HAZLETON, Pa. (AP) — Police officers and firefighters responding to a fire in downtown Hazleton rescued two babies from a third-floor window, carrying them down a ladder to safety. The Standard-Speaker of Hazleton says the blaze started late Friday morning at Prestigio Restaurant. The paper says one man lowered himself from a second-story window as smoke billowed from a kitchen vent. Another man was wearing only a towel when he escaped.

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METZ, W.Va. (AP) — Three people were killed when a small plane crashed in northern West Virginia, authorities said. Marion County Sheriff Jimmy Riffle told WV News that the pilot and two passengers were found dead at the scene. The aircraft was found “on a steep incline in a heavily wooded area,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement. The single-engine plane was flying from Bloomfield, Indiana, to Myerstown, Pennsylvania, when it went down Thursday in the Marion County community of Metz, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a news release.

LEWISTON, Maine (TND) — Authorities converge at the home of Maine massacre suspect accused of killing 18 people and wounding 13 others in Maine. This story is developing. Here's the latest information on the investigation. Just after 11:30 p.m., Commissioner for the Maine Department of Public Safety Mike Sauschuck addressed the media. Sauschuck said at approximately 6:56 p.m., there were two shooting incidents across Lewiston with "multiple casualties." Sauschuck declined to answer questions concerning the number of victims at this time.

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