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Columbus, OH

The Independent

Videos show ride in flames as the burning wheel continues to spin

Dozens injured in Germany after ferris wheel catches fire at music festival

Man is stable but suffered injuries to face and spine, officials say

Fisherman knocked out by whale’s tail while on boat off Queensland coast

Around 20 people have been evacuated while basements of several properties have been affected

Dozens of firefighters tackle flooding in Kings Cross as hotel evacuated

Hauling garbage in Mali’s capital, Bamako, can be grim

The trash in Mali's capital is piling up. Donkey carts are coming to help

Cops said the parents didn’t call 911 to get the child treatment

Cheerleader, 12, dies days after parents treated injuries  with smoothies and vitamins, police say

Georgia State

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Atlanta, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to over 28 years in prison for distributing significant amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances to dealers in the Middle Georgia region. Authorities revealed that investigators uncovered evidence linking the drugs provided by the defendant, 40-year-old Lagary Williams, also known as "Frog," from Atlanta, to a fatal overdose.

Atlanta Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Supplying Deadly Fentanyl Linked to Fatal Overdose

CBS News

Two Austrian mountaineers have died while attempting to summit a 2,500-meter (8,200-foot) peak in Italy's Julian Alps, the mountain rescue service of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region bordering Austria said Thursday.Missing since Wednesday, the two men were both Alpine rescuers from the southern Austrian city of Villach close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders, the rescue service said on Facebook. Family members awaiting their return tried to reach them by phone but their calls went unanswered.They were scaling the "Cima di Riofreddo," whose peak culminates at more than 2,500 meters, when they fell either because of a mistake or a possible...

Bodies of mountaineers found dangling from climbing ropes near peak

Colorado State

A newlywed couple and the bride's mother were killed in a crash after a semitruck overturned on Interstate 70 west of Denver just days after the wedding

Newlyweds and bride's mother killed in crash after semitruck overturns in Colorado

John Honey had also been part of a mob that forced three Romanian men from their BMW

Rioter who looted Lush for bathbombs wearing England flag jailed for four years

South Carolina State

The family of a South Carolina woman struck and killed by a rotting 70-year-old utility pole will get $30 million in a wrongful death settlement

Family of woman killed by falling utility pole to receive $30M settlement

The Prison Officers’ Association said Operation Early Dawn could be triggered by the Government next week.

Emergency move to avoid jail overcrowding may be used soon as rioters sentenced

Dominic Capaldi, 34, was filmed hurling objects at police in Bristol on August 3.

Fundraiser for man jailed over violent disorder sparks criticism

Illinois State

Oswego, IL

A 38-year-old grandfather died after falling from a canyon in Starved Rock State Park in northwest Illinois.Authorities say that Albert Cramer of Oswego, Illinois fell from Illinois Canyon, one of the park’s 18 canyons which is located along the Illinois River. The area, about 100 miles from Chicago in La Salle County, is popular with hikers, campers and hunters.The Illinois Department of Natural Resources said the man had been hiking along a bluff at the canyon on Saturday and fell 40 to 50 feet, according to 25News Now. The incident was reported around 4.30pm. Cramer was pronounced dead around 6.25pm.Officials...

Grandfather, 38, dies after fall at Illinois’ Starved Rock State Park

Habiba Naveed is accused of killing Christopher Brown in Lewisham, south-east London, the Metropolitan Police said.

Woman remanded in custody charged with murdering 72-year-old man, say police

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Colleton County, SC

Explore Beaufort SC

Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

California State

Thiel compared California liberalism to Saudi Arabian Wahabbism — but it was sort of a compliment

Peter Thiel, eccentric billionaire patron of JD Vance, says he is thinking about leaving the US

New York City, NY

A float in Sunday’s upcoming India Day Parade in New York City that celebrates a Hindu temple built over a razed mosque in India is being criticized as anti-Muslim

A planned float in NYC's India Day Parade is anti-Muslim and should be removed, opponents say

Alain Delon’s family said that he passed away peacefully while surrounded by his children

Alain Delon: President Macron leads tributes to ‘French monument’ who has died aged 88

Shinawatra, 37, becomes third member of her family to serve as Thailand’s prime minister

Paetongtarn Shinawatra sworn in as Thailand’s youngest-ever prime minister

Utah State

Hurricane, UT

AccuWeather

A hiker who was in distress over a lack of water and high temperatures in southern Utah died Sunday on a trail near a state park. A hiker in southern Utah died on a trail near a state park after running out of water, police say. It's the latest heat-related death reported during a scorching summer in the state.

Utah woman dies after calling for help while hiking amid intense heat

Two gondolas on a Ferris wheel caught fire at a music festival near Leipzig in eastern Germany, injuring at least 23 people

At least 23 injured when fire breaks out on a Ferris wheel in eastern Germany

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