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iStock/Thinkstock(MIAMI) -- Hundreds and hundreds of central Florida beach-goers enjoying the sun and surf this week were faced with a very unpleasant shock.About 1,200 beach-goers were stung by jellyfish just from Saturday to Wednesday in Volusia County, said Captain Tamra Malphurs, Public Information Officer for the Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue.None of the incidents were life threatening, she said."This number is very high -- it's not something that happens […]

ABC News(SAN ANTONIO, Texas) -- A U.S. citizen is facing human smuggling charges after dozens of suspected undocumented immigrants were found traveling inside his tractor-trailer in Texas on Tuesday night, according to federal authorities. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it received a call from a law enforcement agency on Tuesday around 8:30 p.m. local time regarding a possible human smuggling venture in San Antonio, near Interstate 410. Special agents […]

ABC News(FORT WORTH, Texas) -- Who would think that notes attached to a balloon and released into the sky would bring back so much love and joy?In May, two heartbroken Texas sisters - Gypsy and Story Retting - wrote moving notes to their late father and attached to a balloon and released it up to the sky - hoping that their dad would receive their messages.Gypsy, 7, and Story, 6, […]

ABC News(MESA, Arizona) -- An Arizona police department has come under renewed scrutiny after the release of video appearing to show its officers beating a suspect and mocking him as he lay covered in blood on the floor of a hospital.Mesa Police Department officers initially encountered suspect Jose Luis Conde Jan. 28, when they pulled over a driver for a traffic stop, authorities said.Conde, 23, was a passenger in the […]

iStock/Thinkstock(LAS VEGAS) -- A teen in Nevada may have been shot and killed last week during a game of Russian roulette with several juveniles present, according to local police.Evidence of the shooting was found on one of the suspect's cell phones, where he brags in text messages and self-made videos that he "caught a body," according to an arrest report released by the Clark County Department of Juvenile Justice Services. […]

Orlando Police Department(ORLANDO) -- The wife of an Orlando, Florida, police officer shot and critically wounded allegedly by a paroled felon who killed himself and four child hostages, broke down in tears Wednesday as she asked people to pray for his survival, saying, "My boys need their daddy and I need my husband."Meghan Valencia -- the wife of Officer Kevin Valencia and the mother of his two sons, one 5 […]

iStock/Thinkstock(LAS VEGAS) -- Police have released intense bodycam footage from the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas last October that shows first responders struggling to dodge bullets and shield victims with little understanding of where the gunfire was coming from.The Las Vegas Metro Police Department on Wednesday released more than two dozen video files with hours of officer bodycam footage and about 500 recordings of phone calls from the night […]

iStock/Thinkstock(BOWIE, Md.) -- A teenage boy was hospitalized in critical condition after a "near-drowning incident" at Six Flags America in Maryland on Wednesday, Prince George’s County Fire officials said.The 14-year-old was rescued from a wave pool at the park and taken to a hospital after being treated by park officials and the county paramedics, according to Six Flags spokeswoman Denise Stokes.Stokes did not elaborate on the circumstances surrounding the near-drowning."The […]

iStock/Thinkstock(SEATTLE) -- Authorities are searching for at least one person who opened fire on four cars traveling down Highway 509 near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.The highway near the airport was shut down for more than five hours while Washington Highway Patrol searched for the shooter Wednesday afternoon.Seattle resident Mary Ertl's windshield was one of those struck."I heard a boom, and then glass all over my face," Ertl told ABC affiliate KOMO-TV. […]