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Severe turbulence on Delta flight forces emergency landing and sends more than two dozen on board to hospitals

Some passengers were terrified, convinced the plane was going down. One seasoned traveler said it was the roughest flight he’d ever taken. A woman on board felt like she was experiencing an earthquake.

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Florida police under fire as video of Black man punched, dragged by deputies during traffic stop goes viral

A cell phone video showing a White police officer in Jacksonville, Florida, striking a Black man in the face during a February traffic stop before officers dragged the driver from his car has sparked outrage online as conflicting accounts of the incident have emerged.

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REAL ID is now required for air travel in America. Here’s what’s happening at airports across the US

The time has come. Travelers flying within the US starting Wednesday must use a state-issued ID that is “REAL ID compliant” or be subject to further screening.

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Authorities traced this Myrtle Beach wildfire to a South Carolina woman’s backyard. She is now facing charges

A South Carolina woman faces charges after igniting yard debris that burned out of control and allegedly sparked a wildfire that has scorched more than 2,000 acres near Myrtle Beach, the state’s forestry officials said.

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The Tate brothers left Romania and are facing an active criminal investigation in Florida. Here’s what we know

Self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan recently arrived in Florida from Romania, where they are facing charges of human trafficking, setting off a flurry of concern and anger – and a state-level criminal investigation.

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Texas to investigate lottery jackpots as questions swirl about online ticketing firms

Texas’ governor has directed state law enforcement to investigate two controversial lottery jackpots amid growing scrutiny over the role of online ticketing firms in the state.

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Death toll rises in multi-state floods as rivers rise and rescues continue

Water levels were still rising on some waterways in Kentucky and other portions of the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic flooded by a deadly coast-to-coast winter storm and now snow and dangerous cold is coming.

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Over 75% of the US expected to face freezing temperatures this week as rare winter storm barrels toward the South

Most of the United States is being assailed with extreme winter weather this week as Arctic air blasts south from Canada, snow tracks up the Northeast coast and a potentially crippling winter storm takes aim at the South.

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Fireworks, gas tanks and camping fuel used in Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside Las Vegas Trump Hotel

Authorities believe fireworks, gas tanks and camping fuel were connected to a detonation system controlled by the driver in the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside a Trump Hotel in Las Vegas Wednesday morning, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation.

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30-year-old charged with murder in connection with train shooting near Chicago that killed 4 passengers, police say

A Chicago man has been charged with murder in connection with the fatal shootings of four passengers who appeared to be sleeping on a Chicago Transit Authority train Monday morning, police say.

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