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Corrections Sergeant, Wife, Kids Killed When Car Plummets Down Embankment (UPDATE) Corrections Sergeant, Wife, Kids Killed When Car Plummets Down Embankment (UPDATE)
Corrections Sergeant, Wife, Kids Killed When Car Plummets Down Embankment (Update) A correctional sergeant, his wife, and their two children were killed when their car plunged about 60 feet down a steep embankment on Saturday, Aug. 29, state police said. Pennsylvania State Troopers were called around 10:16 a.m. to the area of 1365 Rock Mountain Drive in Gibson Township, Susquehanna County, where first responders found the sedan down the embankment. Peter Thatcher, 45, and Sandra Thatcher, 45, both of Tunkhannock, police said, died in the crash along with their 11-year-old son, Noah, and 10-year-old daughter, Layla. Public records, their school, and their church later…

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by Jillian Pikora
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More Than 20 Missing After Raging Flash Flooding At Grand Canyon National Park More Than 20 Missing After Raging Flash Flooding At Grand Canyon National Park
More Than 20 Missing After Raging Flash Flooding At Grand Canyon National Park A frantic search is underway at one of the world’s most famous natural landmarks after violent flooding tore through its remote interior. The National Park Service said on Sunday, Aug. 30, that it was seeking information about more than 20 people who may be missing or unaccounted for at Grand Canyon National Park, carved by the Colorado River in Arizona. The hikers, backpackers, and campers may have been in Bright Angel Canyon or the Phantom Ranch area when a flash flood struck Saturday afternoon, Aug. 29. Park officials and the Arizona Department of Public Safety were continuing evacuatio…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Taylor Swift Drops $50K Surprise On Mom Who Nearly Died Saving Teen On I-95 Taylor Swift Drops $50K Surprise On Mom Who Nearly Died Saving Teen On I-95
Taylor Swift Drops $50K Surprise On Mom Who Nearly Died Saving Teen On I-95 Ashley Taunton isn't out of the woods yet, but Taylor Swift is helping her get there. The 42-year-old Connecticut mother who suffered critical injuries while assisting a group of teenagers on I-95 got an unexpected assist from a certain 36-year-old singer. You may have heard of her. Taylor Swift donated $50,000 to the GoFundMe campaign for Ashley Taunton, whose recovery from a July crash has gone viral. PEOPLE confirmed on Friday that the pop star had contributed to the fund, which has since jumped to more than $87,000 since it was created in July. Taylor Swift made a big donation…

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by Zak Failla
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Family Feud Turns Fatal As Woodbridge Man Is Stabbed To Death, Relative Charged: Police Family Feud Turns Fatal As Woodbridge Man Is Stabbed To Death, Relative Charged: Police
Family Feud Turns Fatal As Woodbridge Man Is Stabbed To Death, Relative Charged: Police One man is dead, and a family member is behind bars after a domestic dispute turned deadly in Northern Virginia. Ryheim Darnel Harrington, 25, is being held without bond following an investigation into an early Sunday morning stabbing that ended with Maliek Raykwon Harrington, 27, dead, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Both men are from Woodbridge. Officers were called shortly before 6:15 a.m. on Aug. 30 to a home in the 4600 block of Whitaker Place in Woodbridge where there were reports of a domestic dispute involving a stabbing. Upon arrival, officers found…

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by Zak Failla
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Mother, Daughter Killed By Wrong-Way Mustang Driver On I-270 In Maryland: State Police Mother, Daughter Killed By Wrong-Way Mustang Driver On I-270 In Maryland: State Police
Mother, Daughter Killed By Wrong-Way Mustang Driver On I-270 In Maryland: State Police A family trip through Maryland ended with a mother and daughter dead and two others rushed to the hospital. Musammat Shamima Begum, 46, of Burke, and her daughter, Areebah Jahin, 23, of Alexandria, were riding in a Toyota Camry on I-270 in Montgomery County on Saturday, Aug. 29, when police say a Mustang came at them from the wrong direction. It was shortly before 6:50 p.m. The Camry was heading south near Democracy Boulevard when Jose Caballero Nolasco, 32, of Germantown, allegedly drove his Ford Mustang north into the southbound lanes, according to a preliminary Maryland State Police inv…

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by Zak Failla
National Interest
20-Year-Old Player Dies Moments After Scoring Touchdown In College Football Season Opener 20-Year-Old Player Dies Moments After Scoring Touchdown In College Football Season Opener
20-Year-Old Player Dies Moments After Scoring Touchdown In College Football Season Opener A college football season opener turned from celebration to heartbreak in a matter of minutes. William Jewell College junior running back MicahJo Barnett died after suffering a medical emergency during a game on Saturday, Aug. 29, in Liberty, Missouri, the college announced. Barnett, 20, experienced the emergency on the William Jewell sideline during the NCAA Division II game against Fort Lewis College at Greene Stadium. Emergency personnel began assisting him about 20 minutes after kickoff, according to The Kansas City Star. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he was pronounced…

