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13-Year-Old Boy Shot In The Chest While Standing On His Porch

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

CHICAGO (CBS) — It was another night of violence across Chicago, with five teenagers among the wounded in eight separate shootings. The youngest victim was just 13 years old. The boy was shot multiple times while standing on a porch around 9:25 p.m. Wednesday in the 2400 block of West 47th

At least 95 killed in Nigeria tanker truck fire

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

By YINKA IBUKUNAssociated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - A truck carrying fuel veered off the road into a ditch, caught fire and exploded in Nigeria's oil-rich delta on Thursday, killing at least 95 people who had rushed to the scene to scoop fuel that had spilled, an official said, in a tragic

Dad sues ex's lover, city after fatal Conn. fire

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - The father of the three girls killed in a Christmas morning house fire has sued the city, his ex-wife's contractor boyfriend and several others who did work on the home, saying they all had roles into making it into a "firetrap." Matthew Badger's lawsuit, filed

With fire out, focus now on Ohio train crash cause

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A rail company says the fire from a train derailment and explosion in Columbus, Ohio, is now out, and it has started clearing the site. Part of the train derailed early Wednesday on Norfolk Southern Corp. tracks north of downtown, and three tank cars carrying ethanol exploded

Father and daughter police go on patrol in LA

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

By RAQUEL MARIA DILLONAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - It's a tradition at the Los Angeles Police Department -when the child of a veteran officer joins the force, father and child pull a shift on patrol together. Usually it's a proud dad and his son. On Wednesday, Officer Jamie

Sheriff, DA investigating bankruptcy-bound CA city

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By AMY TAXIN and DAVID R. MARTINAssociated Press SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - The Sheriff's Department said Thursday it was working with police and the district attorney's office to investigate possible criminal activity within the government of San Bernardino, where city officials voted

UPDATE: Near Drowning At Spirit Lake

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

UPDATE: Sheriff's Office investigators have a much better understanding of what happened in the near drowning incident Wednesday at Spirit Lake. According to the investigation August J. (A.J.) Marksworth, 16 of Spirit Lake and Nathan T. Thiers, 15, also of Spirit Lake were at the mill pond area

And The Winner Is...

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

COEUR d'ALENE, Idaho. - An estimated crowd of 2,000 people braved the heat Wednesday night hoping to become winners in the NIC Foundation's Really BIG Raffle drawing. Cash and prizes totaling more than $290,000 were given away at the 19th annual event, including the $255,000 house built by

Four Spokane Valley Arson Suspects Arrested

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

SPOKANE, Wash. - Spokane Valley Fire Department says they arrested four juvenile suspects responsible for starting 20 fires near Central Valley High School. Altogether the damage cost more than $16,000. All of the fires were started in the early morning, between 1 and 3 AM. Most of these fires were

New blazes break out in Utah

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 11th

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Three new wildfires are burning in Utah. The Salt Lake Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/LMxxdr) lightning set off one blaze in high-desert grasslands about 20 miles north of the tiny Box Elder County community of Grouse Creek. Another grass fire is burning in that region. A