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WATCH: Washington Officials Discuss Bridge Collapse
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Three people were rescued from a rushing river after a bridge collapsed along Interstate-5 in Washington State on Thursday evening, plunging two cars into the water below, according to Washington State Patrol. Dan Sligh, one of the three people rescued, told NBC affiliate KING 5 News that he thought his life was over when he felt the water rushing into his car. "When you looked at all the carnage of the metal and stuff around you, I assumed that was it at that point." His wife and another rescued man were hospitalized with hypothermia. Authorities say they have no reason to believe any others are still in the river, NBC News reported. The 57-year-old bridge fell into the Skagit River around 7 p.m. local time after a truck hauling an oversized load of drilling equipment slammed into part of it, disconnecting traffic along the state's major freeway into Canada. Officials are investigating the incident and say it could be months before the bridge is repaired.
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Pakistan Airways Plane Intercepted in U.K., 2 Arrested
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Police in the U.K. have arrested two men aboard a Pakistan Airways passenger plane that was diverted to London's Stansted airport. The plane was forced to divert after an "angry passenger" told a flight attendant he would set off a bomb, a senior Pakistan International Airlines official told NBC News. Fighter jets from Britain's Royal Air Force intercepted the Boeing 777, which was traveling from Lahore to Manchester, England earlier Friday, NBC News reported. The British Ministry of Defence said in a statement that typhoon aircraft were launched to "investigate an incident involving a civilian aircraft within U.K. airspace" after the plane sent an emergency radar signal to air traffic controllers. The two men, ages 30 and 41, have been removed from the plane and are being taken to a police station to be interviewed by detectives, Essex police said in a statement. Stansted airport tweeted that it "is open and operating as normal."
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Obama: Sex Crimes Threaten Trust in U.S. Military
President Barack Obama touched on the sexual assault crisis that has been plaguing the military's image in a speech Friday directed to the graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy. "Those who commit a sexual assault are not only committing a crime, they threaten the trust and discipline that make our military strong," he said. His remarks, at a stadium in Annapolis, Md., come less than two weeks after an Army sergeant first class responsible for handling sex assault cases had been accused of sexual misconduct. That incident came on the heels of a similar case, in which a lieutenant colonel in charge of an Air Force sexual assault prevention program was accused of groping a woman in a parking lot.
"If we want to restore the trust that the American people deserve to have in their institutions," Obama added, "all of us have to do our part and those of us in leadership, myself included, have to constantly strive to remain worthy of the public trust."
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Man Killed in FBI Questioning Described as Talented Fighter
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The friend of Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev who was fatally shot in a confrontation with FBI interrogators Wednesday was described by people acquainted with him as a talented mixed martial arts fighter. "You get a fair mix of guys who come from solid backgrounds, and then you get guys who probably shouldn't be fighting already but just kind of jump in there," Chris Palmquist, who operates the registry for amateur and professional MMA fighters, told NBC News. "He was definitely a pretty good amateur fighter." Ibragim Todashev attended the same gym as Tsarnaev, and was acquainted with the bombing suspect. Law enforcement officials said that the 27-year-old man of Chechen origin confessed to committing a triple homicide in 2011 with Tsarnaev before attacking an agent with a knife. Agents then shot and killed the man.
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Calif. Reveals Prices for "Obamacare" Health Insurance
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California announced the plans and rates on Thursday that consumers will pay for a selection of health plans offered through the state under President Barack Obama’s health care law, Reuters reported. Under the Affordable Care Act, people who do not get or cannot afford health insurance through their jobs can buy coverage through an exchange, at a group rate negotiated by state regulators. The cost to a 40-year-old would range from about $40 to $300 per month for a mid-level plan. The prices in Calif. and those announced in Washington, Vermont and other states, show that premiums under the sweeping federal reform law can be more affordable than had previously been thought. "Most consumers buying coverage in the individual market will get financial help and see their premiums go down,” said Anthony Wright, executive director of advocacy group Health Access. Republicans predicted that high premiums would doom “Obamacare” as the uninsured would not be able to pay for coverage even with federal subsidies.
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5 Climbers Feared Dead on World's 3rd Highest Peak
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Five climbers are missing on Mount Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest mountain, and feared dead, a mountaineering official said Friday, The Associated Press reported. Bad weather was preventing a rescue helicopter from reaching their base camp. Nepal's Mountaineering Department official Dipendra Poudelsaid said Friday that the climbers were descending from the summit when they were believed to have slipped or fallen at an altitude of about 25,900 feet. The five climbers, include two Hungarians, Zsolt Eross, 45, and Peter Kiss, 27, and a South Korean, Namsoo Park, 47.
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At Least 16 Injured in Bus Crash Near Atlanta Airport
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At least 16 people were injured Friday morning when an airport shuttle bus crashed into a tractor-trailer near Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International airport, NBC News reported. All the victims, including at least two in serious condition, have been transported to area hospitals. NBC affiliate WXIA reported that the bus, which serves hotel north of the airport, was heading to the airport at the time of the crash. Earlier reports said 18 had been injured.
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Those who commit sexual assault are not only committing a crime, they threaten the trust and discipline that make our military strong.
Boy Saved with "Printed" 3-D Airway Tube
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Doctors in Ohio used a 3-D laser printer to create a medical device that saved the life of a 19-month-old boy. The boy, Kaiba Gionfriddo, was born with a birth defect that caused him airway to collapse and stop his breathing. With special approval from the Food and Drug Administration, doctors were able to implant a small tube created with a 3-D laser printer into the boy's airway, which allowed him to breathe normally for the first time in his life. The operation, done last year when the boy was 3 months old, was described in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine. The tube, which was created by computer-guided lasers that stacked and fused thin layers of plastic, is designed to be absorbed by the body as healthy tissue grows over it, over the course of three years. Such a procedure had never been done before.
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Principal of Tornado-Ravaged School Recalls Moment of Horror
The principal of Moore, Okla.'s Plaza Tower Elementary School, which ripped apart in Monday's twister, recalled hearing the monster storm approach in an exclusive interview with NBC's Rock Center. "I started to yell ... in God's name, go away, go away—and I yelled it four or five times," said Amy Simpson. "And then it was gone." On Thursday students and teachers reunited for the first time since the storm before the start of summer vacation. Seven students died when the storm flattened the school. The first funerals began Thursday. Two funerals will be held on Friday and one on Saturday, school officials in the town said.
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Jersey Shore Towns to Vacationers: We’re Still Here
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N.J. Shore Town Destroyed by Sandy Confronts an Uncertain Future
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