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Record travel expected over July 4th holiday

(NBC News) Getting to your favorite fireworks display or away for the long July 4th weekend could take a little longer this year. Record travel is expected during the holiday week. “We are projecting that the travel is going to pick up on Wednesday before the holiday, and in those larger actual areas, you’re going to see travel times from…

Accused residential burglar found sleeping naked in homeowner’s bed

BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- A Bowling Green woman, accused of burglarizing a home, was discovered by police sleeping naked in the homeowner’s bed, according to an arrest citation. According to Bowling Green police, officers responded to a home on Thursday in the 100 block of Hadley School Road for a suspicious vehicle call. The homeowner told police he did not recognize…

Airman’s remains return home after 66 years

(KARE) A Minnesota airman, who died while serving his country, has finally made it home more than 66 years after his death. Air force airman Verne Budahn was a 19-year-old mechanic when the plane he was on went down in Alaska’s Mt. Gannett east of Anchorage. Every year since, mountaineering teams have returned to the site in June and painstakingly…

Online horrors: social media’s mental toll

(NBC News) Social media content reviewers work to purge the internet of disturbing posts that can depict animal abuse, murder and child pornography. Shawn Speagle says he is haunted by his work as a former content moderator for Facebook. “I have seen a video of a babysitter choking a toddler to death,” said Speagle. His story is one of many…

Alligator attack suspected in Florida man’s death

(WFLA) A man was found dead from a possible gator attack in Florida Thursday. The man’s body was found in a canal at the Mosaic Company in Fort Meade. The company uses the land for agricultural operations and is closed to the public. It’s unclear why the man was on the property, but officials said he may have been dead…

Vape pen blamed in SUV fire

(WDIV) An Ohio woman says a vape pen charger sparked a fire that destroyed her SUV. It happened in Woodhaven, Michigan Thursday as Crystal Mounts and her five-year-old son sat in their parked car outside a restaurant. Mounts says when she took the batteries out of the vape charger, sparks flew and started a fast moving fire inside the vehicle….

Body camera captures fatal police shooting

(WRAL) Newly-released body camera footage shows a deadly police shooting in North Carolina. It happened in March at home in Durham. Police said they were responding to a domestic incident when they encountered 30-year-old Ondrae Levado Hutchinson, who was reportedly combative, and at one point, punched an officer in the face. That’s when police tazed Hutchinson, who by this time,…