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Noemi “Emi” Vatavuk contacted her grandparents and helped emergency crews reach the family’s apartment during her mother’s medical crisis. RUSK, TX — A 3-year-old East Texas girl helped get emergency care to her mother during a seizure by calling her grandparents, following their instructions and unlocking the family’s apartment for paramedics, according to UT Health East Texas EMS. Noemi “Emi” Vatavuk was home in Rusk with her mother, Aiden Wilkie, when Wilkie suffered the seizure …

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Prosecutors said the infant suffered multiple skull fractures, while her parents offered differing accounts of how she was hurt. BALTIMORE, MD — Two 21-year-old parents are being held without bail after their 2-month-old daughter died at a Baltimore hospital with serious head and brain injuries, including multiple skull fractures, according to police, charging documents and statements made by prosecutors in court. Katerin Monzon-Alvarado and Oscar Pineda face first- and second-degree child abuse, first- and second-degree …

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Police say the teenager was among three people involved in pushing 29-year-old Kyle Bickham from a moving train near 69th Street. CHICAGO — A 15-year-old girl has been charged with first-degree murder after police said she helped push a 29-year-old man from a moving CTA Red Line train on Chicago’s South Side, leading to his death. The girl, whose name has not been released because she is a juvenile, was arrested Friday in connection with …

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Police charged a 51-year-old man with murder after the state medical examiner determined Fortune’s death was a homicide. JACKSON, MS — Mississippi police have arrested a 51-year-old man in the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black mother of four whose body was found hanging from a tree behind a vacant Jackson home in August, after the state medical examiner determined that her death was a homicide. Jackson Police Chief RaShall Brackney announced Sept. 11 …

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Investigators said the 69-year-old driver was struck in a Pompano Beach bus lot where the parking lights were reportedly off. POMPANO BEACH, FL — A longtime Broward County school bus driver died after he was struck by another district bus in a transportation lot early Wednesday, authorities said, as investigators examine the circumstances surrounding the fatal collision. The Broward Sheriff’s Office identified the driver who died as Alfred Desmandes, 69, of Margate. Traffic homicide detectives …

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Investigators used surveillance footage and license plate reader data to trace the 12-year-old to a home in Independence County. SPARTANBURG, SC — A 12-year-old Spartanburg County girl reported missing Tuesday was found safe the next day in Arkansas, authorities said, ending an interstate search that led to the arrest of a 31-year-old man on a kidnapping charge. Riley Berryhill was located Wednesday in Independence County, Arkansas, after investigators in South Carolina traced a vehicle connected …

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Authorities say the 17-year-old was safely located after disappearing from Columbus, while a Springfield man now faces a custody-related charge. SPRINGFIELD, OH — A teenage girl who had been missing from Columbus for more than eight months has been found alive, bringing an end to a search that increasingly focused on the Springfield area and prompting a criminal case against a man authorities accuse of keeping her from her lawful custodian. Rayina Lynn Haddox, now …

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Police said the wounded 37-year-old man was hospitalized and taken into custody after entering a northwest Milwaukee residence. MILWAUKEE, WI — A Milwaukee woman shot her 37-year-old ex-boyfriend Thursday morning after he allegedly broke into her home following months of reported stalking, according to police and local news reports. Milwaukee police said the shooting happened at about 9:56 a.m. Sept. 10 in the 5200 block of North 67th Street, near West Villard Avenue. Police said …

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The 15-year-old survived on an overturned fishing skiff near St. Lawrence Island while two other boaters died. JUNEAU, AK — A 15-year-old boy was rescued from an overturned fishing boat in the Bering Sea after surviving for days near Alaska’s remote St. Lawrence Island, where search crews also recovered two other boaters who had died, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The teenager was found Monday, Sept. 7, sitting on top of the capsized 18-foot …

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Police found four people with gunshot wounds inside a Forbes Road home after an emergency call Thursday morning. GASTON COUNTY, NC — Two people were reported dead and two others critically wounded after police found four people shot inside a Gaston County home Thursday morning, according to law enforcement information reported by local and national news organizations. Gaston County Communications received a 911 call reporting a shooting in the 2600 block of Forbes Road at …

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