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Missouri State Rep. Ben Baker on Friday, May 24, announced his daughter and son-in-law were killed in a gang attack in Haiti. Baker's daughter, Natalie, and her husband, Davy Lloyd, were working as missionaries in Haiti when they were killed Thursday evening. "My heart is broken in a thousand pieces. I’ve never felt this kind of pain. Most of you know my daughter and son-in-law Davy and Natalie Lloyd are full time missionaries in Haiti. They were attacked by gangs this evening and were both killed," Baker wrote on Facebook early Friday. "They went to Heaven together. Please pray for my family ...
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The 3-year-old son of rodeo star Spencer Wright has woken up just days after doctors indicated he was brain dead. “LEVI WOKE UP!” Wright’s wife, Kallie, wrote shortly after midnight Friday, May 24, on Facebook. “I am shook, we don’t know much but the doctor said it was okay for me to get excited about that and I AM! My baby is so tough," she wrote. “He got a little wild so we had to settle him down again but my heart!” Levi drove his toy tractor into a Utah river on Tuesday, May 21, and he was not expected to survive. When doctors initially told the Wrights that Levi was brain dead, the family...
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Two Washington men are facing fraud charges in New York for allegedly scheming to sell sports and Pokémon trading cards at inflated prices based on false grade ratings. Anthony Curcio, a.k.a. Brendan Wooley, and Iosif Bondarchuk, a.k.a. Joe Bondarchuk, were indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud in connection with the scheme, which resulted in more than $2 million in victim losses, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. From at least 2022 to May 2024, Curcio and Bondarchuk allegedly duped buyers and marketplaces across the ...
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On Thursday, May 23, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its outlook for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, predicting above-average storm activity. This year's hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30, is likely to spawn between 17 and 25 named storms, which feature winds of 39 mph or higher, according to National Weather Service forecasters at the Climate Prediction Center. Of those, between eight and 13 are forecast to become hurricanes, with winds of 74 mph or higher, including between four and seven major hurricanes, defined as category 3, 4, or 5,...
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A medical device company in Massachusetts has agreed to pay $42 million to resolve criminal charges over a malfunctioning device that produced inaccurate lead test results in potentially thousands of patients, including children, authorities said. Magellan Diagnostics, Inc., headquartered in Billerica, agreed to plead guilty on Wednesday, May 22, to violations of the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts announced. As part of the criminal resolution, Magellan will pay $21.8 million fine, $10.9 million in forfeiture and a minimum of $...
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A suspect seen pouring lighter fluid around a convenience store and crafting a Molotov cocktail during a lengthy standoff in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday, May 21, was shot and killed by a police officer, the Austin Police Department said. During a press conference Tuesday night, interim Police Chief Robin Henderson said the standoff began at around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday when officers on Salt Springs Drive spotted a vehicle that had been reported stolen. The vehicle pulled into a gas station at the intersection of Salt Springs Drive and Thaxton Road, and the driver entered the store. Officers followe...
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The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two missing boaters on Monday, May 20, after their vessel became disabled off the coast of The Bahamas. On Sunday, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force notified the Coast Guard that two men were reported overdue after departing Samana Cay in an 18-foot recreational vessel on May 15. An HC-144 Ocean Sentry air crew from Coast Guard Air Station Miami was deployed to assist in the search, along with an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter forward-deployed from Air Station Clearwater to Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos. The crew aboard the HC-144 Ocean Sentry spotted the disabled ves...
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One person was rescued this week after becoming trapped underneath an SUV that slid off a steep driveway in Pennsylvania, fire officials said. Paoli Fire Company said rescuers were dispatched to an auto entrapment in Tredyffrin Township at around 10:40 a.m. Tuesday. Units arrived within four minutes of the call to find a vehicle had "slid off a steep driveway," pinning the patient underneath it. Photos shared by the fire department show the precarious position of the vehicle, tilted on an incline surrounded by bushes and trees. The fire department called in several other agencies to help, incl...
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Multiple roads in Franklin, Tennessee, remained closed on Thursday morning amid an investigation into a small plane crash Wednesday that killed all three people on board, authorities said. The Williamson County Sheriff's Office said Thursday morning that parts of Davis Hollow Road and Bending Chestnut Road, where they meet Natchez Trace Road, remain closed while the National Transportation Safety Board continues its investigation into the deadly crash. Franklin is a suburb just south of Nashville. According to a preliminary report from the Federal Aviation Administration, a single-engine Beech...
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The U.S. Air Force identified the pilot instructor who died on Tuesday, May 14 when the ejection seat of the aircraft he was operating engaged while the plane was on the ground at Sheppard Air Force Base near Wichita Falls, Texas. Capt. John Robertson of the 80th Operations Support Squadron was in a T-6A Texan II aircraft conducting ground operations when he was suddenly ejected from the plane, causing severe injuries, the Air Force said in a statement late Tuesday afternoon. "We are thankful for the M1 maintenance team who immediately provided live-sustaining care, and for the heroic efforts ...
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