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Mooresville Police Department(MOORESVILLE, N.C.) — A police officer in North Carolina was shot and killed late Saturday during what authorities described as a routine traffic stop. Mooresville Police Department K-9 officer Jordan Harris Sheldon, 32, was shot at about 10 p.m. after stopping a vehicle on West Plaza Drive, police said. Mooresville is about a …

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Newark Police Department(NEWARK, Delaware) — A woman was sexually assaulted by an armed man claiming to be a ride-share driver near the University of Delaware early Saturday, police said. Authorities are now searching for the man responsible. The 21-year-old woman was walking on South Chapel Street near East Delaware Avenue in Newark, just a couple …

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iStock/Thinkstock(ANNE ARUNDEL, Maryland) — Emergency responders have found the bodies of two missing men after a helicopter crashed Saturday off the coast of Maryland, according to the Maryland Natural Resources Police. The bodies were recovered from the wreckage in the Chesapeake Bay Saturday evening. The weather was very foggy and rainy in the area, though …

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Twitter/@LakeCoILSheriff(CHICAGO) — Two workers were pronounced dead and two colleagues were missing Saturday after an explosion rocked a manufacturing plant outside Chicago, authorities said. One of the deceased did not succumb to injuries from the incident, Waukegan Fire Marshal Steve Lenzi said in a press release. The cause of death will be determined by the …

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sean Rayford/Getty Images(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) —  When Riley Howell’s family heard about an active shooter at the University of North Carolina Charlotte campus, they weren’t surprised to hear that the 21-year-old former soccer goalie had charged at the shooter. “We knew if he was in that room,” his mother, Natalie Henry-Howell told ABC affiliate WLOS-TV. “He …

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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Saturday to blast social media platforms for unfairly marginalizing conservative voices, days after Facebook banned several so-called extremist users from its platform. The series of tweets and retweets by the president intensified his public feud with social media giants like Twitter and Facebook. …

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ABC News(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Two days after violent clashes ended in Venezuela, interim President Juan Guaido said that although the protests did not end President Nicolas Maduro’s “usurpation,” those who stood in opposition had still made progress. Guaido called on supporters to rally in a video on Tuesday, saying that their push to oust Maduro …

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iStock/welcomia(OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) — A credit card belonging to an American tourist killed six months ago while on vacation in Mexico was recently used in Oklahoma City, police said. Taylor Meyer, a 27-year-old from California, was found dead last November in Playa del Carmen, near where he was staying with several friends to celebrate one …

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Donald Kravitz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — When Cheslie Kryst was crowned Miss USA on Thursday she helped cement herself as part of a historic pageant trio. For the first time in history, black women are wearing the winning crowns of all three of America’s top pageants — Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss America — …

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iStock/imaginewithme(MIAMI) —  Emergency responders are searching for two missing men after a helicopter crashed Saturday in Maryland, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Maryland Coast Guard watch standers received a report that a two-seat helicopter with two men aboard crashed about one mile south of Kent Island Saturday afternoon. We are assisting Queen Anne County …

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