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Los Angeles airport evacuated, possible shooting in LAX Terminal 3

As reported by Rt.com, terminal has been evacuated at Los Angeles International Airport in Southern California amid reports of a possible shooting Friday morning. Read Article

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California hiker dies after found injured in western New Mexico

According to Contracostatimes.com, a California man whose father died after the son went missing while hiking in western New Mexico has himself died. Catron (CAT’-rihn) County Under Sheriff Ian Fletcher says hunters found 43-year-old Stephen Lockhart of Costa Mesa on Sunday. Read Article

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Immigration officials discover US-Mexico smuggling tunnel

CNN reports that investigators have shut down a newly-completed, “highly sophisticated” drug tunnel running under the border between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said. It hasn’t been utilized,” ICE spokeswoman Virginia Kice said late Wednesday. “We were able to shutter it before it was utilized to bring drugs into the […]

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Small plane from Canada crashes near Nashville airport

According to MSN News, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday it’s investigating whether dense fog played a role in the deadly crash of a small plane at a Tennessee airport, where the wreckage went undiscovered for several hours. The Cessna 172 single-engine plane crashed sometime after 3 a.m. CDT Tuesday at Nashville International Airport. […]

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Puerto Rican family robbed while vacationing in southern Florida

Wsvn.com reports that a family on vacation from Puerto Rico woke up to find their rental SUV on bricks Thursday morning. Rafael Delgado and his family fell victim to money-hungry crooks during their yearly trip to South Florida. “In the morning, about 10 a.m., we saw the car over the blocks,” Delgado said. The rental […]

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Blind Korean tourist rescued after going missing in New York City

Wesh.com reports that a blind South Korean tourist who speaks no English went missing after touring New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art — prompting a search that ended happily, with him being found safe and sound, police said. Taeheung Kim, 41, became separated from his tour late Thursday afternoon and was last seen by a […]

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United States: Arkansas tourist robbed outside Niagara Falls liquor store

Buffalonews.com reports that an Arkansas man was robbed of his $400 iPhone early Saturday as he searched for a liquor store in downtown Niagara Falls, police said.. Police said the victim left his Buffalo Avenue hotel room about 1 a.m. and sought out directions from four young men, who offered to walk him to the […]

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United States: British tourist killed in vintage plane crash in Texas

According to CNN, a British tourist in the United States for his 41st wedding anniversary was killed in the crash of a vintage World War II-era plane in the waters off of Galveston, Texas, authorities said Thursday. John Stephen Busby, 66, was visiting the area with his wife, police said. The pilot, identified as Keith […]

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United States: Two passenger flights diverted due to in-air emergencies

NBC News reports that two Delta Airlines flights made unplanned landings Monday night in unrelated incidents. A Delta flight from Atlanta made an emergency landing at Tri-Cities Airport in Washington state after a false alarm with one of the plane’s cargo bay sensors on Monday night. The plane was carrying 183 passengers to Seattle when […]

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Three Chinese tourists robbed at Detroit bus stop

Detroitnews.com reports that three visitors from China, in town for a conference, learned the hard way that Detroit’s bus stops are often hotbeds of crime, even in broad daylight. The three men, ages 23, 25 and 26, were standing at a bus stop on 8 Mile near Cheyanne on the city’s west side Wednesday at […]

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