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(Fox 13 Memphis) Eight people were taken to hospitals after a ride suddenly shut down Saturday at a fair in Memphis, Te., officials said. Riders were enjoying the Moonraker, which spins around an axis and tilts up and down on an angle, at the Delta Fair when the ride's computer detected a problem and immediately began safety shutdown, Matt Snyder, the fair's safety director, told the Associated Press. As the ride stopped spiing and began to descend, the operator of the ride panicked and pressed a manual override button that released the safety restraints before it settled into its cradle. "It scared everybody," Snyder said. Initial reports that 14 people were thrown from the ride and tak...

The JLTV (Oshkosh Defense) As the U.S. Army readies to bring its current crop of Humvees into the 21st century with a new vehicle, recoaissance officials are also looking to replace the Humvee's pre-World War II .50-caliber machine gun with a version of the Apache helicopter’s caon in 2019. The Army has embarked on a major project to replace the Humvee, officially known as the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWVS). Last year the Army signed a $6.7 billion deal with Oshkosh Defense for 17,000 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs). Touted as offering more protection and greater off-road mobility, JLTVs will replace a large chunk of the Army and Marine Corps’ legacy Humvee fle...

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...

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tweeted Saturday about the fatal shooting of NBA star Dwyane Wade's cousin, in another apparent attempt to persuade black voters to back him in November. "Dwyane Wade's cousin was just shot and killed walking her baby in Chicago," Trump tweeted. "Just what I have been saying. African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP!” Nykea Aldridge, 32 was shot and killed Friday afteoon while pushing a baby in a stroller on Chicago's South Side. Chicago Police said Aldridge was shot in the head and arm by two men outside an elementary school. The shooters appeared to be targeting a third man, police also said. The baby in the stroller wasn't hurt, and authoritie...

Joshua Robertson, left, and Brittany Humphrey. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department) Authorities in Southe Califoia searched Tuesday for a man and a woman suspected of killing a woman, kidnapping her three small children and leaving the state. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement that warrants have been issued for Joshua Robertson, 27, and Brittany Humphrey, 22. Robertson and Humphrey are suspected of killing Kimberly Harvill, whose body was discovered Sunday in brush along a remote road in northe Los Angeles County in the unincorporated Lebec area near Interstate 5. Authorities believe the pair also kidnapped Harvill’s three children, 2-year-old Josly Watk...

(Fox 8) At least nine people were injured, two seriously, when a car slammed into a crowd at an outdoor concert Sunday in Ohio. Parma Heights Police Detective Sgt. Steve Scharschmidst said that the 74-year-old driver of the vehicle drove onto a small dance floor in the parking lot at Greenbrier Commons, about 10 miles south of Cleveland. Scharschmidst said the driver was pulling out of her parking space when she accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake. He said she drove onto the dance floor, hitting eight people then struck a telephone pole and a car as she tried to correct herself. The incident happened during a Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin summer band tribute concert, part of a ...

(Reuters ) Some of the FBI files on the agency’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server exclusively for govement business while serving as secretary of state could be given to a House oversight committee as early as this week, a congressional source confirmed with Fox News on Sunday. The matter has been progressing since early July, when a formal request was made by Congress for the file, the remaining block appears to rest within the Justice Department. The FBI, after interviewing Clinton last month, concluded its investigation of Clinton's use of a private server, confirming publicly that 113 classified emails were sent and received by Clinton, as well as 2,000 th...

The U.S. Air Force is struggling to fill a shortage of 700 fighter pilots by the end of the year, even as the U.S. battles in three air wars against ISIS in Iraq, Syria and Libya. “It is a crisis,” said the U.S. Air Force’s new top officer, Gen. David Goldfein, aside Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James at the aual “State of the Air Force” briefing at the Pentagon Wednesday. “Air superiority is not an American birthright," Goldfein said. "It’s actually something you have to fight for and maintain.” Fox News first reported the Air Force shortage of 700 pilots after visiting two Air Force bases in May. Airmen told Fox News, in addition to the pilot shortage, they are 4,000 mechanics sh...

The U.S. Air Force is struggling to fill a shortage of 700 fighter pilots by the end of the year, even as the U.S. battles in three air wars against ISIS in Iraq, Syria and Libya. “It is a crisis,” said the U.S. Air Force’s new top officer, Gen. David Goldfein, aside Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James at the aual “State of the Air Force” briefing at the Pentagon Wednesday. “Air superiority is not an American birthright," Goldfein said. "It’s actually something you have to fight for and maintain.” Fox News first reported the Air Force shortage of 700 pilots after visiting two Air Force bases in May. Airmen told Fox News, in addition to the pilot shortage, they are 4,000 mechanics sh...

LONDON – Delta Air Lines has grounded flights scheduled to leave Monday after experiencing unspecified issues with its computer systems globally. Confirmation of Monday's troubles came in an official account that responds to customers via Twitter. The airline declined to immediately comment by phone and it was unclear whether all its flights were affected. "Delta has experienced a computer outage that has affected flights scheduled for this moing," the Atlanta-based company tweeted to customers affected by delays. "Flights awaiting departure are currently delayed. Flights enroute are operating normally. We appreciate your patience." The company said its IT systems were down "everywhere...

