Author: Katie Mettler
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Everything you need to know about a government shutdown
The federal government is barreling toward a shutdown, the first since 2013. If Congress indeed fails to pass appropriations legislation by their Friday midnight deadline, the process that follows could complicate many lives — both those of federal workers and the millions of Americans who rely on them to experience places like the National Parks.…
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The strange story of that ‘Blacks for Trump’ guy standing behind POTUS at his Phoenix rally
President Donald Trump gestures to the crowd while speaking at a rally at the Phoenix Convention Center, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Rick Scuteri President Donald Trump gestures to the crowd while speaking at a rally at the Phoenix Convention Center, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Rick…
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Florida beachgoers form human chain to rescue family swept away by riptide
When Jessica and Derek Simmons first saw the beachgoers pausing to stare toward the water, the young couple just assumed someone had spotted a shark. It was the evening of July 8, after all, peak summer season in Panama City Beach for overheated Florida tourists to cross paths with curious marine life. Then they noticed…
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VIDEO: He thought a book would stop a bullet and make him a YouTube star. Now he’s dead
Before Monday, before the 911 call and police investigation, Pedro Ruiz III, an aspiring YouTube star in rural Minnesota, spent considerable time convincing his girlfriend to shoot a gun at his chest. There would be a thick encyclopedia book between the barrel and his body, authorities say he told 19-year-old Monalisa Perez. The pages, he…
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Seattle police fatally shoot pregnant woman who they say confronted officers with a knife
Seattle police officers shot and killed a 30-year-old pregnant woman at her apartment Sunday morning in front of “several children” when the woman “confronted” them with a knife, according to a statement from authorities. The Seattle Times reported that the woman had called police to report a possible burglary. At a vigil Sunday night, family identified…
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Officer fatally shoots 15-year-old boy in car in Dallas suburb. Accounts are at odds.
A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot by police Saturday night on a residential street in the Dallas suburb of Balch Springs. By Sunday, two versions of what prompted the shooting had reached the public. Balch Springs police chief Jonathan Haber told reporters at a news conference Sunday afternoon that officers were dispatched to the 12300 block of…
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Outrage after ‘Survivor’ outing: ‘Why haven’t you told anyone here you’re transgender?’
Super fans of “Survivor,” the hit reality TV game show that demands its contestants “outwit,” “outplay” and “outlast” each other, have spent 34 seasons forgiving the dirty tactics of those most desperate to win a million dollars. There were contestants who manipulated naive players into giving away their immunity idols and those who stashed them…
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Watch the ‘miracle on Market Street’: Good Samaritans whisk woman, 89, from path of onrushing train
When Jonathan Mango pulled out of the Taco Bell parking lot Wednesday afternoon in Saddle Brook, N.J., he didn’t know his next move would save a life. The 28-year-old, listening to his radio in his idling car, was watching across the dashboard as an 89-year-old woman — a cane in each hand — hobbled slowly…
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Posing online as Justin Bieber, Australian university lecturer obtained lewd images from scores of children, police say
Since 2007, a 42-year-old Australian man has been masquerading online as Canadian singer Justin Bieber – a heartthrob among tween girls – to seduce more than a hundred children around the globe into sending him lewd images, according to authorities in Queensland. The man, previously identified as Queensland University of Technology law lecturer Gordon Douglas…
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‘It was really haunting’: 416 beached whales propel New Zealanders into frenzied rescue mission
The writer, photographer and tour guide gathered at a quarter past six Friday morning, their destination Farewell Spit. The dainty, fingerlike peninsula cups the northern edge of shallow Golden Bay, one of New Zealand’s most picturesque natural scenes and a premier place to witness the sun’s rise. It was still dark when the trio boarded…