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Bolivar Herald-Free Press/Jill Way(PLEASANT HOPE, Missouri) --  A fireworks retailer in Missouri went up in flames on the eve of Fourth of July.Firefighters responded to a major fire at AM Pyrotechnics in Pleasant Hope, Missouri, on Tuesday night, according to Springfield, Missouri, ABC affiliate KSPR. According to the affiliate, several explosions rocked the building, and were large enough to rattle neighbors' windows.One person suffered "moderate" injuries, according to KSPR. Pleasant […]

iStock/Thinkstock(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) -- A girl swimming at a popular resort town in South Carolina was injured in what was an apparent shark attack on Monday.Cristy Torres, who was at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Monday celebrating her husband's birthday, filmed video of the girl being treated for a bite wound on her leg. The video, shared on Torres' Facebook page had been viewed over 1.6 million times early Wednesday.Myrtle […]

Juan Almestica (LANCASTER, Pa.) -- A Pennsylvania man who was videotaped being tasered by police while sitting on a curb is suing the department for use of excessive force.Attorneys for Sean Williams, 27, filed a lawsuit Monday against the Lancaster Police Department and the officer who fired the Taser, Phillip Bernot, seeking more than $75,000. The lawsuit also claims Williams was racially profiled by police when he was shot with […]

DigitalVision/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- A July 2 report from the National Partnership for New Americans found a “shocking” 88 percent increase in citizenship application processing backlog since 2015.The report, presented at a news conference with House members Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., found that the backlog of roughly 390,000 naturalization applications has “skyrocketed” to nearly 730,000 over the past two years, during the Trump administration and the end of the […]

iStock/Thinkstock (NEW YORK) --  Two contractors were shot by a co-worker while installing playground equipment at a Kansas elementary school Tuesday morning, police said, leaving one victim dead and the other in critical condition.The shooting at Sunrise Point Elementary School in Overland Park was the result of an argument between one worker and the two victims, Overland Park police spokesman John Lacy said.The suspect, Anthony David Grable, has since been […]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Pentagon is looking at additional facilities that could accommodate migrants coming across the U.S.-Mexico border beyond housing at U.S. military bases in Texas, officials said Tuesday."We are looking at additional facilities so we can break up those populations so we can...manage the impact on the installations that were selected," Department of Defense spokesman Col. Rob Manning told reporters on Monday.Here's what is known about how […]

ABCNews.com (NEW YORK) -- Passengers who survived the fatal Bahamas boat explosion on Saturday are speaking about their experience for the first time. Sheila Jones, her son Haiden Jones and John Inman spoke exclusively to ABC News about the moments leading up to the fiery explosion off the coast of Exuma and how they helped Stefanie Schaffer, the 22-year-old woman who lost both of her legs. "We were picking up […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) -- Veteran journalist Rob Hiaasen, one of five employees gunned down at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland on Thursday, was remembered at a "Celebration of Life" memorial Monday night. Hiaasen, 59, joined the Capital Gazette in Annapolis as an assistant editor in 2010. He was previously a features writer at The Baltimore Sun. Hiaasen, nicknamed "Big Rob," was a father of three and had been […]

South Padre Island PD(NEW YORK) -- The Florida State Attorney's Office 20th Judicial Circuit said on Tuesday it will seek the death penalty against Lois Riess, who allegedly killed a woman in Fort Myers Beach in April. Riess, 56, also is accused of shooting and killing her husband in Minnesota before traveling to Florida and killing Pamela Hutchinson to assume her identity. Riess, who "was also indicted for Grand Theft […]