Pregnant mom killed in mass shooting inside Bay Area Spirit Halloween store

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Mass shooting at Halloween party near U. Delaware leaves 6 wounded, sends costumed partiers fleeing

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Delaware

At least six people were injured in a mass shooting at a Halloween party Saturday night near the University of Delaware — sending costumed college kids fleeing in the chaos. Cops were called to a crowded stretch of downtown Newark, Del., sh

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Indiana University mass shooting leaves at least 7 hurt on major party street during homecoming weekend

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Indiana

At least seven people were injured early Sunday morning in a mass shooting near the Indiana University campus in Bloomington during homecoming weekend.

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1 dead, 8 shot in mass shooting outside college football game in Alabama

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Alabama

One person has been detained and "multiple weapons" were secured, police said.

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Clocks fall back tonight and the heating season starts the same week — expect a CO and dark-shift double-up

The change to standard time lands alongside the first sustained cold snap of the year, and both feed call types you'll see this week.

The FirstResponders Desk · 2hr ago

Clocks go back this weekend — the hazards that come with it start now

The shift into late fall changes what you'll run on, and most of it is predictable enough to prepare for before the tones drop.

The FirstResponders Desk · 18hr ago

The heating season is open — expect CO calls and the first ice

Late October flips the hazard profile toward cold, carbon monoxide and surfaces that look wet but aren't.

The FirstResponders Desk · 1d ago

Reported Halloween-store shooting in Fairfield, California drives a manhunt as crews work floods, snow and a rash of fire detections

A deadly shooting at a Spirit Halloween store is reported but not yet confirmed by any agency, while severe-weather warnings and dozens of unconfirmed satellite fire detections frame the shift.

The FirstResponders Desk · 1d ago

Pregnant mom killed in mass shooting inside Bay Area Spirit Halloween store

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