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United States' Simone Manuel celebrates wiing the gold medal in the women's 100-meter freestyle during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP) Simone Manuel leaned her head into her hands and broke down in tears when she recognized her historic achievement. With her victory in the 100-meter freestyle, she became the first African-American woman to capture an Olympic gold medal in swimming. The 20-year-old Manuel upset world-record holder Cate Campbell and tied with Pey Oleksiak of Canada at the Rio Games on Thursday. "I hope that I can be an inspiration to others so this medal is for the people who come behind me and g...

The picturesque Main Street of Ellicott City, Maryland, faces a monthslong recovery that could cost hundreds of millions of dollars after devastating flooding left two dead and damaged nearly every home and business along the road, officials said. The two died when the town about 14 miles west of Baltimore took on 6.5 inches of water Saturday night, most of it between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., sweeping away hundreds of cars, tearing away sidewalks and wrecking storefronts and building foundations. A Pesylvania woman visiting the town with her family was one of those killed after their car was caught in the raging floodwaters and carried toward the Patapsco River, police said. Howard County Ex...

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...

Sixteen people were feared dead Saturday after a hot air balloon caught on fire and crashed in Central Texas, officials said. Erik Grosof with the National Transportation Safety Board arrived at the scene and confirmed there were “a number of fatalities.” Caldwell County Sheriff Daniel Law said earlier that his office received a 911 call at 7:44 a.m. local time reporting a possible vehicle accident at a spot near Lockhart, Texas. Caldwell County says there are no survivors in hot air balloon incident in Lockhart. pic.twitter.com/tAmuAIUxy7 — Marcus Officer (@MarcusonFOX7) July 30, 2016 He said when emergency responders and deputies arrived on the scene it was apparent that the reporte...

Sixteen people were feared dead Saturday after a hot air balloon caught on fire and crashed in Central Texas, officials said. Erik Grosof with the National Transportation Safety Board arrived at the scene and confirmed there were “a number of fatalities.” Caldwell County Sheriff Daniel Law said earlier that his office received a 911 call at 7:44 a.m. local time reporting a possible vehicle accident at a spot near Lockhart, Texas. Caldwell County says there are no survivors in hot air balloon incident in Lockhart. pic.twitter.com/tAmuAIUxy7 — Marcus Officer (@MarcusonFOX7) July 30, 2016 He said when emergency responders and deputies arrived on the scene it was apparent that the reporte...

The excavation at the Alamo site (Texas General Land Office). Archaeologists digging at the Alamo have discovered an adobe wall that may provide clues to the famous site’s Spanish Colonial history. The wall, which is about 23 inches below the flagstone surface of San Antonio's Alamo Plaza, was discovered Friday near where historians think the west wall of the complex was built. Experts are working to locate the compound’s original walls. The location of the famous battle of the Alamo in 1836, the site was first established as a Spanish mission in 1744. “Last week we very excited to discover we found the remnants of an old adobe brick wall,” explained Nesta Anderson, the dig’s lead invest...

The excavation at the Alamo site (Texas General Land Office). Archaeologists digging at the Alamo have discovered an adobe wall that may provide clues to the famous site’s Spanish Colonial history. The wall, which is about 23 inches below the flagstone surface of San Antonio's Alamo Plaza, was discovered Friday near where historians think the west wall of the complex was built. Experts are working to locate the compound’s original walls. The location of the famous battle of the Alamo in 1836, the site was first established as a Spanish mission in 1744. “Last week we very excited to discover we found the remnants of an old adobe brick wall,” explained Nesta Anderson, the dig’s lead invest...

A copy of the Declaration of Independence stumbled upon by Las Vegas collector Kevin Kostiner. (FOX5 Las Vegas) A Las Vegas collector is marking the Fourth of July with a rare find he stumbled upon--a copy of the Declaration of Independence produced in the 1830s. An engraver made 201 facsimiles of the original Declaration of Independence in 1823 using a copper plate. Kevin Kostiner recently discovered that he has a reproduction of one of those facsimiles. “It’s wonderful to see it,” Mark Hall-Patton, a Las Vegas museums administrator told Fox5 Las Vegas. “You don’t see these (copies) of the original 201 that were printed.” What Kostiner purchased at an auction for $75 may be worth $35,00...

