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An out-of-control bus driven by an illegal immigrant carrying flood recovery volunteers hit a fire truck and firefighters who had responded to an earlier crash Sunday moing on a Louisiana interstate, killing two people and injuring 36, according to state police. The ladder truck from St. John the Baptist Parish, located west of New Orleans, had parked across the right lane of Interstate 10 to block traffic while police investigated an earlier crash involving a pickup truck that had skidded on the wet road, crashing into both guardrails about 6:40 a.m., Trooper Melissa Matey told local media. The bus hit the fire truck, then hit a car, and then veered behind the fire truck and into th...

As critical reports pile up about the access Clinton Foundation donors enjoyed with Hillary Clinton’s State Department – and Donald Trump and his allies hammer her over the allegations – few elected Democrats have rallied to the party nominee’s defense. The fact that many of her usual allies are locked in tight House and Senate races may be contributing to the surrogate silence, as they focus on their own races. But, as the Trump campaign was quick to point out Wednesday, the Democratic nominee has even faced criticism from her own side. Most recently, former Pesylvania Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell said in a Philadelphia radio interview that the so-called firewall between department an...

The heroin epidemic that has plagued the nation’s urban and rural communities alike had not spared West Virginia, but nothing prepared Cabell County officials for 26 overdoses in a four-hour span last week. The wave of misery was focused in a Huntington public housing complex, where victims injected from a batch of the drug believed to have been laced with Fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid up to 100 times more potent than morphine. Investigators believe two fatalities that occurred during the same time period could be related. “We have never seen anything like this before to this magnitude,” said Gordon Merry, Emergency Management Service director for Cabell County. Related Imag...

(Biadasz Farms on Facebook) A coroner revealed Tuesday that a Wisconsin farmer and more than a dozen cows died when they became overcome by fumes from a huge manure holding tank. According to WAOW-TV, Michael Biadasz, 29, was found by other farmers early Monday when they arrived at Biadasz Farms near Amherst to haul away manure from the football field-sized tanker. Portage County Coroner Scott Rifleman said that the deaths of Biadasz and at least 16 cows are under investigation, but that they were probably overcome by methane or sulfur oxide. Rifleman said the farmer agitated the tank and that this, along with warm upper air temperatures, created a deadly dome of air. Bob Biadasz, the fa...

(Biadasz Farms on Facebook) A coroner revealed Tuesday that a Wisconsin farmer and more than a dozen cows died when they became overcome by fumes from a huge manure holding tank. According to WAOW-TV, Michael Biadasz, 29, was found by other farmers early Monday when they arrived at Biadasz Farms near Amherst to haul away manure from the football field-sized tanker. Portage County Coroner Scott Rifleman said that the deaths of Biadasz and at least 16 cows are under investigation, but that they were probably overcome by methane or sulfur oxide. Rifleman said the farmer agitated the tank and that this, along with warm upper air temperatures, created a deadly dome of air. Bob Biadasz, the fa...

ELLICOTT CITY, Md. – Historic, low-lying Ellicott City, Maryland, was ravaged by floodwaters Saturday night, killing two people and causing devastating damage to homes and businesses, officials said. Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman told The Associated Press by phone Sunday that the body of a man had been recovered, along with a woman's body that was recovered earlier Sunday in the Patapsco River. Everyone else had been accounted for, he said. The town about 14 miles west of Baltimore received 6.5 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service, and most of it fell Saturday evening between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. [embedded content] Videos posted on social media showed floodw...

July 30, 2016: Police cars gather at the scene of a deadly shooting in Mukilteo, Wash. (KCPQ-TV) An 19-year-old gunman who killed three people and injured another person at a house party outside Seattle early Saturday had recently broken up with one of the victims, witnesses and neighbors said. The Associated Press identified the shooting suspect as Allen Christopher Ivanov, who was booked into the Snohomish County Jail and held for investigation of three counts of murder, including one count of aggravated murder. He has not yet been charged, but is expected to be arraigned Monday. Victor Balta, a spokesman for the University of Washington, said a student matching that name and age has b...

July 30, 2016: Police cars gather at the scene of a deadly shooting in Mukilteo, Wash. (KCPQ-TV) An 19-year-old gunman who killed three people and injured another person at a house party outside Seattle early Saturday had recently broken up with one of the victims, witnesses and neighbors said. The suspected shooter, who has not been identified, was pulled over and arrested by state troopers more than 100 miles away from the shooting site in Mukilteo. Authorities had not released the identity of the deceased victims. The injured victim was in intensive care at a Seattle hospital. Susan Gemmer, whose 18-year-old granddaughter Alexis survived the shooting, told the Associated Press the gun...

Ariel view of the area along Rio Grande in northe New Mexico where Randy Bilyeu disappeared. (Associated Press) SANTA FE, New Mexico – The now-deadly hunt for a treasure worth as much as $2 million and hidden somewhere in the rugged wildeess of the Southwest will continue, although the ex-wife of a man who perished in the search told FoxNews.com she wants proof it really is out there. Linda Bilyeu, whose husband’s remains were discovered and identified this month, more than six months after he vanished while hunting for treasure hidden by Santa Fe eccentric octogenarian Forrest Fe, said she deserves proof Randy Bilyeu did not die on a wild goose chase. “I think that Fe should man up and ...

Ariel view of the area along Rio Grande in northe New Mexico where Randy Bilyeu disappeared. (Associated Press) SANTA FE, New Mexico – The now-deadly hunt for a treasure worth as much as $2 million and hidden somewhere in the rugged wildeess of the Southwest will continue, although the ex-wife of a man who perished in the search told FoxNews.com she wants proof it really is out there. Linda Bilyeu, whose husband’s remains were discovered and identified this month, more than six months after he vanished while hunting for treasure hidden by Santa Fe eccentric octogenarian Forrest Fe, said she deserves proof Randy Bilyeu did not die on a wild goose chase. “I think that Fe should man up and ...

