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Breathtaking body cam footage has emerged of the moment a New York state trooper miraculously survived after a speeding SUV lost control and started a chain reaction crash that sandwiched him between a Mercedes he’d stopped on the side of the highway.

A man and woman who are reportedly siblings from Venezuela are accused of being involved in a sex trafficking ring operating in New York City and Seattle.

A suspected meteor entered Earth’s atmosphere on Tuesday, creating a loud “boom” that was heard and felt across Northeast Ohio, the National Weather Service said. Residents, meanwhile, took to social media to report hearing something that “sounded like an explosion.”

Neighbors in Arley, Alabama, joined forces to rescue a stray dog on Thursday who found himself in quite the predicament.

A 55-year-old Brooklyn man is dead following being punched in the face by an unidentified assailant in New York’s Penn Station on Saturday night.

A fire at an apartment building resulted in three lives saved and a firefighter experiencing a close call on Wednesday in Kansas City, Missouri.

A 25-year-old mountain biker died nearly a month after being bitten by a rattlesnake in Irvine, California.

Officials are investigating the death of a 12-year-old girl who died this week after a fight that erupted when a group of students got off a school bus in an Atlanta suburb.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo was escorted out of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo after attempting to enter a restricted chute‑seat area without the required wristband, according to rodeo officials — a confrontation that prompted the entitled Texas Democrat to post a lengthy online complaint accusing staff of mistreatment and “mentality” issues.

A well-known treasure hunter has been released from prison after refusing to disclose the whereabouts of 500 missing gold coins found at the site of an 1857 shipwreck.

Governor Greg Abbott has warned Corpus Christi city leaders they must address an imminent water crisis affecting the coastal city’s water supply or face a takeover by the state. Former city officials believe the crisis could negatively affect the city’s fuel-refining industry, which currently ranks fifth nationally in refining capacity.

An 18-year-old put his MMA skills to use on Sunday night to protect his 16-year-old brother from an axe-wielding man at a Florida car wash.

A Florida woman is accused of giving birth on a toilet and leaving the baby to drown, before later hiding the child in a duffle bag and burying her in a shallow grave.

The Georgia teen charged with fatally running over a teacher has broken his silence as more details emerge about the normally harmless high school prank that went tragically wrong.

A Southwest flight from Nashville to Fort Lauderdale was diverted to Atlanta, Georgia, on Friday after a passenger who had set a prayer timer for Ramadan became “agitated” in what was reportedly misunderstood as a “possible security matter.”

Visitors to the Mount Rushmore National Memorial will celebrate America’s 250th anniversary with the return of fireworks at the iconic site on July 3.

A second baby has been safely surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box location in Tennessee.

A local Republican committee in a deep red Virginia county is in turmoil after RINOs and Democrats staged what some members are calling a “coup” by using a disorganized meeting to hold a flawed election to pick a new chairman and oust more than 100 people.

A passenger made quite the scene after she was accused of playing a cellphone video on her loudspeaker once she boarded an American Airlines flight from Miami to Tampa recently.

The family who lost their loved one during a violent incident outside a Los Angeles-area library in September is suing for $40 million in damages.

A measles outbreak is spreading across Northern California and officials said over 100 children may have been exposed to the illness at a recent event.

The widow of the high school teacher in Gainesville, Georgia, who died after a prank gone wrong wants the charges against the students involved dropped.

An art center that serves veterans and their families in Grand Junction, Colorado, is finally getting needed repairs after years of leaks and becoming a target of theft.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) has vetoed a bill to create a specialty license plate honoring Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk, who was brutally assassinated in September.

A man bled to death after apparently cutting off his penis and mutilating other parts of his body in the dead of night Saturday in downtown Los Angeles.

Officials reportedly said a prison guard in the unit where Jeffrey Epstein was being held Googled his name minutes before he was found dead.

Man’s best friend has once again proven its ability to detect someone in trouble and lead its human companion to the scene to summon life-saving help.

The second highest-ranking official in the Washington, D.C. police department — also named in a probe into the department’s purported underreporting of crime statistics — has been placed on administrative leave, reportedly over “inappropriate” text messages on his work phone.

A newborn baby was safely surrendered to a hospital in Greenville, South Carolina, on Monday.

An 82-year-old widower who had been trying to improve safety at a Colorado intersection where his wife was fatally struck during a morning run in 2024 died in a car crash in same location.

A supporter of President Donald Trump who was refused service at a Smoothie King in Michigan said he and his family have been getting threatening messages.

Police are investigating a man wearing camouflage who entered the hotel where Texas Attorney General Kent Paxton is hosting his election night party in Dallas, Texas, on Tuesday.

A Wisconsin nurse is behind bars for falsely accusing a drug-court patient of sexual assault after having sex with him several times.

Shocking footage emerged Friday of a man hanging onto several moving cars, his pants sliding down as the vehicles motor down a four-lane boulevard in Sacramento, California.