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11-Month-Old Dies After Being Left in Hot Car in Fairfax County
An 11-month-old child died after she was left inside her father’s car Friday in temperatures that reached 90 degrees, police officials said. The car was parked in the driveway of a home in Springfield, Virginia. Records show the home is a licensed day care facility. Police said the father dropped off an older child at the day care and left…
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Oklahoma Father Arrested After 2 Children Die in Hot Vehicle
Police say an Oklahoma man whose two children died when he left them inside his hot truck for hours has been arrested on second-degree murder warrants.
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News Anchor Apologizes to Dog He Saw in Hot Car
Kyle Clark, a news anchor in Denver, made an impassioned apology to a furry member of the Denver community during a recent broadcast. He heard a dog crying loudly in a locked car on a 90-degree day. When Clark confronted the dog’s owner, the person did not seem to care.
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Groups Say Automakers' Plan to Prevent Hot Car Deaths Falls Short
Major automakers say they’ve reached a voluntary agreement to equip American cars with systems to prevent children from dying in hot cars. But some child advocacy groups aren’t satisfied with the system. News4’s Jackie Bensen spoke to a local man who lost his son after accidentally leaving him in a hot car in 2008.
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Retired Mets All-Star Dwight ‘Doc' Gooden Headed Back to Rehab After New Jersey Cocaine Plea
Retired Mets All-Star pitcher Dwight “Doc” Gooden has pleaded guilty to third-degree drug possession in connection with a cocaine bust in New Jersey in June, the Monmouth County prosecutor’s office said Wednesday.
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Retired Mets All-Star Dwight ‘Doc' Gooden Busted for Cocaine Possession in New Jersey, Felony Complaint Alleges
Retired Mets All-Star pitcher Dwight “Doc” Gooden faces drug charges after he was caught with suspected cocaine in New Jersey last month, according to a felony complaint obtained by News 4 Friday. The 54-year-old four-time All-Star, who also had a pitching stint for the Yankees, among other Major League Baseball teams, allegedly had two small green plastic bags containing a...
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Seven Children Left in Unattended Car in Charles Co.
Officers found seven young children — ages 2 to 4 — inside an unattended car parked at a shopping center in Charles County. News4’s Shomari Stone reports.
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Seven Children Left in Hot Car at Charles Co. Mall: Sheriff
Police said a 37-year-old woman left seven young children inside a hot car parked at a shopping mall in Charles County Thursday.
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Cuomo, Nixon Spar in Debate; Governor Nixes Presidential Talk
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and former “Sex and the City” star Cynthia Nixon swapped insults and clashed over policy Wednesday in their only scheduled debate before the Sept. 13 Democratic primary.
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Amid Blazing Heat, Woman Left Puppy in Car That Got Towed
D.C. police rescued a Yorkie puppy on Monday after a woman left the dog in her car and the car was towed.
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Officer Sits in Hot Car for 45 Minutes to Teach a Lesson
A North Texas police officer took on the Texas heat to show others just how dangerous it can be.
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Hot Cars Can Reach Deadly Temperatures in 1 Hour, Study Says
On a hot summer day, temperatures inside a car parked in the sun can reach 160 degrees in an hour, according to a new study.
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‘God, Please Let This Child Be Alive': Officer Saves Baby From Hot Car in Maryland
The man’s name has not been released, but police said he was a family member of the little girl. He has been charged with reckless endangerment and a related unattended child charge.
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Prince George's Officer Saves Baby From Hot Car
A Prince George’s County police officer had a feeling something was wrong. Then he found a baby in a hot car. News4’s Erika Gonzalez has the story.
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Police: Virginia Mother Left Kids in Hot Van While She Went to Work
Police: Virginia Mother Left Kids in Hot Van While She Went to Work
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Police: Virginia Mother Left Kids in 150-Degree Car
A 26-year-old Virginia woman is facing felony charges after she left her three young children in a hot minivan unattended, police say. News4’s David Culver reports on her case and speaks with a woman whose child died in a hot car.
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Phoenix Infant Dies in City's Second Hot Car Death in 2 Days
An infant left for about two hours in a hot car has died — the second such death in the past two days in the city, the Phoenix Fire Department said. Firefighters were called shortly before 3 p.m. Saturday to investigate a report of a 1-year-old boy in a car in the parking lot of the Free Church of God...
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Baby Dies in Hot Car While Mother Gets Her Hair Done
Police near Atlanta have charged a mother with felony murder after they say she left her 1-year-old daughter in a hot car while she spent six hours getting her hair done at a salon. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported 25-year-old Dijanelle Fowler also faces charges of child cruelty and concealing the death of Skylar Fowler on June 15. DeKalb County police...
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Parker County Mother Charged in Deaths of Children Found in Hot Car
A North Texas woman has been arrested in connection with the deaths of her two children from extreme heat exposure after they were found locked inside a car last month, deputies say.