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Akeena

A Burger King location in Melbourne, Florida, has been temporarily shut down for the third time following since 2023 after a recent state inspection that identified multiple health violations. This incident underscores ongoing concerns regarding the restaurant's adherence to health and safety standards.

A dead lizard, dead roaches, rodent droppings - Florida fast food restaurant closed again

Saint Louis Park, MN

NBC News

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. — Two people were killed and three were injured when a man drove his car through a restaurant patio in a Minneapolis suburb Sunday, police said. Security video captured a man, whom police did not name, driving into the outdoor patio of the Park Tavern in St. Louis Park, a city immediately west of Minneapolis. The video shows the man entering the restaurant parking lot on Sunday evening but not going inside. He attempted to park, then drove into the outdoor patio, police said.

Two dead and three injured after man drives his car through restaurant patio in Minnesota

Salem, OH

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Northern Kentucky Tribune

Every day, 8-year-old Emma sits in a small garden outside her grandmother’s home in Salem, Ohio, writing letters to her mom and sometimes singing songs her mother used to sing to her.

Thousands of parents die of overdoses; advocates say their kids need more help

Aurora, CO

David Heitz

The Aurora City Council at its study session Monday advanced a proposal by council member Stephanie Hancock to impound vehicles that are not registered and insured and driven by someone with a license.

Update: Aurora advances impound of unregistered, uninsured vehicles driven by unlicensed drivers

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Herbie J Pilato

It's been eight years since former TV child star Sawyer Sweeten, best known from Everybody Loves Raymond, died tragically by suicide at only 19 years old. Sawyer Sweeten, his twin brother Sullivan Sweeten, and their older sister Madylin, played Ray Romano's TV children on Everybody Loves Raymond, the Emmy-winning sitcom that originally aired on CBS 1996 to 2005.

The Tragic Suicide of Former TV Child Star Sawyer Sweeten ('Everybody Loves Raymond'): 9 Years Later

Los Angeles, CA

September is keeping summer going strong with heat warnings expected to cover 26 million people, mostly in the Southwest, by Wednesday. Temperatures in cities such as Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Phoenix could be 10 to 20 degrees above normal starting Tuesday and peaking Thursday, according to federal and NBC News forecasters.

September debuts with potentially record heat for Southwest, West Coast

HONG KONG — A bus crashed into a group of students and parents outside a school in eastern China on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people, local police said. Thirteen others were injured when the vehicle transporting students lost control at a T-junction just before 7:30 a.m. (7:30 p.m. Monday ET) and veered into the crowd at the gate of a middle school in Tai’an, a city in the eastern province of Shandong. Six parents and five students were killed, and one of the injured was in critical condition, Dongping county police said in the statement.

11 dead after bus crashes into crowd outside of middle school in China

Mississippi State

Warren County, MS

Seven people, including a 6-year-old and a 16-year-old, are dead and 36 were injured after a passenger bus traveling from Atlanta to Dallas crashed in Mississippi early Saturday morning. The bus was traveling westbound when it left the roadway and overturned on Interstate 20 in Warren County, according to the...

7 dead, including 2 children, and 36 injured after bus crashes in Mississippi

Maine State

Just weeks before a pregnant porbeagle shark was expected to give birth, one of the two tracker tags marine scientists had placed on the animal floated to the surface near Bermuda. The team hadn’t expected the tag to surface for months. They had attached it to the 7-foot creature just...

Deep-water murder mystery leads scientists to a novel type of shark-on-shark predation

Chicago, IL

Four people were killed in a shooting on a Chicago Transit Authority train early Monday. The Forest Park Police Department got a 911 call around 5:27 a.m. about victims with gunshot wounds on a train at the Blue Line station at 711 Desplaines Avenue, Forest Park, it said on Facebook.

