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“America’s Got Talent” Recap: Singing doctor, killed weeks before his audition aired, is honored

NBCUniversal Media - 2017(LOS ANGELES) --  The America’s Got Talent auditions continued Tuesday night with more singers, comedians and acrobats, including a singing doctor who died in a tragic car accident just weeks before his audition aired. Here are some of Tuesday’s highlights: Music helped 13-year-old Angelina Green through her parents’ divorce, and following her cover of The Pretenders’ “I’ll Stand by You,” it became her ticket to the next round of competition. Simon […]

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National

Father of Penn State hazing death victim expresses frustration with hearings

Credit: The Piazza Family(STATE COLLEGE, Pa.) -- The father of Penn State pledge Timothy Piazza, a 19-year-old sophomore who died following a fall down an entire flight of steps that he took during a fraternity house hazing ritual in February, expressed his disappointment with the pretrial hearings that are currently underway, saying in an emotionally worded statement that they have tried his family's patience."These hearings have tried our patience as […]

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Police dashcam video shows aftermath of fatal 25-car pileup on New Mexico highway

ABC News(LORDSBERG, N.M.) -- Newly released police dashcam video shows the aftermath from a dust storm on a New Mexico highway that sparked a 25-car pile up that left six people dead.Police, firefighters and EMTs responded to the scene where witnesses reported numerous collisions and injuries around 5:15 p.m. on June 19 near Lordsberg, New Mexico, the police incident report said.Dozens of cars, trucks, motorcycles and tractor trailers collided on […]

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Woman’s purse lost in lake found by boy while fishing 25 years later

ABC News(ANDERSON, S.C.) -- At first, 11-year-old Brodie Brooks was disappointed when he didn’t reel in the huge fish he thought he’d nabbed on Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina.“I felt like it was a big fish because it was bobbing my rod up and down and I’d just gotten an Ugly Stik so I was scared I was gonna break my rod. I was scared the line was going […]

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Bodycam footage shows police shooting of man said to be having ‘psychotic episode’

ABC News(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) -- Authorities in North Carolina have released bodycam footage showing the fatal shooting by a police officer of a 25-year-old man who they said was having a mental breakdown and had allegedly aimed a rifle at an officer.In a letter dated Thursday to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney, Mecklenburg County District Attorney R. Andrew Murray said that Officer Brian Walsh's use of deadly force against Laroslav Mosiiuk […]

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Pennsylvania authorities uncover ‘important’ clues in disappearances of four men

ABC News(PHILADELPHIA) -- Investigators have uncovered what they call key clues at a property in southeast Pennsylvania as the search continues for four young men who have been mysteriously missing for days.At a press conference Wednesday morning, Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub said authorities have "not yet recovered any human remains" that he can report to the media, but they have found "several important pieces of evidence" on the […]

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State News

Man arrested after claiming he put explosives in West Des Moines mall

A Des Moines man faces several charges after telling police he had put explosives inside a West Des Moines mall. West Des Moines police say they received the call around eight p.m. Wednesday from the who said he had barricaded himself in the Valley West Mall. Dispatchers continued conversations with the man, identified as 26-year-old […]Powered by WPeMatico

todayJuly 12, 2017

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Thousands of dollars stolen from Jesup Boy Scout troop

Thousands of dollars raised last weekend by a Boy Scout troop in northeast Iowa have gone missing. Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts in the town of Jesup collected nearly $12,000 serving meals during Jesup Farmers Days. Scoutmaster Kyle Troyer says all of the money, plus $1,000 more, was stolen from the Scout’s booth in downtown […]Powered by WPeMatico

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Charles City murder suspect returned to Iowa from Chicago

The man charged in a Charles City murder case is back in Iowa. Court documents show that 36-year-old Antoine Williams is accused of shooting 36-year-old Nathaniel Fleming, whose last known address was Mason City, multiple times with a firearm during an argument resulting in Fleming’s death. The incident took place at about 10 o’clock on […]Powered by WPeMatico

todayJuly 12, 2017