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A woman crashed her car into a freezing river. A FedEx driver saw it happen and saved her
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A FedEx Express driver is being hailed a hero by police after he jumped into freezing water to save a woman who had crashed her car. Brandon Alt said he was just getting started on his delivery route that goes throu...
Animal cruelty cases are surging in freezing Texas
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On a normal day, the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals gets 25-30 calls reporting animal cruelty. But since winter storms have pummeled Texas with power and water outages, that number has spik...
Thousands of turtles have been rescued from freezing waters in Texas
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As Texas' deep freeze wreaks havoc on land, sea animals also suffer in its icy waters. This week, Sea Turtle, Inc., a nonprofit in South Padre Island, rescued more than 2,500 at-risk turtles from nearby waters. It's...
Truck driver survives 70-foot plunge off an icy roadway as freezing weather snarls traffic across Midwest
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A driver survived a 70-foot plunge off of a roadway in Wisconsin on Saturday. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation traffic camera recorded the dramatic scene as the pickup truck skidded off an interchange ramp...
‘It’s a miracle,’ Dutch officials say as stowaway survives London to Holland flight in freezing temperatures
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A 16-year-old Kenyan boy has survived sub-zero temperatures on an hour-long flight from London to the Netherlands by hiding himself near the plane's landing gear. Dutch police are investigating the possibility of hu...
Amnesty International halts India operations after ‘freezing’ of its bank account
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New Delhi Amnesty International has halted its operations in India after the "complete freezing" of its bank accounts by the Indian government, the not-for-profit human rights organization said in a statement Tuesday...