MOOSE, Wyo. – An Ohio teenager located by searchers two days after she vanished in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park cut and dyed her hair, changed her clothes and fled when authorities initially approached her, officials said Saturday. MISSING PERSON: Fauna Jackson search enters 2nd day. Call 307.739.3517 with info. Summary: https://t.co/tsSEtvrLFZ pic.twitter.com/SDIUkQV5lY — Grand Teton NP (@GrandTetonNPS) August 5, 2016 Fauna Jackson, 16, was uninjured and taken to a hospital to be checked out. The National Park Service said the incident is "under investigation." Jackson, who is from Cinciati, was found near the Snake River Overlook about 4 miles from where she was last seen on Thurs...

MOOSE, Wyo. – An Ohio teenager located by searchers two days after she vanished in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park cut and dyed her hair, changed her clothes and fled when authorities initially approached her, officials said Saturday. MISSING PERSON: Fauna Jackson search enters 2nd day. Call 307.739.3517 with info. Summary: https://t.co/tsSEtvrLFZ pic.twitter.com/SDIUkQV5lY — Grand Teton NP (@GrandTetonNPS) August 5, 2016 Fauna Jackson, 16, was uninjured and taken to a hospital to be checked out. The National Park Service said the incident is "under investigation." Jackson, who is from Cinciati, was found near the Snake River Overlook about 4 miles from where she was last seen on Thurs...

Christian rockerDallas Taylor is in critical condition after an all-terrain vehicle accident in Florida. The 36-year-old lead singer of southe heavy metal band Maylene and the Sons of Disaster was injured Tuesday when the ATV he was driving on church property near Ocala went out of control and struck a sign. Authorities say Taylor was flown by helicopter to UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville. Dottie Taylor tells the Ocala Star-Baer doctors brought her son out of sedation briefly on Wednesday to perform neurological tests. She says Taylor and his 10-year-old son were visiting from Birmingham, Alabama, when he took the ATV for a spin. The Florida Highway Patrol says Taylor wasn't weari...

At left, Warren Buffett with Hillary Clinton; at right, George Soros (AP/Reuters) Donald Trump has his billions, but Hillary Clinton has her billionaires. As the candidates formally enter the general election season after their conventions, the former secretary of state’s wealthiest backers are pouring money into political groups opposing Trump. Within the past year, according to a review by FoxNews.com, a total of 24 billionaireshave donated more than $42.5 million to two Clinton campaign arms and three allied super PACs. All this is in preparation for a blitz of advertising and other efforts to defeat Trump over the next three months – as some big-money Republicans stay on the sideline...

F-35A Lightning II aircraft receive fuel from a KC-10 Extender from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., July 13, 2015, during a flight from England to the U.S. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Madelyn Brown) The U.S. Air Force has declared its F-35A Lightning II fighter jet ‘combat ready,’ marking a major milestone for the controversial aircraft. The stealth fighter, which has been beset by cost overruns and delays, has a $110 million price tag. The $379 billion weapon program is the most expensive in America’s military history. Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander of the Air Combat Command, aounced the aircraft’s combat readiness Tuesday. “I am proud to aounce this powerful new weapons system has a...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A plane has crash-landed at Dubai Inteational Airport, before bursting into flames on the runway. Emirates airline has confirmed that a jet carrying 282 passengers and 18 crew has been "involved in an accident". It said the flight involved was EK251 coming from Kerala, India. Footage from the airport posted online showed flames bursting out of the front of the Boeing 777-300. Clouds of black smoke could be seen billowing from the plane, in other pictures posted to social media. BREAKING: #Dubal #EK521 explosion over right wing shortly after coming to stand still pic.twitter.com/vp1YFhfIe0 — Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) August 3, 2016 A spokesman for Dub...

LOCKHART, Texas – A hot air balloon hit high-tension power lines before crashing into a pasture in Central Texas, killing all 16 on board, according to federal authorities investigating the worst such disaster in U.S. history. A power line was tripped at 7:42 a.m. Saturday, and the first call to 911 came a minute later, National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt said during a news conference. The crash site was near a row of high-tension power lines, and aerial photos showed an area of scorched land undeeath. "There is physical evidence to indicate that the balloon, or some component of the balloon, hit the physical wires themselves and not the tower," Sumwalt said. The...

LOCKHART, Texas – A hot air balloon hit high-tension power lines before crashing into a pasture in Central Texas, killing all 16 on board, according to federal authorities investigating the worst such disaster in U.S. history. A power line was tripped at 7:42 a.m. Saturday, and the first call to 911 came a minute later, National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt said during a news conference. The crash site was near a row of high-tension power lines, and aerial photos showed an area of scorched land undeeath. "There is physical evidence to indicate that the balloon, or some component of the balloon, hit the physical wires themselves and not the tower," Sumwalt said. The...

LOCKHART, Texas – It appears a hot air balloon made contact with high-tension power lines before crashing into a pasture in Central Texas, killing all 16 on board, according to federal authorities who are investigating the worst such disaster in U.S. history. A power line was tripped at 7:42 a.m. Saturday, and the first call to 911 came a minute later, National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt said during a news conference. The crash site was near a row of high-tension power lines, and aerial photos showed an area of scorched land undeeath. One witness described to The Associated Press seeing a "fireball" near the power lines. TheNTSBwill look at all factors that might...

EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton acknowledges that Americans have a legitimate conce about her trustworthiness, particularly related to her email scandal and the Benghazi terror attacks, but criticized those who have attempted to undermine her Democratic presidential campaign and make a “caricature” out of her, in an exclusive interview with “Fox News Sunday.” “I think that it's fair for Americans to have questions,” Clinton said, in an interview taped Saturday. “Every time I run for an office, though, oh my goodness, all of these caricatures come out of nowhere. And people begin to undermine me because when I left office as secretary of state, 66 percent of Americans approved of what I do.”...