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‘Fearless’ USA Today foreign affairs reporter who ‘thrived’ in war zones killed by car in DC

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- A "fearless" USA Today foreign affairs reporter who "thrived" in war zones, according to a friend, was hit and killed by a car while he was riding his motorcycle in Washington, D.C., police said.A USA Today foreign affairs reporter who was hit and killed by a car while riding his motorcycle in Washington D.C. on Friday night was a "fearless" journalist who "thrived" in war zones, according to […]

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Two new explosions rock Hawaii’s Kilauea summit, more shelters in progress

Paradise Helicopters/ABC News(HONOLULU, HI.) -- Two new steam explosions rocked the summit of the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island Monday morning, the latest measuring a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 and producing a minor ash fall affecting some commuters. These explosions have been happening frequently for weeks now, U.S. Geological Survey volcanologist Rick Hazlett told ABC News, but seismic activity at Kilauea’s summit is increasing."This is not stopping. It’s going […]

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Family of 5, including 3 children, killed in cabin explosion: Washington state police

KOMO(BRINNON, Wash.) -- An explosion that decimated a cabin in Washington state also killed a family of five, including three children, authorities said Monday.On Sunday, around 1 a.m., fire personnel and deputies with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a house fire in Brinnon, Washington. "Neighbors reported hearing an explosion and stated the hillside was on fire and the house, a small cabin, was gone," the […]

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5th-grader to school board: ‘I am here to stand up for every kid that gets bullied’

Timberlake Regional School Board(PLAISTOW, N.H.) -- Fighting back tears, a fifth-grader recently pleaded with her school board to help end bullying.At a June 7 Timberlane School Board meeting, Delanie Marcotte, who attends Pollard School in Plaistow, New Hampshire, read a letter detailing her experience, hoping district leaders would make a change."I have been threatened to get shot in the head with an AK-47 and buried in my backyard and many […]

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NYPD officers save blue-faced baby who’d stopped breathing

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- New York Police Department officers are being hailed as heroes after they saved a baby Saturday night out at Coney Island.Michael Pace, 26, and Joseph Doyle, 26, were waiting at a red light when Caroline Ivanov came rushing to their patrol car, banging on it, begging for help, authorities said. Ivanov's daughter, Chloe, wasn't breathing."The baby was blue-ish tint. She wasn't breathing. A lot of bubbles out […]

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Honduran immigrant arrested, separated from family died of ‘suicide in custody’: Officials

Starr County Sheriff's Office(GRANJENO, Texas) -- Texas officials are investigating the death of a Honduran man last month in an apparent suicide – after he was separated from his family following his arrest for crossing illegally into the United States. Marco Antonio Munoz, 39, was apprehended in Texas by U.S. Border Patrol agents on May 11, and transferred to a Rio Grande Valley processing center.While being processed "he became disruptive […]

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Featured

The City of Keokuk Names New City Administrator

Breaking news out of Keokuk. The City has extended the job offer of City Administrator to Cole O'Donnell of East Moline this afternoon. Mr O'Donnell accepted the position at 4pm this afternoon. O'Donnell has 23 years of experience to bring to Keokuk. Radio Keokuk will keep you informed as more details come in here at RadioKeokuk.com, on 1310 KOKX and 93.9 WCEZ  

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Entertainment

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian team up against Kendall Jenner and Khloe Kardashian on Celebrity Family Feud

ABC/Byron Cohen(LOS ANGELES) -- Survey says...it was the West family against the Kardashian family on Sunday's episode of Celebrity Family Feud.  On one side, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West teamed up with three of Kanye's cousins to play against Kris Jenner, Khloe Kardashian, and Kendall Jenner and other family members for the chance to win $25,000 for the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles.   At the top of the show, host Steven Harvey asked […]

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Entertainment

Rose McGowan posts letter on behalf of Asia Argento after boyfriend Anthony Bourdain’s suicide

ABC/Pawel Kaminski (LOS ANGELES) -- Rose McGowan has written a letter urging people not to blame her fellow #MeToo advocate, Asia [AH-see-ah] Argento for the suicide of Argento's boyfriend, Anthony Bourdain. "I write these truths because I have been asked to," McGowan notes in the letter, released Monday, because the untimely death of Argento's "lover and ally" could lead some to speculate as to a cause. Calling her a "brave […]

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