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House explosion in Maryland kills 2 and damages nearby homes
By Brian Witte, The Associated Press on August 11th, 2024
BEL AIR, Md. (AP) – Two people were killed and 12 families displaced after a Maryland house exploded Sunday amid reports of a possible gas leak, fire officials said. Neighbors described feeling and hearing the early morning blast that damaged a number of surrounding houses in Bel Air, a town about about 30 miles (50 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Large desert tortoise rescued from Arizona highway after escaping from ostrich ranch 3 miles away
By The Associated Press on August 11th, 2024
PICACHO, Ariz. (AP) – How long does it take a large desert tortoise to get to the other side of a southern Arizona highway? It’s still a mystery, after a state Department of Public Safety trooper recently helped rescue an escaped sulcata tortoise that was attempting to cross Interstate 10 near Picacho. A motorist contacted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At least 18 dead after landfill site collapses in Uganda’s capital
By Rodney Muhumuza, The Associated Press on August 11th, 2024
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – A vast landfill site in the Ugandan capital collapsed, killing at least 18 people, the Red Cross said. Fourteen other people were injured when the Kiteezi landfill, which serves as a waste disposal site for much of Kampala, collapsed late Friday. At least two of the dead were children, Kampala Capital ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Maryland house leveled after apparent blast, at least 1 person found dead
By The Associated Press on August 11th, 2024
BEL AIR, Md. (AP) – At least one person has died after an apparent explosion leveled a house in a town northeast of Baltimore, fire officials said Sunday. Andrew Doyle, a public information officer for Harford County Fire and EMS, confirmed the death in an email. Firefighters were continuing to search the debris for other ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘I don’t want to die,’ student tells 911 dispatcher from Uvalde school during mass shooting
By Jamie Stengle, The Associated Press on August 10th, 2024
DALLAS (AP) – As law enforcement officers hung back outside Khloie Torres’ fourth-grade classroom in Uvalde, Texas, she begged for help in a series of calls to 911, whispering into the phone that there were “a lot” of bodies and telling the operator: “Please, I don’t want to die. My teacher is dead. Oh, my ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Teacher pleads, “Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry!” in 911 call from Uvalde school shooting
By Jamie Stengle, The Associated Press on August 10th, 2024
DALLAS (AP) – As shots rang out in the hallways and classrooms of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, one of the terrified teachers who frantically dialed 911 described “a lot, a whole lot of gunshots,” while another sobbed into the phone as a dispatcher urged her to stay quiet. “Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry!” the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!911 call reveals uncle begged to talk Uvalde gunman out of school shooting
By Jamie Stengle, The Associated Press on August 10th, 2024
DALLAS (AP) – The uncle of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter who killed 19 students and two teachers begged police to let him try to talk his nephew down, according to a 911 call included in a massive collection of audio and video recordings released by city officials Saturday. The records connected to the May ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ferguson officer critically injured at protest on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death
By The Associated Press on August 10th, 2024
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – A Ferguson, Missouri, police officer was critically injured outside the city’s police station during protests on the 10th anniversary of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, a pivotal moment in the national Black Lives Matter movement, police said Saturday. Ferguson police chief Troy Doyle said Officer Travis Brown suffered a severe ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Uvalde: 911 call reveals uncle begged to talk gunman out of shooting
By Jamie Stengle, The Associated Press on August 10th, 2024
DALLAS (AP) – The uncle of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter who killed 19 students and two teachers begged police to let him try to talk his nephew down, according to a 911 call included in a massive trove of audio and video recordings released by city officials Saturday. The records connected to the May ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Uvalde shooter’s uncle begged police to let him talk to the gunman
By Jamie Stengle, The Associated Press on August 10th, 2024
DALLAS (AP) – The uncle of the Uvalde school shooter who killed 19 students and two teachers begged police to let him try to talk his nephew down. In a 911 call released Saturday, the uncle told police that his nephew always listened to him and that if he could talk to him he might ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Videos and 911 calls from Uvalde school massacre released by officials after legal fight
By Jamie Stengle, The Associated Press on August 10th, 2024
DALLAS (AP) – Police videos and 911 calls from the 2022 Uvalde, Texas, school massacre, which left 19 students and two teachers dead, were released Saturday by city officials after a prolonged legal fight. The release of the records came in response to a lawsuit brought by The Associated Press and other news organizations after ... Read More »
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