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A deadly plane crash on a Texas highway turned an ordinary Tuesday night into a scene of panic, courage and heartbreak, after a private business jet came down near Laredo and burst into flames as drivers, police officers, firefighters and bystanders rushed toward the wreckage to help the people trapped inside. The crash, which happened on Loop 20 near the Texas-Mexico border, killed one person and injured several others, while also leaving behind powerful images of strangers working together in the middle of smoke, fire and confusion to save lives…

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Anguished relatives of the Gilgo Beach, New York, serial killing victims aimed decades of anger at their loved ones’ killer, Rex Heuermann, at his sentencing on Wednesday before the judge demanded officers remove the former architect from the courtroom. “I can’t even put into words the eviscerating hatred I have for you,” said Jasmine Robinson, cousin of victim Jessica Taylor, who would have turned 43 on Wednesday. “You fill me with so much repugnance.”. Another cousin, Violet Swager, remembered Taylor as “fierce, kind, compassionate, beautiful and intelligent.” She said to…

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The judge’s words landed like a blunt force. A teenager, barely old enough to vote, was handed a prison sentence so long it seemed to defy the limits of a human life. Gasps died in throats as the courtroom froze, every eye fixed on the young defendant seated at the defense table. His shoulders dropped, his face tightened, and within seconds the emotion he had been trying to hold back broke through. The video, short and shaky, captured only a fragment of the moment, but it was enough to ignite…

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A Binghamton man has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting his wife during a domestic dispute. The shooting occurred in a single-family home at 162 Park Avenue around 11:40 a.m. Sunday. Investigators said they determined 53-year-old Stanley A. Degroat fired a single shot from a handgun at his wife. The gunshot grazed her hand, causing a minor injury. Degroat fled the scene on an e-bike before police arrived. The suspect was found a few minutes later by a Broome County sheriff’s deputy at a residence more than a…

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A tragic rope-jumping accident in Brazil has left a young woman dead and raised serious questions about safety standards, supervision, and responsibility in extreme sports activities promoted to the public as controlled adventures. The victim, identified in reports as 21-year-old Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, died after she was launched from the edge of São Paulo state’s “Skeleton Bridge,” a structure in Limeira known locally as Ponte do Esqueleto, during what was supposed to be an organized rope-jumping experience. The activity, which is meant to give participants the sensation of…

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