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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...

Nearly a third of U.S. counties will be left with just one insurance option next year on the ObamaCare exchanges, according to a new analysis fueling waings about the impact of the insurance company exodus from markets across the country. The Kaiser Family Foundation study found residents in Pinal County, Ariz., are even at risk of having no insurance options on the exchanges, which provide subsidized plans. Republicans seized on the report Monday to claim that the health care overhaul is not providing the choices promised by President Obama and others. "The president repeatedly promised that his health care law would provide more choices, ‘bend the cost curve,’ and allow Americans ...

This undated photo shows Ryan Coles, who is accused of killing his parents Friday, Aug. 26, 2016. (Salem County Correctional Facility) A suburban Philadelphia couple were beaten to death by their own son in their New Jersey home, authorities said Saturday. Edward Coles Jr., 58, and wife Rosemarie Coles, 55, of West Deptford, were found dead by another family member Friday moing. The couple's son, 28-year-old Ryan Coles, was arrested on murder and weapons charges. His bail was set at $1 million. The Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office said that the couple died from "blunt head trauma" and alleged that Ryan Coles had bludgeoned his parents "with his hands and an unknown object." Neighbor...

DEVELOPING:Explosions and gunfire rang out atAmerican University of Afghanistan in Kabul Wednesday in what a police commander described as "a complex attack." Photo attributed to the attack on American University of Afghanistan in Kabul pic.twitter.com/EVunzOpyd3 — KAZEMI, Mustafa (@CombatJouo) August 24, 2016 Reporters in the area said teachers and hundreds of students took cover in classrooms and safe rooms as police and special forces surrounded the campus on the weste outskirts of Afghanistan's capital city. A car bomb had exploded outside a school for the blind next door before at least one attacker fired at the university campus from that school building, a police officer at t...

As a space agency engineer, the last thing you want to happen is to lose contact with one of your satellites. Such an incident could potentially mean years of work lost, and that not only relates to the blood, sweat and tears expended keeping the spacecraft in operation far from Earth, but also the massive amount of preparation needed to get the thing off the ground in the first place. In October 2014, the situation looked serious for NASA engineers working on the Solar and Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) mission when they lost touch with one of two sun-studying spacecraft eight years after launch. The breakdown occurred while NASA was testing a set of important procedures...

(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 ...

Fireworks explode during the closing ceremony for the Summer Olympics at Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) Shaking to samba and sharing reflections in uniquely Brazilian ways, Olympians and fans said goodbye to the Rio Games with one last big bash that was both revelatory and a sigh of relief. The Rio Games, the first in South America, were a 16-day spectacle that combined numerous highlight reel moments with ugly and even bizarre episodes that sometimes overshadowed the competitions. And Rio residents, known as Cariocas, were not about to let sporadic rains and strong wind gusts get in the way of a final hurrah. "These were marve...

The suicide bomber in a Turkish wedding party attack that killed dozens of people was between 12 and 14 years old, Turkey's president aounced Sunday, blaming the Islamic State terror group for the massacre. Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke in a live nationally-televised address in front of Istanbul city Hall. At least 51 people were killed and dozens of others wounded in the attack late Saturday in the southeaste city of Gaziantep. Erdogan added that there was “absolutely no difference” between ISIS, Kurdish rebels and the movement behind the U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, calling them terrorists.He said 69 people were wounded, with 17 of them in critical condition. The remains of a su...

The Pentagon waed the Syrian govement against carrying out airstrikes near U.S. and allied persoel Friday, one day after attacks caused the U.S. to scramble jets to protect special operations forces. Navy Capt. Jeff Davis said the U.S. has increased combat air patrols in that area and has waed Syria that America will defend coalition troops. He also said he believes this is the first time the U.S. has scrambled aircraft in response to an incident like this involving Syrian govement bombings. "We view instances that place coalition persoel at risk with the utmost seriousness, and we do have the inherent right of self-defense," Davis said. Davis said a small number of U.S. commandos we...

Joaa and Chip Gaines, of HGTV’s “Fixer Upper,” aren't too happy that some of the homes they have remodeled in Waco, Texas, are being marketed as vacation rentals. The Waco Tribune reported that at least six of the Gaines’ remodeled homes are on the rental sites Airbnb and VRBO. One more Gaines' remodeled home will reportedly be listed in the near future. "Fixer Upper" follows the Gaines as they find waabe homeowners in need of a new place who can't afford a home with all the bells and whistles. The couple then works to remodel an older home. The couple, according to a spokesperson, say never intended for their remodeled homes to be used for financial gain. The Gaines actually have a ...

