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Chad Sappenfield, who had been working at the Independence Fire Department for 13 years, died Monday.

Chicago firefighter Timothy Eiland is still recovering in the hospital after being shot in the face more than a month ago on the city’s Far South Side.

Man returns to car after grocery shopping to find 15,000 bees in the back seat TODAY 5 days ago © Provided by TODAY Last Sunday afternoon, a man in Las Cruces, New Mexico left his car window down when he made a quick stop into Albertsons supermarket. Just 10 minutes later, he came back to find an unwelcome surprise in his car that had the entire town buzzing. The unnamed man returned to his borrowed Buick in the store parking lot and as he started to drive away noticed a swarm of what turned out to be an estimated 15,000 honey bees in the back seat. The man called the police which resulte...

This driver in st. paul, minnesota, barely making his way through blinding rain. the mighty mississippi river, rushing through the city near its highest level in more than a dozen years. a lightning storm over houston, texas, friday, captured from space -- >> look at that lightning. >> reporter: -- by an astronaut. a different lightning storm in columbus, ohio, late saturday turning tragic. >> like a bomb went off. >> reporter: off-duty firefighter was struck by lightning, sending him into cardiac arrest. his colleagues resuscitating him. he remains in critical condition. >> lightning is a ver...