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Trooper Hayden Phillips, 30, was fatally shot along Interstate 65 in Warren County, according to Kentucky State Police. Phillips, a three-year veteran of the agency, leaves behind his wife and three young sons. “He was senselessly murdered,” U.S. Attorney Kyle Bumgarner said during a September 28 news conference. “We have a wife that expected her…

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A 24-year-old Iowa teacher is being remembered as a hero after she died while trying to save her 10-year-old student during a fifth-grade field trip. Hannah Jorgensen, a fifth-grade teacher at Borlaug Elementary School in Iowa City, and her student, Ahmed Osman, died after an incident at Lake Macbride State Park near the Coralville Reservoir…

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A young couple who had been married for just three months and were expecting their first child have died after their fishing boat collided with a water taxi in Venice, Italy. Sean Michieli, 25, and his pregnant wife, Gabriella Querino, 26, were traveling through the Venice lagoon early Sept. 12 when their small boat collided…

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A day that began with a joyful baptism of one of their children ended in unimaginable heartbreak for an Arizona couple after their 5-year-old son died inside a hot car while loved ones gathered at their home to celebrate. Mihail and Anca Sabo attended church September 13th with their children, where one of them was…

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A young Ohio teacher who had recently become engaged and was just beginning his career was killed in a fiery crash that authorities say involved a suspected drunk driver who had previously been deported from the United States. Cameron Lyon, 23, died following the Sept. 6 crash on U.S. Route 33 in Fairfield County. His…

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A beloved Minnesota pastor has died weeks after suffering a severe spinal cord injury and nearly drowning during a cruise celebrating his son’s wedding. He was 58. Pastor Steve Junker of Chippewa Lutheran Church in Brandon died surrounded by his family and friends after doctors determined his injuries could not be treated, according to his…

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Four members of the same family — a husband and wife and their two grandchildren — have been found dead after their small plane crashed off the coast of the Bahamas while they were flying to Florida. The victims have been identified by family members as Mario Lamar Sr., 80, his wife, Lili Lamar, 79,…

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Erin Piacenti had just completed her first day back at work after five months of maternity leave. The 32-year-old new mother never made it home to her husband and baby girl. Piacenti, a vice president at Bank of America, was walking through Times Square on Monday afternoon when police say a knife-wielding woman stabbed her…

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A Louisiana family is grieving the heartbreaking loss of 8-year-old Lillian Smart, who died Aug. 22 after health officials believe she contracted a rare and often deadly brain infection linked to swimming in a northern Louisiana lake. Lillian died at a Ruston hospital just one day after celebrating her eighth birthday. “The injuries to her…

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A beloved Ohio mother of three was killed earlier this month in a freak accident when a massive tree suddenly fell onto her SUV as she drove along a highway. Bridget E. Reagan, 35, of Minerva, was driving a 2023 Jeep Wagoneer west on U.S. Route 30 in Paris Township when a tree toppled from…
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