Steve Nedved
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Nov 22
Amtrak cars detach near Albany, stranding riders ahead of Thanksgiving
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Amtrak passengers were left in the cold on Wednesday night when a mechanical issue caused two train cars to detach, stranding riders on a dark railway ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Amtrak Train 68 was traveling from Montreal to New York City on Wednesday evening when two of its cars, with 287 …
Nov 21
Firefighter pilots on California peak rescue amid wildfire: ‘There was really nowhere to run, nowhere to go’
ABC News(LOS ANGELES) — Two firefighter pilots who rescued three people and their dogs off a California peak told ABC News the fire roaring toward the ridge would likely have killed the stranded group within minutes. The pilots had been making water drops on the Woolsey fire in Southern California, when their radio crackled with …
Nov 21
Police make arrest in killing, sex assault at St. Louis Catholic Supply store
iStock/Thinkstock(ST. LOUIS, Mo.) — A Missouri man was arrested in connection with a heinous crime spree at a Catholic Supply chain store in St. Louis in which a female customer was fatally shot and at least one other woman was sexually assaulted, officials said. Thomas Bruce, 53, is now in police custody on 14 charges …
Nov 21
American killed by isolated tribe in India after fishermen smuggled him onto the island: Police
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — An American man has been killed by a remote tribe after taking an illegal trip to one of the Andaman Islands in India. John Chau, 27, was killed on North Sentinel Island, South Andaman Senior Superintendent of Police Vijay Singh told ABC News. The island is home to the indigenous Sentinelese people. …
Nov 21
New dairy insurance program covers 3 billion pounds of milk and growing
The new dairy revenue protection insurance program is expected to cover about five percent of milk production in the U.S. during the first quarter, and a USDA official says many producers have already signed up. “It went on sale October 9th and we’re up 1.5 billion pounds of milk already covered.” Martin Barbre with USDA’s …
Nov 21
‘Person of interest’ detained for questioning killing and sex assault at St. Louis Catholic Supply store
iStock/Thinkstock(ST. LOUIS, Mo.) — A “person of interest” was detained Wednesday for questioning about a heinous crime spree at a Catholic Supply chain store in St. Louis, Missouri, in which a female customer was fatally shot and at least one other woman was sexually assaulted, police said. The killer entered the store on the east …
Nov 21
US military to build observation outposts in northern Syria to reduce tensions with Turkey
SPC Arnada Jones/U.S. Army(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. military has announced a new mission in northern Syria aimed at reducing tensions between Turkey and America’s Kurdish partners. Defense Secretary James Mattis told reporters on Wednesday that the U.S. will be building observation outposts in northern Syria along the Turkish border, because the U.S. wants to “call …
Nov 21
NASA to launch ‘workplace safety review’ of Elon Musk’s high-flying SpaceX firm
Joe Rogan Experience/YouTube(NEW YORK) — You would think that getting high would be part of NASA’s core mission. Yet the space agency is undertaking a workplace safety review of Elon Musk’s firm SpaceX — reportedly in response to the capricious entrepreneur’s decision last summer to smoke pot and drink whiskey on a podcast that was …
Nov 21
Watch now: Faith Hill shares laughter, holiday picks on “Pickler & Ben”
ABC/Image Group LAThe holiday season is officially upon us and Faith Hill has shared some of her holiday must-haves on a recent episode of Pickler & Ben. Faith, an executive producer of the show, also related a heartfelt story about one of her favorite holiday memories with her father. Faith’s father is 88 and she describes him as …
Nov 21
A hurricane-devastated community is coming together for Thanksgiving
ABC News(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) — A little over a month after Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida Panhandle as one of the strongest storms in U.S. history, members of one of the hardest-hit communities are coming together to create a Thanksgiving feast for all. The storm virtually wiped out the coastal community of Panama …