4 killed in shooting on Chicago public transit train

Los Angeles County, CA

It's been eight years since beloved former child star and Oscar-winning actress Patty Duke died from sepsis (a ruptured intestine) at only 69 in 2016. She was also the recipient of two Golden Globes, three Emmys, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In the 1960s, she was the star of her own TV sitcom. In the mid-1980s, she served as President of the Screen Actors Guild. Through it all, she was married four times (including once to actor John Austin), had three sons, and never stopped acting. This is her tragic yet triumphant story.

In Memory of Former Child Star and Oscar-winning Actress Patty Duke: 8 Years After Her Tragic Death

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A truck plowed into a bar in the Dominican Republic early Sunday, killing at least 11 people and injuring more than 40, authorities said. The crash happened in the southern community of Azua, located west of the capital, Santo Domingo, Juan Salas, the director of civil defense, told The Associated Press.

At least 11 dead, 40 hurt as truck plows into Dominican Republic bar

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Wyoming State

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To increase the genetic diversity of an island population of grizzly bears , Wyoming and Montana wildlife managers recently worked together to import fresh bloodlines into the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Two Montana grizzly bears trucked to Wyoming to bolster genetic diversity, help states’ delisting case

Cheyenne, WY

WHITE MOUNTAIN—“That’s a lot of horses,” lamented Cheyenne resident Robyn Smith from a high-desert ridgeline. It wasn’t her first exasperated exclamation. “Argh, oh crap,” was her immediate reaction to learning a federal judge had given the Bureau of Land Management the OK to proceed with plans to fully remove two wild horse herds from the landscape in southwest Wyoming.

BLM wins two lawsuits, clearing way for elimination of two Wyoming wild horse herds

In today’s newsletter: Massive protests erupt in Israel to demand a cease-fire after six hostages held by Hamas were found dead in Gaza. The White House says Biden and Harris weren’t invited to Arlington National Cemetery. And former students report injuries at a Utah facility for troubled teens.

Nationwide strike in Israel and extreme heat worsens health conditions: Morning Rundown

Denver, CO

Aurora, Colo. -- Angry Aurorans on social media poked fun at the local news media Friday as more information came out about Venezuelan gangs on the Front Range. Mike Coffman, Aurora mayor, posted on Facebook that the city will use court orders to shut down additional apartment complexes that have been infiltrated by the gangs. It contradicted comments made by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, who told the New York Post the gang problem was a figment of Aurora council member Danielle Jurinsky’s imagination.

Migrant gang crisis underrated? Denver media criticized

Oregon State

Multnomah County, OR

A fire broke out after a small plane crashed into a row of townhomes in Multnomah, Ore. John Plock, a public information officer from the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Officer said the number of injuries from the crash are not yet known.

Fire breaks out after small plane crashes in Oregon

Massachusetts State

Dianna Carney

Sandy Paws Rescue Inc., a foster-based rescue in Massachusetts, has recently introduced a tiny six-pound dog named Alistair who is looking for his forever home. At only one year old, this little boy is a sweet dog who is thought to be a Maltese, "but we can’t make any guarantees that he would be suitable for those with allergies," explains the nonprofit animal rescue.

Meet The Tiny 6lb Dog Looking For Love

Sandy Paws Rescue Inc., a foster-based rescue in Massachusetts, recently introduced Juney, an inspiring dog who has been through so much in his short life and is now looking for a forever home. Juney's story is one of remarkable resilience and the unwavering spirit of a dog who has overcome unimaginable adversity.

Meet The Sweet Dog Who Survived a Machete Attack Now Looking For Love

Sheppton, PA

The Shenandoah (PA) Sentinel

SHEPPTON – Off-road vehicles aren’t permitted on state highways or the vast majority of local...
The post Illegal ATVs towed, impounded in crackdown in East Union first appeared on The Shenandoah Sentinel.

Illegal ATVs towed, impounded in crackdown in East Union

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Coachella festival gently rocked by magnitude-3.8 earthquake

SAN DIEGO — Music fans lodging, camping and raging in the Coachella Valley may have been swayed when a gentle, magnitude-3.8 earthquake struck the area Saturday...

Coachella festival gently rocked by magnitude-3.8 earthquake

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