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by Joe Lombardi
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This Easy Habit Tied To Greater Weight Loss, Study Reveals This Easy Habit Tied To Greater Weight Loss, Study Reveals
This Easy Habit Tied To Greater Weight Loss, Study Reveals A simple daily habit may make a substantial difference for people trying to lose weight. A study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research on Thursday, Aug. 13, found that people who logged their food more frequently tended to lose more weight over six months. Users who tracked food six to seven days per week lost an average of 11.33 percent of their body weight. Those who tracked fewer than two days per week lost 6.84 percent on average. The findings came from a retrospective study of 5,132 adults using the MyNetDiary nutrition-tracking app. The participants had an average age…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Will Lower Gas Prices Follow Trump's 'Biggest Oil Deal In World History'? Will Lower Gas Prices Follow Trump's 'Biggest Oil Deal In World History'?
Will Lower Gas Prices Follow Trump's 'Biggest Oil Deal In World History'? A sweeping new oil deal comes with a promise every driver wants to hear, but any payoff at the pump may be well down the road. President Donald Trump announced the agreement between the US and Venezuela on Friday, Aug. 28, saying it would expand American access to oil and eventually cut gas prices. “The United States of America has just entered into an Agreement with the Country of Venezuela on, THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY!” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. The agreement gives US interests majority control over more than 65 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves, ac…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Stormy Stretch Takes Aim At Northeast After Pleasant Weekend: Timing Stormy Stretch Takes Aim At Northeast After Pleasant Weekend: Timing
Stormy Stretch Takes Aim At Northeast After Pleasant Weekend: Timing A quiet late-summer break will not last long as a more unsettled pattern begins taking shape. Click here for a new, updated story - Rounds Of Downpours Head Toward Northeast: Here's When Threat Will Peak The National Weather Service says showers and thunderstorms will reach New England from Sunday evening, Aug. 30, into Monday, Aug. 31, as a front expands east from the northern Plains and Great Lakes. Additional disturbances moving along the northern edge of a sprawling heat dome could produce several rounds of rain and thunderstorms from Tuesday, Sept. 1, into Wednesday, Sept. 2, a…

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by Joe Lombardi
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WATCH: Bodycam Shows Tense Moments Before Fatal Maryland Park Police Shooting WATCH: Bodycam Shows Tense Moments Before Fatal Maryland Park Police Shooting
Watch: Bodycam Shows Tense Moments Before Fatal Maryland Park Police Shooting What began with reports of an armed man near the Potomac ended with a gunshot, a frantic rush into the water and officers trying to save a Maryland man as their body cameras rolled. Nearly a month after 30-year-old Alex Charles was fatally shot by a Maryland-National Capital Park Police officer, the Maryland Attorney General's Office has released body-worn camera footage showing the tense encounter unfold at Fort Washington Park in Prince George's County. The shooting happened shortly after 6 p.m. on Friday, July 31, after officers were called to the park for reports of a shooting and a man…

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by Zak Failla
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Pirro Disappointed With Sentence For 'Brutal' DC Ambush That Ended With Victim Stripped: DOJ Pirro Disappointed With Sentence For 'Brutal' DC Ambush That Ended With Victim Stripped: DOJ
Pirro Disappointed With Sentence For 'Brutal' DC Ambush That Ended With Victim Stripped: DOJ Gregory Grooms waited more than three hours outside his victim's apartment before springing a violent ambush. Now he will have five years in prison to think about that choice. The 27-year-old District resident was sentenced to five years in prison in DC Superior Court in connection with an attack in August 2024, according to the US Attorney's Office. "After this defendant and his accomplice spent hours lying in wait for their victim, they ambushed him at gunpoint, repeatedly pistol-whipped him, forced him to strip, and paraded him naked through his apartment building,” US Attorney Jeanine P…

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by Zak Failla
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21-Year-Old Man Identified By Police As Victim In Fatal DC Quadruple Shooting 21-Year-Old Man Identified By Police As Victim In Fatal DC Quadruple Shooting
21-Year-Old Man Identified By Police As Victim In Fatal DC Quadruple Shooting A burst of Friday afternoon gunfire has left a 21-year-old DC man dead and police searching for answers. Cortes Lilly, of Northeast DC, has been identified as the man killed in the quadruple shooting that broke out at approximately 1:42 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, in the 6200 block of Dix Street NE, the Metropolitan Police Department announced Saturday. Four men were found shot when officers reached the scene. Lilly was unconscious and not breathing. The other three men were conscious and breathing, police said. Three were taken by ambulance to area hospitals, while Lilly was airlifted by fi…

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by Zak Failla