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Radioactive waste found at elementary school near former nuclear weapon plant

Dangerous levels of radioactive waste were detected near an elementary school, a report found. An independent report found traces of radioactive isotopes on the grounds of Jana Elementary School in Florissant, Missouri. The school lies alongside the Cold Water Creek, a tributary of the Missouri River that was heavily contaminated by an upriver facility that […]

Death of missing teen Kiely Rodni ruled accidental

A coroner has ruled that Kiely Rodni’s death in August was an accident. Officials said there was no evidence to indicate foul play after the teenager’s body was discovered in her car, submerged in a lake on August 23. ‘This ruling is based on the pathologist’s finding that her death was the result of drowning […]

Teenager kills 5, injures 2 in mass shooting on hiking trail

Five people were killed, including an off-duty police officer, when a teenager opened fire on a hiking trail in a state capital city. On Thursday evening, a 15-year-old began shooting in the streets of the Raleigh, North Carolina neighborhood of Hedingham. Neighbors immediately called 911 around 5pm. When police arrived the suspect fled onto a […]

Two dads 'shoot each other's young daughters' in road rage row

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5video Two dads have been arrested for attempted murder after they allegedly shot one another’s daughters in a road rage row. Frank Allison, 43, and William Hale, 35, got involved in a ‘cat and mouse’ chase while driving near Jacksonville, Florida, […]

Moment wheel falls off plane at takeoff from Italy to the US

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5video A plane lost one of its wheels just seconds after taking off from Italy en route to the US. The Boeing 747-400 Dreamlifter was departing Taranto-Grottaglie Airport in southern Italy for Charleston, South Carolina, when one of its wheels shockingly […]

Two teenagers airlifted to hospital after science class explosion

Two teenagers have been airlifted to a hospital following an explosion in a science class at their high school. The blast happened in a chemistry class at Dinwiddie High School in Virginia on Wednesday. ‘Today during second block, there was an incident that was confined to a chemistry class at DHS. All students were immediately […]

Fully clothed corpse pulled from Central Park pond after body found nearby

The body of a fully clothed man was pulled from a park in New York City’s Central Park just weeks after a decomposing corpse was found in a nearby lake. Police recovered the clothed body floating facedown in Turtle Pond on Monday evening. The deceased person was in his 20s. No criminal activity has been […]

Carbon monoxide leak at daycare hospitalizes 28 children and 4 adults

Over 30 people, mostly children, were hospitalized on Tuesday morning due to a carbon monoxide leak at a daycare facility. Ambulances scrambled to evacuate 28 children and 4 adults from the Happy Smiles Learning Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania after a child collapsed just before 7am on Tuesday. First responders arrived on the scene after staff […]

In Fight for Congress, a Surprising Battleground Emerges: New York

After a haywire redistricting process, New York has more congressional battlegrounds than nearly any other state. Even the Democratic campaign chairman is locked in a dead heat. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. By Nicholas Fandos POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. […]

US airports hit by suspected Russian cyber attacks

Pro-Russian hacktivists have reportedly taken responsibility for cyber attacks on multiple US airports. Websites for cities including Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York, Phoenix and St Louis were briefly taken offline today after being flooded with traffic. They were targeted after the pro-Russian hacking group known as ‘KillNet’ shared a list of sites and encouraged […]