Joey Spears' sad life ended on a Texas highway in 1973, but his fate was only revealed recently. (NAMUS) The fate of a Mississippi teen missing for more than four decades has finally been revealed, thanks to the efforts of a tenacious cemetery worker who sought closure for strangers, police said Monday. Joseph “Joey” Norman Spears, originally of Harrison County, was identified by his mother from faded photos of his body, taken after he was hit by a car in Texas City, Texas, in 1973, according to the SunHerald.com. The sad confirmation brought to an end a process begun when a worker at Hayes Grace Memorial Park in the nearby town of Hitchcock took an interest in the John Doe grave. Chelse...

REXBURG, Idaho – A family camping in easte Idaho scared off a mountain lion that tried to snatch their 4-year-old daughter away from a campfire. Idaho Fish and Game said Saturday that the cougar dropped the girl and left Friday evening after family members yelled at the animal. The child had a few scratches but no other injuries. [embedded content] The family was camping near Green Canyon Hot Springs east of Rexburg and had spotted the mountain lion in the area earlier that day. Fish and Game regional conservation educator Gregg Losinski said such sightings and attacks are unusual. With the help of a local hound hunter, agency officials tracked the cougar to a tree a few hundred yards from ...

Amber Heard and Johy Depp in 2015. (REUTERS/Suzae Plunkett) New leaked footage has emerged ofJohy DeppandAmber Heardin a furious clash. The Hollywood star was being secretly filmed by his now estranged wife and can be heard saying “I’ll show you crazy.” Waing: Video contains graphic language. [embedded content] As the couple’s bitter divorce battle continues, TMZ has published a video which appears to show the Edward Scissorhands star, 53, arguing with Amber, 30. In the clip, which takes place in a kitchen, Johy is seenpacing the room getting agitated by the actress. It starts with him banging and slamming cupboard doors saying “motherf******” repeatedly. It also looks like a wine bottle...

Democratic Party officials reportedly are bracing for the possibility that another batch of damaging or embarrassing inteal emails — the kind that cost the party chairman her job on the eve of theDemocraticNational Convention —could become public before the November presidential election. That fear reportedly comes as officials with knowledge of a Russian cyberattack that targeted Democratic politicians and organizations told The New York Times that the breach was bigger than first thought and exposed the private email accounts of more than 100 party officials and groups — including the personal email accounts ofHillary Clinton’s key campaign officials. The apparent wider breach report...

Six years after ObamaCare was signed into law – and countless assurances later that the law is “working” – America’s major insurance companies are facing mounting losses and threatening to pull out of the exchanges, leaving customers facing higher costs and fewer options. In the most recent example, Teessee regulatorsare bowing to pressure to let insurers refile their 2017 rate requests, which could lead to steep hikes for customers. A state official acknowledged to The Teessean they are "not alone" in letting companies seek bigger increases -- as some insurers head for the exits. Earlier this month, Aetna, once one of ObamaCare’s biggest cheerleaders, slammed the breaks on its expans...

Six years after ObamaCare was signed into law – and countless assurances later that the law is “working” – America’s major insurance companies are facing mounting losses and threatening to pull out of the exchanges, leaving customers facing higher costs and fewer options. In the most recent example, Teessee regulatorsare bowing to pressure to let insurers refile their 2017 rate requests, which could lead to steep hikes for customers. A state official acknowledged to The Teessean they are "not alone" in letting companies seek bigger increases -- as some insurers head for the exits. Earlier this month, Aetna, once one of ObamaCare’s biggest cheerleaders, slammed the breaks on its expans...

Six years after ObamaCare was signed into law – and countless assurances later that the law is “working” – America’s major insurance companies are facing mounting losses and threatening to pull out of the exchanges, leaving customers facing higher costs and fewer options. In the most recent example, Teessee regulatorsare bowing to pressure to let insurers refile their 2017 rate requests, which could lead to steep hikes for customers. A state official acknowledged to The Teessean they are "not alone" in letting companies seek bigger increases -- as some insurers head for the exits. Earlier this month, Aetna, once one of ObamaCare’s biggest cheerleaders, slammed the breaks on its expans...

The parents of two of the four Americans who died in the Benghazi attack in 2012 filed a lawsuit Monday against Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, alleging her "reckless handling" of classified information contributed to their deaths. The case was filed in the U.S. D...

The parents of two of the four Americans who died in the Benghazi attack in 2012 filed a lawsuit Monday against Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, alleging her "reckless handling" of classified information contributed to their deaths. The c...

The parents of two of the four Americans who died in the Benghazi attack in 2012 filed a lawsuit Monday against Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, alleging her "reckless handling" of classified information contributed to their deaths. The c...