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Senior skip day shooting injures 6 at South Carolina beach

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A South Carolina beach partially filled with high school students participating in a “senior skip day” led to a shooting that injured six. A South Carolina beach partially filled with high school students participating in a “senior skip day” descended into chaos Friday afternoon as gunfire injured at least six beachgoers. Isle of Palms Police Chief Kevin Cornett said that five of the six injured were teenagers, though one older beach goer was also injured. Police were already at the beach responding to two fights when the shooting began around roughly 5:20 p.m. on Friday afternoon, according to Cornett. “A large crowd of individuals that apparently were part of a group from senior skip day had gathered on the beach ,” Cornett said at an evening press conference. “There were a couple of altercations that took place and during one of those altercations, there were several shots that were fired.” Cornett said that his department has multiple suspects in custody, though they do not know ...

21-foot killer whale dies after beaching itself on Florida coast

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A giant 21-foot killer whale weighing an estimated 3-and-a-half tons has died after beaching itself. A giant 21-foot killer whale weighing an estimated 3-and-a-half tons has died after beaching itself. The incident occurred early Wednesday morning at the south end of Jungle Hut beach in Flagler County, Florida -- approximately 30 miles north of Daytona Beach -- when a 7,000 pound female orca washed ashore, according to an announcement made by the Flagler County government on social media. MORE: Sculpture of whale's tail saves train from plummeting 30 feet off railway platform It is thought that the whale was alive when it beached itself but eventually lost its life when it couldn’t make it back into the sea. Authorities said that SeaWorld will be performing a necropsy to establish the killer whale’s cause of death following the incident. MORE: 10-foot-long shark attacks, kills 60-year old surfer Dozens of people were needed to help remove the whale from the beach and authorities...