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Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock(ANCHORAGE) -- The U.S. Coast Guard is trying to rescue 11 people after their charter plane crashed into a mountain this afternoon near Ketchikan, Alaska.A Coast Guard spokesperson said all passengers on board are alive, but some were injured in the crash. Rescuers have located the plane and are trying to determine how best to extract the survivors.Chris John, the Incident Commander at the Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad, said […]

Mia Irizarry/Facebook(CHICAGO) -- A 62-year-old man allegedly accosted a woman for wearing a T-shirt with an image of the Puerto Rican flag in an Illinois park."You should not be wearing that in the United States of America," the man can be heard saying to her on a video she posted on Facebook. "Are you a citizen?"Mia Irizarry posted the video of the incident that shows the man, who is facing […]

WPVI-TV(PRICES CORNER, Del.) -- A Delaware family of five, including three children under the age of 7, died in a “murder-suicide by gunshot,” police said.Troopers responded to the home in Prices Corner, Delaware, Monday night and found the five bodies -- all shot dead -- upstairs, Delaware State Police said.The husband, Matthew Edwards, 42, had a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.The other family members were identified as wife Julie Edwards, […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- A bride and groom started their first moments of married life with a bang when a giant tree limb fell right where they were sitting.Cheyenne and Lucas Kopeschka were sitting at a picnic table filming a post-ceremony interview after their June 30 wedding when a large wooden wedding crasher nearly toppled down on them.In the video, the Wisconsin couple look up just as a loud crackling noise […]

iStock/Thinkstock(SANDY SPRINGS, Ga.) -- Police in Georgia have released surveillance video of the suspect in the murder of a 71-year-old woman as the victim's family pleads with the public to help catch the killer.Kay Thomasson was stabbed in the neck at her Sandy Springs home early on June 27, according to the Sandy Springs police.After the murder, the suspect stole the victim's car, which was later found in an apartment […]

iStock/Thinkstock(PRICES CORNER, Del.) -- Five people, including three children younger than 8, were found shot dead in a Delaware home, authorities said.Troopers responded to the home in Prices Corner a few minutes before 8 p.m. Monday and found the five victims upstairs, Delaware State Police said.Police did not release the victims’ names but identified them as a 42-year-old man, a 41-year-old woman and three children under the age of 8.The […]

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- The National Transportation Safety Board is gathering in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the ongoing investigations into two deadly Amtrak accidents.In December 2017, Amtrak train 501 was going twice the speed limit in around a curve in DuPont, Washington when it careened off the tracks, according to a preliminary report. That accident killed three people and injured dozens of others.In February 2018, A Miami-bound Amtrak […]

iStock/Thinkstock(SWEETWATER, Tenn.) -- A 3-year-old boy has died after he was found locked in a hot car in Sweetwater, Tennessee, on Monday, authorities said.The boy's grandmother -- who is also his guardian -- told authorities she had been mowing a neighbor's lawn while a teenager was watching several children at the home, according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.When the grandmother came back to the home, they realized the boy […]

Missoula County Sheriff's Office(MISSOULA, Mont.) -- A 5-month-old baby was found alive after being buried under a pile of sticks in the Montana woods for at least nine hours, according to authorities, who called the survival a "miracle."The baby endured temperatures in the 40s for at least nine hours and was found face down and clothed in only a wet and soiled onesie, the Missoula County Sheriff's Office said in […]