Mississippi man fatally ‘buried under hot asphalt’ while working on truck
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Mississippi man fatally ‘buried under hot asphalt’ while working on truck

A Mississippi man was fatally “buried” alive under “hot asphalt” after his truck malfunctioned and released the smoldering pavement on top of him, according to police. Darrell Sheriff, 41, was working on a hydraulic line underneath a truck he was picking up from AJ Materials in Jackson on Monday when…

Man, 24, falls to death from third-story building as NYC marathon runners pass nearby
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Man, 24, falls to death from third-story building as NYC marathon runners pass nearby

A 24-year-old man fell to his death from a third-story building near the path of this year’s New York City Marathon, according to the NYPD. The man, who was not publicly named, fell at around 12:30 p.m. on Sunday as racers were passing through South 6th Street and Bedford Avenue…

Chianti Means’ haunting final post revealed before jumping off Niagara Falls with 2 kids
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Chianti Means’ haunting final post revealed before jumping off Niagara Falls with 2 kids

The New York mom who jumped to her death at Niagara Falls with her baby and young son wrote a series of harrowing posts detailing her heartbreak at splitting from her baby daddy. Chianti Means, 33, wrote the Facebook posts under the name Diamond Scott in the weeks before police…

Mother of teen who died subway surfing begs others not to do it — ‘Think of the pain you will cause your family’
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Mother of teen who died subway surfing begs others not to do it — ‘Think of the pain you will cause your family’

The heartbroken mother of a teenage girl who died after tumbling off the top of a subway car last weekend said she’s so distraught she doesn’t want to live — and begged other kids not to participate in the dangerous social media stunt. “Stop [subway] surfing — it’s not a…

Oldest person in the US, Elizabeth Francis, dies at 115 years old in Houston
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Oldest person in the US, Elizabeth Francis, dies at 115 years old in Houston

Elizabeth Francis, the oldest person in the US., died peacefully at the age of 115 on Tuesday. Francis was the third-oldest person in the world at the time of her death, according to LongeviQuest, a database on the world’s oldest people. “Ms. Elizabeth was a Houstonian icon and a cherished member of the…

Girl, 11, believed to be sole survivor of mass slaughter in ritzy Seattle suburb by alleged teen killer
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Girl, 11, believed to be sole survivor of mass slaughter in ritzy Seattle suburb by alleged teen killer

An 11-year-old girl is believed to be the sole survivor of the mass killing inside a lavish Washington state home on Monday where five family members — including three young kids — were found shot to death, according to local reports.  A 15-year-old boy is behind bars after police found…

A Tennessee nurse and his dog died trying to save a man from Hurricane Helene
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A Tennessee nurse and his dog died trying to save a man from Hurricane Helene

As the Hurricane Helene-driven waters rose around the Nolichucky River in Tennessee, Boone McCrary, his girlfriend and his chocolate lab headed out on his fishing boat to search for a man who was stranded by floodwaters that had leveled his home. But the thick debris in the water jammed the boat’s motor,…