Swatters are increasingly using AI technology that creates synthetic voices or sound effects to generate remarkably believable fake emergency calls to law enforcement.
Officials say the child was found close to his father's home on Tuesday, a day after he was taken, and is being cared for in hospital.
In Pennsylvania, health officials use a quiet vaccination campaign designed to win the trust of the state's Amish community, which has been hit hard by the measles outbreak.
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The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a jet engine blast from a commercial flight that sent a small plane with two people inside rolling onto its roof at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California. No one was injured in the incident.
For decades, two families in Washington County, Pennsylvania, mourned their daughters while the answer to who killed them remained a mystery. Now, nearly 50 years after the pair of murders, authorities say a serial killer was responsible.
Notts County earned a penalty shootout victory over non-league side Altrincham, but even among those present at Moss Lane, few saw it as fog made a mockery of the conclusion.
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Inspired by her jersey number 67, Medhavi Bidhuri’s ‘6-7’ celebration went viral in August before Yuzvendra Chahal recreated it in English county cricket.
Thousands across the U.S. have gotten involved to oppose data centers. One is a Maryland woman who'd been evicted after a pay cut and became a leader of a community effort that blocked a vast project.
At least one person is dead and 22 others injured when a driver struck a group of cyclists in Wake County, North Carolina at around 9:35 a.m. Saturday morning, according to Chief LeRoy Smith of the Holly Springs Fire Department. The vehicle crossed the center line, according to CNN affiliate WRAL.
As the dust settled on Election Night, Democratic operatives working to elect James Talarico were surprised by the breadth of his victory across Texas’ 254 counties. But even then, one area stood out: Kaufman County.
While Democratic victories in marquee national contests took the spotlight this week, with the party securing at least 250 seats in the House and winning back the Senate, several candidates in down-ballot races across the country clinched what appear to be surprising wins.
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A bus rider in St. Lucie County, Florida, walked through waist-high floodwater after torrential rain on Monday.
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The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office released body camera footage from an officer responding to a shooting in a Citibank complex near Tampa. Authorities said a security guard stopped the gunmen in an exchange of fire. One woman was killed and at least five others were injured, according to law enforcement.
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Some polling stations have experienced vote-delaying issues that officials describe as being minor.
A person in Yakima County, Washington, who caught bird flu after being exposed to infected dairy cows has died following a severe illness, county health officials said Sunday.
A child in Lewis County, New York, has died after contracting measles, Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement Monday. It is the state’s first measles-related death in 30 years.
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New York governor says case is ‘devastating reminder of what’s at stake’ when vaccine protections are eroded
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The threat is still considered to be low, but the virus continues to spread.