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Daytona Beach Fire Department(DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.) -- Chaos erupted at a Florida boardwalk Thursday night when a roller coaster derailed, causing two riders to fall about 34 feet to the ground, officials said.When rescue crews arrived at Daytona Beach's boardwalk, they found the front car of the sandblaster roller coaster "completely off the track and dangling front end towards the ground," the Daytona Beach Fire Department said."A roller coaster completely […]

ABC News(ROMA, Texas) -- A 22-year-old Guatemalan woman alleges that she and other mothers were treated inhumanely by immigration officers after she crossed the U.S.-Mexico border into Texas and was separated from her 5-year-old daughter for days.The woman, named Jessica, crossed the Rio Grande near Roma, Texas, on May 22, after allegedly fleeing death threats in her home country, according to a declaration Jessica prepared and signed to share with […]

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. […]

U.S. Government(BROWNSVILLE, Texas) -- For the first time since the Trump administration announced its "zero-tolerance" policy on illegal immigration, a small group of journalists was allowed into the country's largest licensed shelter for undocumented children.Imagine being 10 years old, separated from your mother or father, not understanding why, and being taken to a hulking, windowless building filled with 1,500 other kids you've never met.You're allowed to make two phone calls […]

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 […]