A copy of the Declaration of Independence stumbled upon by Las Vegas collector Kevin Kostiner. (FOX5 Las Vegas) A Las Vegas collector is marking the Fourth of July with a rare find he stumbled upon--a copy of the Declaration of Independence produced in the 1830s. An engraver made 201 facsimiles of the original Declaration of Independence in 1823 using a copper plate. Kevin Kostiner recently discovered that he has a reproduction of one of those facsimiles. “It’s wonderful to see it,” Mark Hall-Patton, a Las Vegas museums administrator told Fox5 Las Vegas. “You don’t see these (copies) of the original 201 that were printed.” What Kostiner purchased at an auction for $75 may be worth $35,00...

– At least 20 people have died from flooding in West Virginia, and officials fear that number will continue to climb. Earlier Friday, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin told a news conference that at least 14 people had died. However, a spokesman for the West Virginia Division of Homeland Security confirmed the high death toll Friday afteon. "Our focus remains on search and rescue," Tomblin said, later adding: "It's been a long 24 hours and the next 24 hours may not be much easier." Earlier Friday, Greenbrier County Sheriff Jan Cahill described "complete chaos" in his county, which appeared to be the hardest hit. "Roads destroyed, bridges out, homes bued down, washed off foundations," he told the A...

Piloted by Andre Borschberg, Solar Impulse 2 flies over New York (Solar Impulse). Solar Impulse 2, which flew over the Statue of Liberty on its historic solar-powered global jouey Saturday, continues to prove the vast potential of renewable energy, according to pilot Bertrand Piccard. The plane landed at New York’s JFK airport at 4 a.m. ET on Saturday, completing the 14th leg of its trip. “In the 21st century, liberty is to be free from fossil energy and pollution,” said Solar Impulse chairman and pilot Piccard, during a press conference at JFK. “We can have clean technology that creates jobs, sustains growth – it’s a new market for the world.” Related: Solar Impulse 2 makes Statue of Li...

Hillary Clinton’s historic nomination win – buoyed by a projected victory early Wednesday in delegate-rich Califoia – puts the question to her defiant primary rival: Where does Beie go from here? While Beie Sanders assured cheering supporters at a Los Angeles rally oveight that he plans to keep fighting, Fox News confirmed that the presidential candidate plans to lay off "over half" his staff in the next week. And the math – which even he acknowledged – does not look good. Clinton pocketed a victory in Califoia, the biggest prize of the night and a state Sanders had fought hard to win. All told, Clinton is projected to win an outright majority of pledged delegates, while reaching the 2...

Hillary Clinton clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, becoming the first woman in American history to top the ticket of a major political party and putting immediate pressure on primary rival Beie Sanders to step aside – though the Vermont senator vowed to keep fighting for “every delegate.” As Clinton now launches a general election battle against presumptive rival Donald Trump, Sanders remained defiant at an early Wednesday moing rally in Los Angeles. Far from bowing out, he vowed to campaign through the final primary next Tuesday in Washington, D.C., and then “take our fight for social, economic, racial and environmental justice to Philadelphia, Pesylvania,” the s...

Hillary Clinton clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, becoming the first woman in American history to top the ticket of a major political party and launching her on a general election battle against presumptive rival Donald Trump. The former secretary of state claimed victory over primary foe Beie Sanders during a sweeping speech to cheering supporters at campaign headquarters in Brooklyn. “Thanks to you, we’ve reached a milestone,” Clinton said. Marking the historic moment, Clinton said: “This campaign is about making sure there are no ceilings, no limits on any of us.” She also congratulated Sanders, calling his message about income inequality good for the Democra...