Guests were briefly evacuated from the typically calm and peaceful "it's a small world" ride at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom on Wednesday, July 1, after a small fire sparked within one of the ride's boats, according to a witness.
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Thousands of visitors have flocked to Cesar Mora's farm in central California this week to gather free nectarines.He's giving his harvest away rather than watching it rot as he's locked in a legal battle with a company that claims exclusive rights over the variety of white nectarine he grows. He'...
Like plenty of local boys before him, Neil has come home to the stretch of Australian coast where he was born. Unlike most of them, he trails fame, fans and property damage in his wake. He is also a 1,000 kg (2,200 pound) elephant seal.In June, the bellowing and blubbery 5-year-old mammal hauled ...
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A METRO bus was involved in an accident with four other cars on the south side of Houston, which resulted in seven people being rushed to area hospitals, according to HFD.
According to METRO officials, one of the private vehicles struck the bus and tried to leave.
A powerful general who leads Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard emerged from hiding as Tehran prepared Friday for the dayslong funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Photos published online by Iranian state media showed Gen. Ahmad Vahidi attending a meeting about the fun...
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Guests were briefly evacuated from the typically calm and peaceful "it's a small world" ride at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom on Wednesday, July 1, after a small fire sparked within one of the ride's boats, according to a witness.
Residents in Hitchcock are being asked to reduce their water usage after a TxDOT contractor hit a water main, causing an outage, the city's mayor said.
The solution comes one day after a FOX 26 report of multiple crashes that happened at the same location.
The FBI has asked its field offices across the country to dedicate more than 200 staffers to its investigation of the 2020 election in Georgia's Fulton County.A memo obtained Thursday by The Associated Press calls for the FBI to “surge” 260 investigative analysts and staff operations specialists ...
It's become one of the enduring scenes of the U.S. team during this World Cup: jubilant U.S. players joining tens of thousands of fans in singing John Denver's “Take Me Home, Country Roads” at the end of their matches.Even coach Mauricio Pochettino, who was born in Argentina and lives in Spain, g...
Azzubair Outen-Fleming, 16, was arrested in Colorado in the Philadelphia shooting of Penn State student Billy Schmidt; Kaiseem Smith surrendered to police.
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Louisiana’s attorney general was indicted Thursday over accusations she threatened the jobs of New Orleans leaders who fought a Republican-led overhaul of local courts in the heavily Democratic city.The 16-count indictment against Republican Liz Murrill, handed up by a New Orleans grand jury, cha...
Residents in the city of Hitchcock were left without water for several hours Thursday due to a temporary water service interruption.In a statement posted on Facebook, the City of Hitchcock Public Works Department said the water main located along Highway 6, in front of Good Ole Days Park, was tem...
According to court records, the passenger was trying to flee the scene before being struck by a responding HPD officer.
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