The mother of the 9-month-old boy and his 2-year-old sister, and 4 other people, died in the flooding.
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Key Russian bridge to Crimea is struck again; Moscow blames Ukraine for attack
An attack before dawn damaged part of a bridge linking Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea that is a key supply route for Kremlin forces in the war with Ukraine.
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Police investigating long-unsolved Long Island killings search a storage facility
Suffolk County police confirmed that detectives executed a search warrant at Omega Self Storage related to the investigation that led to last week’s arrest of architect Rex Heuermann.
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Russia halts landmark deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain at time of growing hunger
Russia has halted a breakthrough wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices have pushed people into poverty.
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Suspect in 4 Georgia deaths killed in shootout with police, 3 officers wounded, authorities say
Authorities say officers shot and killed a man in an exchange of gunfire as they tried to arrest the suspect in the weekend killings of four people near Atlanta
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Couple checking out barking dog leads to encounter with Pennsylvania escapee, his recapture
Michael Burham, 34, was captured nine days after he fled the Warren County jail in the late evening hours of July 6.
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In quiet Georgia subdivision, neighbor says he saw man accused of killing 4 shoot man in street
Police have swarmed a neighborhood south of Atlanta, searching for a man suspected of fatally gunning down three men and a woman
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Arrest of suspect in Long Island serial killings brings both pain and relief to victims’ families
Megan Waterman of Scarborough was among the victims.
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Pennsylvania flash flood kills 5; 2 others, including a baby, are missing
Fire Chief Tim Brewer said Upper Makefield Township got about 6½ to 7 inches of rain in 45 minutes.
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6 things parents should do to keep kids safe in the water
No lifeguard or flotation device will ever come close to protecting a child as well as an adult who is attentive, free from distractions, and focused only on them said Juliene Hefter, executive director and CEO of the Association of Aquatic Professionals.