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Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Twenty-eight people were rescued in a “historic” storm which brought major flooding in New York City, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Saturday. A state of emergency will remain in effect for the next six days, she said. No deaths were reported from the storm, she said at a press conference. […]

Facebook / Placer County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — A 19-year-old man has been rescued dangling approximately 700 feet above a river in California after getting stuck there while his friend filmed the whole ordeal. The incident occurred on Monday just before 6:30 p.m. when authorities from the Placer County Sheriff’s Department say they received […]

CT757fan/Getty Images (ASTORIA, Ore.) — A man saved from a sinking yacht was later identified as a wanted suspect who allegedly left a fish on the porch of the house from The Goonies in Oregon, police said. The yacht had been stolen and the man, identified as Jericho Labonte, 35, was arrested after the rescue, […]