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Seattle, Washington, tourist stabbed in downtown

A 30-year-old man visiting Seattle with his family was stabbed when a man attacked him as he got off a bus in the downtown area Sunday. Read Article

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Arizona, Deputies ticket drivers on dangerous road to the Grand Canyon

Deputies with the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office wrote more than 60 tickets during a one-day traffic enforcement on Pierce Ferry and Diamond Bar roads in the Dolan Springs area last week. The Sheriff’s Office often targets the two roads for extra enforcement because of the traffic coming to and from the Grand Canyon West tourist […]

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Hawaii, Japanese tourist kidnapped, robbed in hotel room

Honolulu Police have opened a kidnapping case after a Japanese tourist was restrained and robbed in his hotel room Saturday afternoon. According to police, the 46-year-old man was found by hotel security at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel after they received several dropped calls form his room. Read Article

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Bryce Canyon Utah, German tourist killed by lighting

A German tourist was killed after being struck by lightning at Bryce Canyon National Park on Thursday afternoon. Volker Kunz, 51, of Hamm, Germany, was hiking with his family on the Rim Trail near Sunset Point just before 12:30 p.m. when an isolated thunderstorm quickly approached the area, park spokesman Dan Ng said in a […]

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New York, Young British tourist drowns in canoe mishap

McKinley Day, from Chester, was swimming with his younger brother in the Beaver river near Croghan in New York when he encountered difficulties and began calling for help. One local report said McKinley had been in a canoe just minutes before the accident. State troopers said local people rushed to help the teenager but could […]

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Grand Canyon, German tourist dies as result of being hit by lighting

A female German tourist was killed Thursday after being struck by lighting at the Grand canyon National Park according to KFYI news in Phoenix . Emergency crews attempted CPR on the 64-year-old victim. Others nearby were injured from the lighting hitting the ground. She was part of a tour group.Read Article

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San Francisco, Tourist from Texas attacked and robbed

ot content with just robbing a Texas tourist of his money, a group of assailants also chopped off a clump of the man’s hair during a Monday night attack. The 34-year-old victim was walking in the 100 block of Gateway Boulevard around 10 p.m. when he was assaulted by a group of four to six […]

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Saratoga Springs, New York – Police caution women of sexual assualts

Saratoga Springs law enforcement officials Monday again urged women to not walk alone in the city as police continued their investigation into two sexual assaults that allegedly occurred during the prime part of the Spa tourist season. Read Article

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Niagra Falls, six arrested selling stolen discovery passes to tourists

A combined task force led by New York State Parks Police arrested six men in connection with an organized criminal enterprise that operated out of a city-owned parking lot downtown. Four others were arrested.The gang was involved in selling stolen Discovery Pass tickets to the Maid of the Mist and Cave of the Winds tours, […]

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Lake Michigan, boat swamped by wave forcing tourists into the lake

Authorities in northern lower Michigan say dozens of people waded to shore and two were rescued by helicopter from a tour boat that was damaged by a wave in Lake Michigan. Read Article

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