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Danelo Cavalcante escaped from prison days after being sentenced to life in prison without parole. Police have been on the heels of a convicted murderer who escape d from a suburban Philadelphia prison in late August. Danelo Cavalcante, 34, was convicted of first-degree murder in August for fatally stabbing his former girlfriend in 2021. This photo provided by the Chester County Prison shows Danelo Cavalcante. Cavalcante, convicted this month of fatally stabbing his girlfriend, escaped on Aug. 31, 2023, from the suburban Philadelphia prison and prosecutors say he is also wanted in his native Brazil in a separate slaying. Chester County Prison via AP Days after being sentenced, he broke out of the Chester County Prison in Pocopson Township -- where he was waiting to be transferred to a state correctional institution -- by copying a method another inmate used to escape from the prison weeks prior, officials said. Cavalcante is also wanted for a homicide charge in his native country of ...

Kentucky State Police said two bodies have been found in connection with a plane crash in Ohio County. A search had been underway for an instructor and student pilot. Two bodies were found Thursday morning following a plane crash in Ohio County after a widespread search had been launched for an instructor and student pilot, according to Kentucky State Police. A severe thunderstorm had developed in the area the the time of the suspected crash , according to the Ohio County Sheriff's Department. Officials had been search ing for an instructor pilot and a student pilot after the small plane crash ed on Wednesday near Whitesville, Kentucky. Officials coordinate the search for a missing plane that disappeared Wednesday night during a storm in Kentucky with two people aboard, Sept. 28, 2023. NewsNation MORE: Suspect wanted in murder of Baltimore tech CEO Pava LaPere arrested: US Marshals The plane was found in a heavily wooded area behind a church and a massive search and rescue operati...

A teenager has been arrested after igniting a massive 28-acre fire when he set off fireworks with his friends . A teenager has been arrested after igniting a massive 28-acre fire when he set off fireworks with his friends . The blaze began on Saturday evening when a 16-year-old boy and his friends were riding in an SUV in Eagle, Idaho -- some 10 miles northwest of Boise -- when “one of the boys announced he had a mortar-style firework that he wanted to light off,” according to a statement released by the Eagle Police Department on Thursday evening. MORE: Man dies after swarm of bees attacks him on porch of his own home “The other boys told him not to, because it might start a fire in the area,” authorities said. But that didn’t stop him. “Initial information indicates the boy lit off the firework a brief time later, when the SUV was parked, which did ignite the brush nearby.” The boys made attempts to extinguish the fire but were unsuccessful in their attempts before they dro...

At least eight people were shot in southeastern Florida on Monday during a massive celebration for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, authorities said. At least eight people were shot in southeastern Florida on Monday during a massive celebration for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, authorities said. More than 1,000 people were attending a block party with live music and a car show at Ilous Ellis Park in Fort Pierce, north of West Palm Beach, when multiple gunshots rang out at approximately 5:20 p.m. local time, just hours after an MLK Day parade had ended, according to the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office. "It was mass chaos," Chief Deputy Brian Hester, who took part in the parade, told reporters on Monday night. "People were running in all different directions." MORE: Biden, Harris and thousands of DC residents celebrate MLK at local events One of the eight gunshot victims, all of whom were adults, was hospitalized in critical condition. Four other individuals, inc...

Call it the Golden Age of lottery jackpots DES MOINES, Iowa -- Call it the Golden Age of lottery jackpots . Or to put it another way, what’s up with all the massive lottery prizes? The latest haul up for grabs is a $940 million Mega Millions jackpot, with a drawing set for Friday night. The prize ranks as the sixth largest in U.S. history. That comes less than two months after a player in California won a record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot. Players also won lottery prizes topping $1 billion earlier in 2022 and in 2021. “It’s thrilling to see the Mega Millions jackpot grow throughout the holidays, and now, into the New Year," said Pat McDonald, the director of the Ohio Lottery who also leads the state lotteries overseeing the Mega Millions Game . But while it may seem the lottery gods are showering players with repeated chances at hard-to-fathom riches, the credit for the big prizes is actually due to math -- and more difficult odds. In the fall of 2017, lottery officials appr...