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A photo provided but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shows that the GOES-16 Geostationary Lightning Mapper picked up a flash very likely caused by a bolide over New Hampshire on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. Meteorologists said that a bolide, a type of large meteor explosion in the atmosphere, might have been the source of a disturbance that was widely reported on Sunday (NOAA via The New York Times) — FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. — XNYT200 XNYT200

October 12, 2021 at 9:31 pm

Did a meteor explode over New Hampshire? That may explain the boom

Meteorologists said that a bolide, a type of large meteor explosion in the atmosphere, might have been the source of a disturbance that was widely...

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October 4, 2021 at 2:49 pm

DEA Agent Is Killed in Shooting at Arizona Amtrak Station

A federal drug enforcement agent was killed and another was seriously injured in a chaotic scene of gunfire at an Amtrak train station in Tucson,...

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October 3, 2021 at 4:07 pm

Oil Spill Off California Coast Sends 126,000 Gallons Into the Pacific

A pipeline failure off the coast of Orange County, California, Saturday caused at least 126,000 gallons of oil to spill into the Pacific Ocean, creating...

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September 27, 2021 at 12:34 pm

DEA Warns of ‘Alarming’ Increase in Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills

Pointing to an “alarming” increase in fatal overdoses, the Drug Enforcement Administration on Monday warned that a record number of the 9.5 million fake prescription...

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Polk County, Fla., Sheriff’s officials work the scene of a multiple fatality shooting Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021, in Lakeland, Fla. Four people are dead including a mother who was still cradling her now deceased baby in what Florida sheriff’s deputies are calling a massive gun battle with a suspect. (AP Photo/Lakeland Ledger, Michael Wilson) FLCO101 FLCO101

September 5, 2021 at 2:53 pm

Ex-Marine Sharpshooter Kills 4 and Fires at Deputies in Florida, Sheriff Says

A former Marine sharpshooter who served in Afghanistan fatally shot four people, including an infant, in two homes near Lakeland, Florida, early Sunday and exchanged...

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August 15, 2021 at 8:35 pm

Thousands Evacuate as Wildfires Ravage Utah and Northern California

As intense wildfires continued to burn across parts of the western United States on Sunday, prompting thousands of evacuations in Utah and Northern California, firefighters...

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August 15, 2021 at 1:05 pm

Thousands Evacuate as Wildfires Ravage Utah and Northern California

Intense wildfires continued to burn across parts of the western United States on Sunday, prompting thousands of evacuations in Utah and Northern California as the...

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August 12, 2021 at 6:45 am

Surfer dad kills his children and cites QAnon, FBI says

A California surfing instructor confessed to killing his two children with a spearfishing gun after abducting them, telling investigators that his belief in the conspiracy...

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A photo provided by Miami-Dade County Corrections shows Maxwell Berry, 22, who was arrested and charged with three misdemeanor counts of assault. Berry, a Frontier Airlines passenger, assaulted three flight attendants, punching one and groping the breasts of two others, on a weekend flight from Philadelphia to Miami, prompting one crew member to tape him to his seat until the plane landed, the authorities said. (Miami-Dade County Corrections via The New York Times) — FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. — XNYT277 XNYT277

August 3, 2021 at 7:33 pm

Passenger arrives taped to his seat after assault of 3 flight attendants

A Frontier Airlines passenger assaulted three flight attendants, punching one and groping the breasts of two others, on a weekend flight from Philadelphia to Miami,...

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July 25, 2021 at 6:10 pm

Broadcaster apologizes for ‘inappropriate’ images aired during Olympic parade

For television broadcasters worldwide, the parade of nations during the opening of the Olympics can be an exercise in diplomacy and global awareness, with media...

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