One shot dead during argument at Indiana mall

A 23-year-old man was shot and killed during an argument at a northern Indiana mall on Saturday afternoon, according to local reports. Victim Delaney J. Crosby died of at least one gunshot wound at the mall, located in Mishawaka, according to the South Bend Tribune. Officials were still searching for a suspect Saturday night. Videos...
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Wildfires continue to ravage West Coast as death toll soars

SALEM, Ore. — Wildfire smoke that posed a health hazard to millions choked the West Coast on Saturday as firefighters battled deadly blazes that obliterated some towns and displaced tens of thousands of people, the latest in a series of calamities this year. For people already enduring the coronavirus pandemic, the resulting economic fallout and...
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No chick or treat: Peeps maker halts production due to COVID-19

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Peeps treats are going on hiatus for several months — another consequence of the coronavirus pandemic. Just Born Quality Confections said it won’t be producing the popular marshmallow sweets for Halloween, Christmas or Valentine’s Day as the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania-based company prepares for next Easter, PennLive.com reports. Production of the holiday-shaped candies was...
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Michigan State University renames building named after alleged KKK member

Michigan State University on Friday renamed one of its buildings after determining the namesake had been a member of the Ku Klux Klan. Despite his family’s objections, longtime public servant Stephen S. Nisbet’s name was dropped from the building after MSU officials said they discovered his KKK membership card at a library at Central Michigan...
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Teen appeals Slender Man stabbing to Wisconsin Supreme Court

MADISON, Wis. — One of two girls convicted of stabbing a classmate to please the horror character Slender Man asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday to rule that the case should have been tried in juvenile court. Morgan Geyser and Anisa Weier attacked their friend, Payton Leutner, in a Waukesha County park following a...
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College students throw party despite testing positive for COVID-19

A college student house held a party over the Labor Day weekend that included people who had recently tested positive for the coronavirus, according to police body camera footage. Oxford police cited six men who attended a house party near Miami University on Saturday for violating the state’s mass gathering and quarantine ordinance. Bodycam footage...
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North Carolina couple held hands as they died moments apart from COVID-19

A North Carolina couple passed away moments apart from the coronavirus as they held on to each other’s hand. Johnny Lee Peoples, 67, and his wife Cathy Darlene Peoples, 65, both died from the virus after a month-long battle with the infection on Sept. 2 at a Salsbury hospital, People reported. As their time came...
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More than 10 percent of Oregon’s population forced to flee wildfires

More than 500,000 people in Oregon have been forced to flee raging wildfires on the West Coast — over 10 percent of the state’s population. The Oregon Office of Emergency Management said more than 1,400 square miles of the Beaver State have gone up in flames just this week, with hot and windy conditions making...
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Trump hits Biden’s record on jobs at packed Michigan rally

President Trump tore apart Joe Biden’s job creation record at a raucous rally in the key battleground state of Michigan on Thursday evening, calling the former veep a “Washington vulture.” “If Biden’s elected, China will own America. Washington vultures like Biden and others ripped apart entire towns all across your state,” Trump told a crowd...
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Los Angeles County Issues Guidance Discouraging Trick Or Treating This Halloween

As fall approaches and the pandemic continues, health officials in California's most populous county are prohibiting many of the usual Halloween gatherings and recommending against trick or treating.
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Fires Gut Europe's Largest Migrant Camp On The Greek Island Of Lesbos

No cause has been announced but one government minister seemed to blame refugees worried about COVID-19. Some people displaced from the camp deny they would endanger themselves and their families.
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