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Leaders celebrate completion of public housing sprinkler installations

Leaders celebrate completion of public housing sprinkler installations

Nearly five years ago, a fire at a Minneapolis public housing high-rise killed six people. On Monday, officials said they’ve met their goal of installing fire suppression systems in every public housing complex.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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‘I don’t want to die,’ Uvalde student told 911 dispatcher during mass shooting

‘I don’t want to die,’ Uvalde student told 911 dispatcher during mass shooting

As a gunman shot and killed 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, terrified pupils and staff members made frantic calls to 911. One student told an operator there were “a lot” of bodies as she begged for help, saying, “Please, I don’t want to die.”
by The Associated Press

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Emergency responders use drone to rescue man from drowning in Sauk Lake

Emergency responders use drone to rescue man from drowning in Sauk Lake

Around 2:26 a.m. a caller said the man swam toward the middle of the lake where he appeared to struggle, and by the time the Sauk Centre Police arrived, officers couldn’t see the man from the shore. They then launched a drone. 
by Hannah Yang

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A hydrothermal explosion sends Yellowstone visitors running

A hydrothermal explosion sends Yellowstone visitors running

A video posted on Facebook showed park visitors running from a massive black cloud as it rose. Hydrothermal explosions happen when water suddenly turns into steam underground.
by James Doubek

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Trench collapses have killed hundreds of workers in the U.S. over the last decade

Trench collapses have killed hundreds of workers in the U.S. over the last decade

More than 250 people have died since 2013 when trenches they were working in caved in. In most cases, the employers failed to follow basic government regulations for making trenches safe.
by Cheryl W. Thompson, Robert Benincasa, Avery Jessa Chapnick and Josh Peck

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