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A boat carrying 173 passengers has capsized in the central Philippines, minutes after leaving port. The local Coast Guard reported that at least 36 people have died, with 118 survivors, and 19 people still missing, according to CNN affiliate, CNN Philippines. The MB Nirvana had just departed Ormoc City, Leyte Province bound for Pilar town […]
firstenergycorp.com Cuyahoga County customers are without power this morning. Communities like Bedford, Walton Hills, Solon, Bainbridge, South Euclid, University Heights, Highland Hills, parts of Beachwood, Maple Heights, Shaker Heights and Warrensville Heights are all reporting outages. More than 18,000 customers are without power in Cuyahoga County. Less than 1,000 are without power in Geauga County. […]
Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy tweeted he was aboard the train when it crashed. “Helping others,” he said. “Pray for those injured.” Later he shared this photo that showed a firefighter inside the train. Armed with flashlights, firefighters went from car to car early Wednesday morning, looking for passengers inside an Amtrak train that derailed […]
(Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images) Famed R&B singer Percy Sledge died this morning in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, his agent Steve Green confirmed to ABC News. He was 73. The Alabama native, most known for his classic 1966 hit “When a Man Loves […]
A Taiwanese commercial flight with 53 passengers aboard clipped a bridge shortly after takeoff and crashed into a river in Taipei. Taiwan’s Central News Agency said at least 10 people were being taking to safety after the incident but gave no immediate information about the other passengers and crew aboard the TransAsia Airways flight. […]
Two New York City police officers were shot late Monday night in the Bronx, the department said. Both are expected to survive. The officers were responding to a robbery call at a store. They had a description of a car, and when they went to pull it over, they were shot: one in the elbow, […]
OFFICIAL STATEMENT: On Saturday, January 3rd, my brother, Andrae Crouch, was taken to the hospital so that medical staff could more directly address some serious health complications that had arisen. At this time, Andrae is being attended to by a medical team, and we are so grateful for their wonderful care. We are also […]
A police officer shot and killed an armed man late Tuesday in Berkeley, Missouri, said St. Louis County police spokesman Brian Schellman. Police say the man had pointed a gun at the officer, who fired out of fear for his own life. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the dead man was Antonio Martin, […]
At least four people are dead after shootings in three communities near Philadelphia in what a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation says appears to be a domestic dispute. The gunman shot and killed his former wife and then shot and killed other members of his family at a different location Monday […]
Florida State University warned of a “dangerous situation on campus” early Thursday morning and asked students to stay away from windows after a gunman reportedly opened fire inside a library. Two people were hospitalized with gunshot wounds, the nursing supervisor at Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare told the campus newspaper. But she would not elaborate […]
An Ohio man detained for nearly half a year in North Korea has landed back home. Officials say a plane carrying Jeffrey Fowle landed Wednesday morning at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton. The State Department announced Tuesday that the 56-year-old Miamisburg resident had been released. The news came about six months after he was […]
Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to five years in prison for the 2013 shooting death of his girlfriend, Judge Thokozile Masipa announced today. Masipa also handed down a suspended sentence of three years for a weapons charge. Before announcing her decision, Masipa acknowledged that sentencing is “not a perfect exercise.” “A non-custodial sentence would send the […]