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Florida Department of Transportation (INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, Fla.) — A 77-year-old Vermont man was killed on Sunday afternoon while attempting to rescue a turtle on Interstate 95 in Indian River County, Florida, authorities said. The fatal accident occurred around 4:20 p.m. on the southbound lanes of I-95, just north of Sebastian Boulevard, according to the […]

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An elderly woman was killed after a suspect stole the vehicle she was a passenger in and then crashed into a building in Washington, D.C., police said. The carjacking was reported at Washington Hospital Center Monday afternoon, police said. The elderly victim was sitting in the front passenger seat of […]

Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEWTON, Mass.) — A couple celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary and a relative in her 90s were found stabbed and bludgeoned to death in a Boston area home over the weekend, prompting authorities to warn residents to lock their doors and be vigilant as investigators work to identify the killer, officials said. The […]

WABC-TV (NEW YORK) — A father and his four children were saved from an early morning house fire by a neighbor and a passerby who saw smoke coming from the home’s garage and were able to alert the sleeping family, police said. The fire was reported around 5:35 a.m. Wednesday at a home in South […]

Kali9/Getty Images (SAN ANTONIO, Texas) — An elderly man was killed and a woman critically injured in a “horrific” dog attack in Texas on Friday, authorities said. The incident occurred around 1:45 p.m. local time in a residential area of San Antonio. Responding firefighters had to fend off the dogs with pickaxes and pipe poles, […]