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Richard_Lawrence_Photo/iStock(CORAL GABLES, Fla.) — Two suspects and two civilians died in Florida on Thursday after an attempted robbery led to the theft of a UPS truck and a shootout with police. The incident began at a jewelry store in Coral Gables, police said. At least one store employee was injured. That person’s status is unknown. The two suspects, police said, then carjacked a UPS truck, holding the driver hostage during police pursuit. The driver was among those killed, along with an innocent bystander at the scene of the shootout. The…

Ansonia Police Department(ANSONIA, Conn.) — A body found inside the home of a missing 1-year-old Connecticut girl has been identified as the child’s mother, police said Thursday. Christine Halloway, 43, was found dead on Monday night in an Ansonia home where she and her daughter Vanessa Morales lived, according to Ansonia Police Lt. Patrick Lynch. However, the baby was nowhere to be found. Lynch said the priority of the investigation is bringing Vanessa home safely. “We just want to know where she is and she is safe and well,” he…

KTRK-TV(HOUSTON) — It used to be that police departments needed to have a helicopter to identify and locate fleeing suspects from the air. But not anymore. The advent of drone technology is putting that capability into the hands of even small law enforcement agencies. “It took a helicopter to chase bad guys in the past, and it was very expensive to do that — something that an agency our size could never possibly afford,” Lt. Russell Brown of the Bellaire Police Department in Texas told Houston ABC station KTRK-TV. Now,…

VanderWolf-Images/iStock(ST. CLOUD, Minn.) — Three soldiers aboard a Minnesota Army National Guard helicopter were killed after the UH-60 Black Hawk crashed during a flight from an Army aviation facility in St. Cloud, Minnesota, on Thursday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said. The UH-60 Black Hawk lost communication with the tower about 2:05 p.m. on Thursday while it was conducting a maintenance test flight, according to the Minnesota National Guard. Officials said the names of the soldiers would be released once their families were notified. According to emergency radio calls, the helicopter…

WABC(NEW YORK) — An Amtrak maintenance man was working on an electrical line in New York City when he was electrocuted and killed Thursday morning, according to the New York Police Department. The line was supposed to be powered off by a transformer, but it wasn’t, authorities said. The deadly incident occurred in the Bronx around 11 a.m. The man was found dead at the scene.  Two employees suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to Amtrak. “We are deeply saddened to report the death of an Amtrak employee,” Amtrak officials said in…

Traditional grocery stores in America are struggling. But some regional grocers are using local expertise to maintain their cult-like appeal.

Former Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tim Ryan endorsed Joe Biden’s presidential bid Wednesday, saying the former vice president has the ability to win swing states President Donald Trump won in 2016.

The House is taking a historic step forward Wednesday in its impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, holding public hearings that Democrats hope will show the public that the President abused the power of his office to obtain dirt on a potential 2020 rival while withholding vital security aid from Ukraine.

The underpaid and overworked lawyers on Capitol Hill will have their turn in the spotlight on Wednesday, as Daniel Goldman and Steve Castor emerge from their temporary home in the basement of the Capitol to publicly question for the first time key witnesses in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.