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Dead shark found on subway train confuses commuters

New Yorkers are trying to figure out how a dead shark ended up on a New York City subway train. After multiple users posted photos on the social network Instagram of what appeared to be a dead shark on New York’s Queens-bound N train, one person who had seen the shark wrote to the website Gothamist explaining the strange occurrence.

Usher’s ex-wife gets custody hearing after son nearly drowns

A judge has scheduled an emergency custody hearing requested by Usher’s ex-wife after one of the pair’s sons nearly drowned at the singer’s Atlanta home. Police said 5-year-old Usher Raymond V fell in the pool and became stuck in the drain on Monday. A contractor doing work at the home pulled him out and performed CPR.

Rescuers try to reach survivors in collapsed apartment in Argentina

Argentine firefighters found potential signs of life Wednesday as they hunted through the ruins of a 10-story apartment building destroyed by a gas explosion that killed 10 people, injured dozens and left 12 unaccounted for. Officials said damaged towers alongside were in danger of collapsing upon the rescuers.

 
Obama ‘disappointed’ in Russia’s Snowden decision

President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he was “disappointed” that Russia granted temporary asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, defying Obama administration demands he be sent back to the U.S.

Hotshot survivor ‘numb’ after hearing of deaths

The surviving member of an elite Arizona firefighting crew that was overrun by flames says he went numb after learning the 19 men he considered his brothers were dead, and he wonders why he alone was spared what he calls a “horrible, freak accident.”

 
Cleveland house in kidnap, rape case demolished

With several swipes from the arm of an excavator and a smattering of applause from spectators, demolition began Wednesday morning on the Cleveland house where three women were held captive and raped for more than a decade.

Twitter abuse spurs new regulations for site, users

Many argue that trolls are an annoyance which should just be ignored, but the catalogue of graphic threats made public by the women involved have ignited a national debate over the impunity of those spewing the hatred online.