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Articlesby Dave SmithMay 5, 2017

A Healthy Fear of Lightning

I was on duty when a monsoon hit, killing the power grid and filling the arroyos with flash floods. It was to be a night of adventures and scares

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 20, 2016

New Orleans to Pay $13.3 Million to Settle Lawsuits Over Katrina Police Shootings

Seventeen plaintiffs involved in civil lawsuits over police shootings that happened just before and during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina will split a $13.3 million settlement, Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced at a press conference Monday afternoon.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 4, 2016

Post-Katrina Police Shooting Criminal Cases End with Plea

A former police sergeant admitted on Friday that he helped cover up the fatal police shootings of two people in the chaotic days following Hurricane Katrina, ending a criminal case that roiled the New Orleans Police Department after the 2005 storm.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 11, 2016

NC Trooper Shoots and Kills Man in Area Flooded by Hurricane

A North Carolina state trooper searching for people trapped by flood waters in hard-hit Lumberton shot and killed an angry man who confronted officers while holding a gun, authorities said Tuesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 6, 2016

Baton Rouge First Responders Lose Everything in Flood, Keep Working

Hundreds of Baton Rouge, LA, first responders worked long hours during the days and weeks after the floodwaters began to rise around capital region three weeks ago, even as their own homes sank under the deluge and their families sought shelter.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 5, 2016

Video: Texas Officer Presumed Dead After Swept Away by Flood Waters

An off-duty Southern Methodist University police officer missing since he was swept into the flooded Turtle Creek in Dallas, TX, early Tuesday is presumed dead.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 26, 2016

2 Officers Trapped in Kentucky Cave by Flood Waters Rescued

The two officers were attempting to rescue the trapped cavers when they became trapped as well.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 13, 2016

ATF Says 2013 Texas Fertilizer Plant Disaster was Criminal Act

In an extraordinary turn for one of the ATF's most labored and expensive fire investigations ever, the agency said Wednesday that the deadly blaze that destroyed West Fertilizer Co. in West, TX, in 2013 was a criminal act, and it pleaded for the public's help to find who was responsible.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 21, 2016

5 Former New Orleans Officers Plead Guilty to Charges from Katrina Shootings

The five former NOPD officers accused of shooting unarmed men following Hurricane Katrina in 2005 pleaded guilty at their re-arraignment hearing, Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 29, 2016

NYPD Draws Up Response Plan for Coordinated Terror Attack

The NYPD mapped out behind closed doors its plan for a coordinated attack on the Big Apple with multiple "active shooters," suicide bombers, and terrorists holding innocent people hostage Monday.

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