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In an aerial view, flood damage wrought by Hurricane Helene is seen along the Swannanoa River on October 3, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina.

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People desperate for answers as family members remain unaccounted for days after Helene’s devastation

North Carolinians among those desperate for answers as family members remain missing days after Helene’s devastation

via AP)Blood, medical debris, and crime scene tape are at the scene of a shooting that results in a man sustaining life-threatening injuries at a pro-Israeli protest in Newton, Massachusetts, United States, on September 12, 2024. A Framingham man faces charges after he allegedly shoots another man who tackles him at a pro-Israel protest in Newton on Thursday, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan announces. The shooting happens around 6:40 p.m. at the intersection of Washington Street and Harvard Street. Speaking several hours later at Newton Police Headquarters, Ryan says a group of pro-Israeli demonstrators gathers on one side of Washington Street. Shortly before the shooting, another person walks down the opposite side of the street. ''Words are exchanged back and forth across the street,'' Ryan says. Ultimately, the person from the other side of the street ''comes very rapidly across the street and tackles one of the demonstrators.'' Ryan identifies the man who is tackled as 47-year-old Scott Hayes. She says a scuffle ensues during which Hayes shoots the man who runs across the street. Ryan does not identify the man who is shot but says he suffers life-threatening injuries and is receiving care at a local hospital. Police arrest Hayes and charge him with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and violation of a constitutional right causing injury, according to Ryan. Hayes is expected to be arraigned in Newton District Court. Ryan says Hayes legally owns the gun that he allegedly uses in this incident. While waiting for more information, friends of the pro-Israeli protesters say they rush to the scene. ''We don't know what the shooting is all about,'' one person says before the update from Ryan. ''It might be related to the demonstration or just a poor coincidence. We don't know right now.'' Speaking after Ryan, Newton Acting Police Chief George McMains says police will add extra patrols at local houses of worship in the coming days.

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A confrontation at pro-Israeli rally leads to gunfire after a man tackles one of the demonstrators

A suspected gunman and the man he allegedly shot both face charges of assault after a clash at a pro-Israeli demonstration in Newton, Massachusetts, authorities said.

Tyler Johnson and his father Chris Johnsons are seasoned hunters in and previously hunted black bears in Alaska.

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‘It was a growl and then an immediate charge’: How a man survived being mauled by a bear in the Alaskan wilderness

A man was nearly mauled to death by a brown bear while hiking in the Alaskan wilderness with his father earlier this week.

Heath Barnes took this photo of fire and smoke pouring out of an exhaust funnel of the Carnival Freedom cruise ship near Eleuthera Island, Bahamas, on Saturday, March 23.

Fire extinguished on Carnival Freedom cruise ship after witnesses reported possible lightning strike

Heath Barnes opened his book on the upper decks of the Bahamas-bound Carnival Freedom cruise ship in between bouts of rain. His relaxation was suddenly stolen with the loudest thunder he’d ever heard and then news the vessel was on fire.

Firefighters battle the Smokehouse Creek Fire north of Canadian, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 (AP Photo/David Erickson)

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Hundreds of structures are lost in ‘utter devastation’ as the biggest wildfire in Texas history could spread more rapidly

As many as 500 structures have already been obliterated as the biggest wildfire in Texas history continues its deadly march across the state’s panhandle. And the devastation is far from over as the inferno is expected to spread more rapidly this weekend, with ferocious winds and drier air fueling the flames.

Dolly Parton speaks onstage at the 53rd Anniversary Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala at Music City Center on October 11 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Dolly Parton sings ‘I will always love you’ to dying fan whose wish was to meet her

After LeGrand “LG” Gold was diagnosed with Stage IV colorectal cancer, he made a list of things he hoped to do in the time he had left. One was to meet Dolly Parton.

Ventura, CA - December 28: Men watch from a balcony in Faria Beach as huge waves crash on the shore Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023 in Ventura, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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California beachgoers enthralled by huge waves from storms – but they bring flooding and rip currents, too

Offshore storms shoved waves toward communities along the California coast, bringing flooding, road closures and fright to nearly 20 people who were briefly swept away on a Ventura beach on Thursday. Eight people were taken to the hospital, officials said.

Deborah Matias, Hayim Katsman, Igal Wachs and Amit Wachs

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A mother shielding her son, a 26-year-old attending a music festival and 2 brothers are among the Americans killed in Israel

A mother who shielded her son from gunfire, a “pro-peace” academic, young people at a musical festival and a pair of brothers are among at least 32 Americans killed in the warfare between Israel and Hamas, family members and officials say.

When Gaza militants attacked a music festival in rural southern Israel, they shot and killed people at point blank range, then looted their belongings, new dashcam video from a car reveals. CNN has geolocated it and confirmed its authenticity.

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Israel festival revelers shot at point-blank range, video shows

Gaza militants who attacked an all-night music festival in southern Israel shot and killed revelers at point-blank range, then looted their belongings, new car dashcam video verified by CNN reveals.

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Boyfriend indicted on murder, tampering with evidence charges in 8-year-old case of missing Kentucky mom Crystal Rogers

The boyfriend of Crystal Rogers, a Kentucky mother of five who vanished in 2015, has been arrested and indicted on a murder charge in her killing, court records show.

A flamboyance of flamingos feed and preen in Estero Bay Preserve State Park on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. The large pink birds are thought to come from the Yucatan Peninsula or Cuba and were swept up as Hurricane Idalia moved north. People have spotted them throughout Florida along with several other states. The photographer encountered challenging conditions to photograph the birds, including wading through ankle- to shin-deep water, thick shoe-sucking mud and a long hike. The photographer also stresses being prepared with water and understanding the terrain as it pertains to geography and direction to avoid getting stranded or lost. The photographer also stresses research on location of the birds because that can be fluid.

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Flamingo sightings are pouring in from states where the birds aren’t usually spotted. Hurricane Idalia may be the cause

When you think of flamingos, the images that come to mind are probably of African water holes, the Caribbean, Florida – or almost anywhere else other than Waynesville, Ohio.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES - 2022/04/12: Delta airlines airplanes are seen parked at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. (Photo by Camilo Freedman/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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Delta flight forced to turn around because of diarrhea incident

A Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Barcelona on Friday night was forced to turn around after a passenger had diarrhea.

Police officers work at the scene as investigations are ongoing the day after a mass shooting in the Kingsessing section of southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Bastiaan Slabbers

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Philadelphia mass shooting suspect told police he did it to clean up the neighborhood, sources say

The man accused of fatally shooting five people in Philadelphia on Monday night told police in sum and substance that he carried out the attack to clean up the neighborhood, two law enforcement sources told CNN.

Mexican authorities were called Tuesday night to a hotel on Camino a la Playa, in the Todos Santos district where they found the bodies of a 22-year-old woman from Newport Beach, California, and a man whose nationality has not yet been determined.

2 Americans found dead in hotel room in Mexican resort town, US official says

Two American citizens were found dead Tuesday in a hotel room in Mexico, a US State Department spokesperson said.

Pat Robertson

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Pat Robertson, Christian televangelist and one-time presidential candidate, dies at age 93

Pat Robertson, the prominent televangelist who founded the Christian Broadcasting Network, made the Christian right a powerful political force and unsuccessfully ran for president in 1988, died on Thursday, the network said in a news release.

Water and debris can be seen in the hallways aboard Carnival's Sunshine.

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Carnival Sunshine was battered by rough weather. ‘It was terrifying,’ passenger says

Cruise ship Carnival Sunshine was rocked by a storm over the weekend, scaring passengers and delaying the ship’s return to port and its next voyage.