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Several shark encounters and sightings were reported this week, from the East Coast to the Gulf Coast. Five incidents involving sharks or suspected sharks occurred Monday and Tuesday off New York, authorities said. All the victims survived.In Fire Island, New York, a 15-year-old boy who was surfing Monday night was bitten by a shark on his heel and toes, Suffolk County police said.His heel and toes remained intact and he was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.Also Monday, a 15-year-old girl suffered stab wounds from an unknown source in the water at Robert Moses State Park in Babylon, New York,…

Two of the five people who died in a seemingly random shooting in Philadelphia on Monday night were remembered by their families as a man who would try to help anyone he could and an adorable teenager who died trying to help his injured friend. The five victims have been identified as Lashyd Merritt, 22; Dymir Stanton, 29; Ralph Moralis, 59; Daujan Brown, 15; and Joseph Wamah Jr., 31.Two people, a 13-year-old boy and a 2-year-old boy, were shot in the legs and were listed as stable. The twin brother of the 2-year-old girl was injured in the eye by…

Jarren Duran was not on the Boston Red Sox's Opening Day roster, but he was eventually called up to the major league team and has become one of the team's key players.On Sunday, the 26-year-old Durán played a game he will likely remember for quite some time. He had five hits in the game against the Toronto Blue Jays. The Red Sox had a rough day Monday before hosting the Texas Rangers on July 4.Durán increased his hitting streak to an impressive seven at-bats Tuesday, hitting a double and a triple. But, the outfielder popped out to shortstop in the…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean military said Wednesday it had recovered the remains of a North Korean spy satellite that sank at sea in May after a failed launch and found it did not have a significant military use as a reconnaissance satellite.Last month, the military also recovered parts of the rocket used in the failed launch; the booster and payload crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff."After a detailed analysis of the main parts of the North Korean space launch vehicle and satellite that were salvaged, South Korean and US experts have assessed that they had…