, setting off a three-hour standoff that ended with him taking his own life, police said.
Black man shot dead in Oregon after punching white man’s girlfriend
A 22-year-old black man was shot and killed outside an Oregon nightclub last month by a white man after punching the latter’s girlfriend in a “respectful” manner, according to the local district attorney.
A woman claims she has DNA evidence to prove she’s a 7-year-old girl who went missing 21 years ago
Brittany Renee Williams, a 7-year-old American girl, disappeared into thin air from her foster home in 2000. Twenty-one years after that terrible story, an American woman, Kaylynn Stevenso
British woman, 22, in coma after falling from hotel balcony in Croatia
A British woman is in an induced coma after falling from a hotel balcony in Croatia. The 20-year-old victim’s sister has set up a fundraising page to help pay medical bills.
Texas school shooting: suspect shot several people
Several people were shot at a Texas high school Tuesday afternoon, authorities confirmed to NBC affiliate KXAS. The shooting victims were transported to the hospital as heavily armed police officers surrounded the school.
The WhatsApp and Facebook outages were a nuisance in the U.S., but crippled crucial communications abroad
The Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram outages reverberated around the world, but nowhere more intensely than outside the United States, where WhatsApp is often the primary means of communication.
Teacher arrested for having sex with 14-year-old student
A high school drama teacher in Hialeah, Florida, was arrested for allegedly having sex with a 14-year-old student in her car on several occasions over the past two months.