Jonathan Prins, left, and Charles Allen Judge, Jr., right. (GoFundMe/Facebook) Two South Carolina soldiers were killed Sunday after trying to protect a woman at a bar that was being chased by the man charged in their deaths. Joseph Mills, 25, of Little Mountain, was charged with two counts of murder. Mills said in court Monday that he was chasing a girl who grabbed drugs from his car and took off. He apologized for what happened, but thought the two men who interceded were going to “lynch” him. The Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher identified the victims as Charles Allen Judge Jr., 40, and Jonathon Michael Prins, 29, according to the Island Packet. The South Carolina National Guar...

Matilda Rapaport in 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone,Maxime Schmid) An extreme skier who was taking part in a film shoot died from her injuries after she got caught in an avalanche in Chile, her sponsor, Red Bull, aounced Monday. Swedish skier Matilda Rapaport, 30, was rushed to a hospital after the July 14 avalanche. A freeride skier, Rapaport appeared in a string of viral videos coasting down steep, rocky mountain faces around the world. She landed on the December cover of the skiing magazine Powder, and in an article questioning whether pro skiers were taking too many risks. "A member of the Red Bull family since 2013, Matilda will be missed by the ski community, her fans and her supporters. ...

LAKESHIRE, Mo. – An off-duty St. Louis County police officer fatally shot a man as he was trying to enter the officer's home Saturday evening, police said. Police said the off-duty officer, who was not identified, shot and killed 20-year-old Tyler Gebhard after he threw a 50-pound concrete planter through a window to enter the Lakeshire home, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. According to police, Gebhard was known to the family and had recently made online threats toward it and "uninvolved members of the community." St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said the officer is a three-year veteran of the department and has been placed on administrative leave pending the investigation of ...

LAKESHIRE, Mo. – An off-duty St. Louis County police officer fatally shot a man as he was trying to enter the officer's home Saturday evening, police said. Police said the off-duty officer, who was not identified, shot and killed 20-year-old Tyler Gebhard after he threw a 50-pound concrete planter through a window to enter the Lakeshire home, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. According to police, Gebhard was known to the family and had recently made online threats toward it and "uninvolved members of the community." St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said the officer is a three-year veteran of the department and has been placed on administrative leave pending the investigation of ...

Dallas police officers and SWAT units combed a parking garage adjacent to the department's downtown headquarters Saturday after a suspicious person was seen on the garage's second floor. Authorities confirmed to Fox News that the person was spotted in an area of the garage reserved for police officers and employees and ran away when confronted. Approximately two hours after the original sighting, a search of the garage tued up no suspicious person or object. Shortly after the search began, Dallas police confirmed that they had "received an anonymous threat against law enforcement across the city" and had taken "precautionary measures" to heighten security. The parking garage incident a...

An aedes aegypti mosquitoes is seen in The Gorgas Memorial institute for Health Studies laboratory as they conduct a research on preventing the spread of the Zika virus and other mosquito-boe diseases in Panama City February 4, 2016. (REUTERS/Carlos Jasso) A Utah woman has died after becoming infected with the Zika virus, the Salt Lake County Health Department aounced Friday. The elderly woman had an underlying health condition and had traveled to areas with mosquitoes known to spread the Zika virus. “While this individual did test positive for Zika virus, the exact cause of death has not been determined, and it may not be possible to determine how the Zika infection contributed to the d...

At least four security officers were killed and five injured in a suicide bombing Monday outside an Islamic holy site in Medina, according to the Saudi Interior Ministry. The Monday evening attack took place just as thousands of worshippers were about to hold sunset prayers in the mosque where the Prophet Muhammad is buried in Medina. The mosque is visited by millions of Muslims from around the world aually performing pilgrimage in Mecca. The ministry statement, carried Monday on the state-run al-Ekhbariya news chael, said the attacker set off the bomb after security officers raised suspicions about him. The attack took place in a parking lot outside the sprawling mosque complex. The b...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – The father of a toddler killed by an alligator at Disney last month told rescue officials two alligators were involved in the attack, according to emails from the Reedy Creek Fire Department. Matt Graves said he was attacked by a second alligator as he tried to reach his 2-year-old son after the boy was pulled into the water outside Disney's upscale Grand Floridian Resort. Capt. Tom Wellons described his interaction with the Nebraska father in emails to his supervisors obtained by The Orlando Sentinel. Wellons said Graves initially refused to leave the area as rescuers searched for little Lane Graves even though the father needed stitches and antibiotics from g...

July 3, 2016: Iraqi firefighters and civilians carry bodies of victims killed in a car bomb at a commercial area in Karada neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. (AP) BAGHDAD – At least 83 people have been killed and 176 wounded in two separate bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital Sunday moing, Iraqi officials said. In the deadliest attack, a car bomb hit Karada, a busy shopping district in the center of Baghdad, killing 78 people and wounding 160, according to police and hospital officials. It struck as families and young people were out on the streets after breaking their daylight fast for the holy month of Ramadan. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the bombing in a statement poste...

June 27, 2016: This photo shows Bonifacio Oseguera-Gonzalez. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says Oseguera-Gonzalez, charged with aggravated murder in the shooting deaths of three people at an Oregon blueberry farm, was deported six times between 2003 and 2013. (Marion County Sheriff's Office via AP) PORTLAND, Ore. – A Mexican national charged with aggravated murder in the shooting deaths of three people at a rural Oregon blueberry farm had been deported six times, most recently in 2013, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Bonifacio Oseguera-Gonzalez, 29, has no significant prior criminal convictions, but ICE asked Oregon authorities to tu him over to them if ...