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Humpback Whale Euthanized Showing Signs of 'Trauma' During Necroposy: Patch PM

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Humpback Whale Euthanized Showing Signs of 'Trauma' During Necroposy: NOAA

"Grown men were crying" as the dead whale was moved from a sandbar to the beach Monday, official says.

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The child filed a false report, setting off a search from Florida to Long Island. Police also saved a man from a heroin overdose at a Long Island motel while investigating the report.

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