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A Virginia police officer was fatally shot during a traffic stop and responding law enforcement killed the alleged shooter
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A police officer in northern Virginia was shot to death Friday afternoon during a traffic stop, and responding law enforcement fatally shot his killer, authorities said. Officer Dominic "Nick" Winum, 48, had been wi...
New Orleans officer killed while intervening in an altercation at a high school basketball game
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A New Orleans law enforcement officer was fatally shot intervening in an altercation at a high school basketball game Friday, authorities said. The officer, who was not identified, was a Tulane police officer and a...
Three people killed in Georgia plane crash
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Three people were killed Friday when their single-engine plane crashed into a ravine shortly after takeoff in Gainesville, Georgia, officials said. The plane, a single-engine Cessna-182, crashed about two miles nort...
A Texas woman was killed after a tire flew off another vehicle and struck her windshield
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A woman driving home from her son's baseball game was killed instantly when a tire flew off another vehicle and hit her car's windshield in New Caney, Texas, on Thursday. CNN affiliate KTRK reported the 52-year-old...
Three people killed, two injured, in shooting at gun store in Louisiana
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Three people were killed and two were injured in a shooting at a gun store in Louisiana on Saturday. Deputies were called to the scene at the Jefferson Gun Outlet in Metairie just before 3 p.m., Jefferson Parish She...
Snowmobiler killed in Idaho avalanche
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A man snowmobiling in the Sawtooth National Forest in central Idaho died Friday after triggering a large avalanche. The snowmobiler was riding up a steep slope in the Smoky Mountains, roughly 8 miles from Galena Sum...
2 people are killed in a military plane crash near Montgomery, Alabama
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Two people were killed when a military plane crashed on Friday near the Montgomery Regional Airport in Alabama, according to the facility's executive director Marshall Taggart, Jr. The T-38 trainer jet assigned to ...
At least 1 person killed after small plane crashes into rig near Port of Los Angeles
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At least one person died Friday when a small plane crashed into a semi tractor trailer near the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, California, officials said. A person in the tractor trailer was transported to a So...
Snowmobiler who died in Colorado is the 28th killed in avalanches across the US this season
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The body of a snowmobiler missing near Rand, Colorado has been found, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. The grim discovery marked the 28th avalanche death this season. According to officials, ...
A mother of 5 was shot and killed after her kids found a gun in her purse, police say
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Five children are motherless after a gun accident killed their mother and injured their youngest sibling. The 25-year-old woman was at home with her children when she was fatally shot, police in Cornelius, North Car...
An elementary school principal was killed in an avalanche in Montana on Valentine’s Day
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An elementary school principal was killed by an avalanche while splitboarding in Montana on Valentine's Day. Craig Kitto, 45, of Bozeman died Sunday evening after being injured in an avalanche earlier that day, acco...
One contractor killed and one US service member injured in rocket attack in Iraq
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A civilian contractor was killed and a US service member was injured along with five other contractors when rocket fire landed on coalition forces near Erbil International Airport in Iraq, said Col. Wayne Marotto, t...
Dallas police officer directing traffic killed by suspected drunk driver
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A 32-year-old man was charged with intoxication manslaughter after a car he was driving allegedly struck and killed a Dallas police officer who was blocking the scene of an earlier accident on an expressway, police ...
Minneapolis officials seek input on a memorial for the intersection where George Floyd was killed
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The city of Minneapolis will send a survey to community members to determine how to best memorialize George Floyd at the intersection where he was killed by police, officials said Friday. "The killing of George Floy...
Family of Dijon Kizzee, a Black man killed by LA Sheriff’s deputies, files $35 million claim
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The family of Dijon Kizzee, a 29-year-old Black man who was shot 16 times and killed by Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies last summer, has filed a $ 35 million claim for damages. The claim alleges the sheriff's...
Medical assistant killed in Buffalo clinic shooting ‘cared for so many people,’ friend says
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Naiya Stubbe said that on the day of the shooting in Buffalo, Minnesota a friend and neighbor sent her a screenshot of the scene at the Allina Clinic. Right away, she texted her friend Lindsay Overbay, a medical ass...