Thursday, December 29, 2016

Officials: No injuries after blaze causes manhole explosions and other top stories.

  • Officials: No injuries after blaze causes manhole explosions

    Officials: No injuries after blaze causes manhole explosions
    MALDEN, Mass. (AP) — Fire officials say an underground electrical fire caused multiple manhole explosions and sent manhole covers flying into the air in Malden. Assistant Chief Bill Sullivan says four manhole covers went airborne between noon and 3 p.m. Sunday. Smoke and flames, some reaching 8 to 10 feet high, poured from manholes near Malden High School. Capt. Glenn Cronin says no injuries were reported. Firefighters evacuated buildings and residences within a two-block radius around th..
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  • Lynch says tarmac meeting with Bill Clinton was 'regrettable'

    Lynch says tarmac meeting with Bill Clinton was 'regrettable'
    Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Sunday said she “regretted” her controversial tarmac meeting with former President Bill Clinton this summer while the FBI was still investigating Hillary Clinton’s use of a secret server for her emails during her tenure as secretary of state. While Lynch has never portrayed the June 27 Phoenix meeting as anything other than a cordial encounter, the lengthy tete-a-tete onboard Lynch’s plane immediately raised questions about whether she – or the Justice Departme..
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  • Pair dies after speeding car collides with school bus in Philadelphia

    Pair dies after speeding car collides with school bus in Philadelphia
    Two people were killed Sunday after a car collided with a school bus in Philadelphia. First responders arrived on the scene of the crash at around 9 p.m., according to WTXF-TV. A silver sedan had crashed head-on into the bus, completely destroying the sedan’s front end. More on this... A man and a woman in the car had died. Their identities weren’t released. Police said the car was driving well over the posted 45 mph speed limit, according to WPVI-TV. The car was then engulfed in flames. ..
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  • Holiday Cheer: Students Build Hi-Tech Toys for Disabled Kids

    Holiday Cheer: Students Build Hi-Tech Toys for Disabled Kids
    Because of her cerebral palsy, 4-year-old Scarlett Wilgis has trouble opening her hands and can't get around without help. Her parents have scoured store shelves and websites looking for toys for her, but have mostly been disappointed. "Finding the toys at Walmart or Target, they're pretty much non-existent," said mom Dezaraye Wilgis, sitting with Scarlett in front of their twinkling Christmas tree in St. Augustine. "Or if you get them through a medical supplier they're extremely expensive."..
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  • Cold snap eases in East, warming trend in many spots expected

    Cold snap eases in East, warming trend in many spots expected
    Temperatures on the East Coast warmed up on Sunday after a bitterly cold few days, and a warming trend is expected to start early in the week in many spots as a quieter weather pattern begins.At least nine deaths were blamed on the slick roads and authorities were investigating a few other traffic fatalities as possibly weather-related.  Winter weather advisories had been posted from Denver to Bangor, Maine. Airports reported hundreds of flight delays or cancellations, interstates and toll roads..
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  • Cops: Shoplifting suspect nabbed during police toy drive

    By Associated Press December 19 at 1:04 AM DARTMOUTH, Mass. — Police in Massachusetts say they’ve arrested a man who tried to shoplift items from a Target while officers were holding a toy drive outside the store. Dartmouth police say the department had been holding its annual Christmas toy drive outside the store on Saturday when Target employees alerted officers to a man they say had shoplifted from the store. Detective Kyle Costa says 42-year-old Patrick Machado, of Acushnet, had several ..
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  • WATCH | Horses killed in barn fire

    WATCH | Horses killed in barn fire
    LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A large barn fire in Lexington has killed nearly two dozen horses. Lexington Police say the fire happened around 1:15 Sunday morning on the property of Mercury Equine Center, which is a horse training center just off Russell Cave Road. Emory Brenklin has worked at the Mercury Equine Center for about a year and says when he saw the flames, he could only think of one thing to do. "Just try to stay alive myself and get as many horses out as I could." Brenklin says he was a..
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  • 5 Things You Should Know About The Electoral College

    5 Things You Should Know About The Electoral College
    Jonathan Barnett, left, an Arkansas elector, chats with former Gov. Mike Huckabee earlier this year. Barnett, a former state representative, like other electors, is well connected in state politics. Chris Carlson/AP hide caption toggle caption Chris Carlson/AP Jonathan Barnett, left, an Arkansas elector, chats with former Gov..
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  • Reward Offered in Alleged Road-Rage Killing of 3-Year-Old Boy

    Reward Offered in Alleged Road-Rage Killing of 3-Year-Old Boy
    Little Rock Police are offering a reward of $20,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the driver who they say killed a three-year-old boy in a road rage-related incident. According to the Little Rock Police Department, the boy's ...
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  • Whittier park closed after tree toppled over, killing 1 and injuring 7

    Whittier park closed after tree toppled over, killing 1 and injuring 7
    First came a snapping sound, almost like a firecracker, witnesses said. Next came the chorus of screams.Federico Flores turned Saturday afternoon in Whittier’s Penn Park and saw a large tree crashing down toward a wedding party, sending a group dressed in gowns and tuxedos scrambling for safety that some could not reach. The eucalyptus tree, estimated to measure more than 80 feet tall, killed one woman and injured seven other people, including a 4-year-old girl who was listed in critical condi..
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