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Rider on Georgia Roller Coaster Dies and Several Others Are Injured

13 October 2026 at 00:43
The episode happened Monday afternoon at the Six Flags Over Georgia amusement park, the police said. It was not immediately clear what led up to the rider’s death.

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An image from a video shows a park worker helping riders evacuate a roller coaster after a rider died at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday.

Republicans Promoted a False Rumor That James Talarico Was in Ohio

13 October 2026 at 00:41
The Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas spent nine days off the trail with what he and his campaign said was a bad case of the flu. His opponents fueled rumors, including one that spread widely before it was debunked.

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James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, is trying to defeat Ken Paxton, the state’s Republican attorney general, in one of this year’s top races.

Calls Show How Confusion Delayed Emergency Response for Christa Pike

13 October 2026 at 00:13
The first 911 call from inside the prison was made at 8:40 p.m. It took about 30 minutes to verify its authenticity.

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Dispatch and radio calls show confusion that led to a delay in emergency response.

39-year-old unvaccinated woman becomes 6th measles death in Pennsylvania

By: Beth Mole
12 October 2026 at 21:54

A 39-year-old unvaccinated woman in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, has become the sixth person to die of the highly infectious virus amid a state outbreak that has stricken over a thousand people since it began in April.

The woman died on Saturday, October 10. She had several underlying health conditions and had recently tested positive for measles, according to an advisory posted on social media by Franklin County Coroner Jordan Conner. The advisory noted that the woman's death meets the definition of a measles death set by the state's health department.

In an emailed statement to The Washington Post, the coroner's office said the primary cause of death was listed as "probable acute cardiac event due to possible complications of the measles."

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