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Neighbors, local firefighters and funeral organizers moved quickly as investigators worked to determine what caused the blast in Lamar Township. MILL HALL, Pa. — A mother and her six children were killed in a house explosion and fire in Clinton County, and the shock of the loss spread across Lamar Township as neighbors recalled a family they said was kind, quiet and hard-working. Authorities identified the mother as Sarah B. Stoltzfus, 34. The children ranged …

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Authorities said there was no active threat after the Monday afternoon incident at Valley Forge High School in Parma Heights. PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio — An 18-year-old student died Monday after a self-inflicted shooting in the cafeteria at Valley Forge High School, prompting a large police and fire response, an evacuation of students and a two-day closure for the district’s two high schools. The death shook the Parma City School District late in the school day …

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Sheriff says unsecured firearm was within reach of child at Poinciana house. POINCIANA, Fla. — Detectives in Osceola County are investigating after a young boy was wounded in an apparent accidental shooting Thursday afternoon inside a Poinciana home. Sheriff Chris Blackmon said the incident was reported around 3:30 p.m. at a residence on Amber Way. According to deputies, the child found an unsecured handgun while relatives and other children were inside the home. The boy …

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Authorities said the child was hospitalized in stable condition after the Monday morning fall in Morrisania. NEW YORK — A 5-year-old boy was injured Monday morning after falling from a third-floor window of a Bronx apartment building in the Morrisania neighborhood, according to authorities and a witness who rushed to get help. The child fell from a window near East 167th Street and Washington Avenue shortly before 11 a.m. and was taken to Harlem Hospital, …

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Two Walnuttown fire leaders died after investigators say an oncoming car crossed into their path during a community search effort. BERKS COUNTY, Pa. — A search for a missing woman in Richmond Township ended in tragedy Saturday when a car slammed into a utility vehicle carrying two volunteer fire chiefs, killing both men and prompting DUI-related charges against the driver, authorities said. The deaths of Jeff Buck and Robert Shick Jr. quickly became more than …

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Troopers said the child was struck after an SUV moved forward in a private driveway on Robinson Avenue. APOPKA, Fla. — A 4-year-old girl died after she was struck by an SUV in a private driveway in Apopka on Wednesday evening, and Florida Highway Patrol said the vehicle was being driven by the child’s mother when the crash happened. The girl, identified as Kamaria Simmons, was hit about 7:14 p.m. April 1 near Robinson Avenue …

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Police said the 5-year-old was expected to survive after the Sunday night shooting. OAKLEY, Calif. — A 5-year-old boy was shot in the torso Sunday night after his father accidentally fired an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle while cleaning firearms at their Oakley home, police said, sending the child by helicopter to a hospital for emergency treatment. The shooting drew a fast police and medical response and left investigators sorting through what Oakley’s police chief called an …

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Investigators said a 19-year-old pedestrian was hit in a Woodside crosswalk as a garbage truck turned off Roosevelt Avenue. NEW YORK, N.Y. — Police in Queens are investigating a fatal late-night collision in Woodside after a private garbage truck struck a 19-year-old woman in a crosswalk while making a turn near Roosevelt Avenue, authorities said Monday. The victim, Nishath Jannath, was crossing 62nd Street at Roosevelt Avenue at about 11:55 p.m. Sunday when the truck …

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Counselors, vigils and a continuing highway patrol investigation followed a field trip collision that killed two Kenwood Middle School students. CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — A school community in Clarksville was grieving Saturday after two Kenwood Middle School students were killed and several other people were injured in a west Tennessee bus crash during a Friday field trip. School leaders and families spent the day responding to the aftermath of a collision that shattered a routine trip …

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The victim was identified as 83-year-old Tan Dinh, a Windsor resident, a day after the crash. WINDSOR, Conn. — Windsor police are asking witnesses to come forward after a three-vehicle crash at Route 218 and Windsor Avenue left one town resident dead and seven other people hospitalized during the Wednesday afternoon commute. The call came in at 2:32 p.m., placing the collision in the middle of a busy part of the day on one of …

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