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A child in Kentucky died after he swallowed and choked on cinnamon powder on June 3. The boy's mother, Brianna Radar, told reporters how her 4-year-old son, Matthew, had been climbing around their family’s kitchen and was able to get hold of some cinnamon powder before eating it and breathing it in. “He started choking,” the mother said. “It was like he was having a seizure and just collapsed.” The 4-year-old was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead after an hour and a half. According to the coroner, he had choked on the cinnamon when he inhaled...

people including two small children and a police officer were attacked Saturday afternoon by pit bull. The incident happened in front of a house on Maplehurst Street in DeKalb County, witnesses said. Neighbors said the attacked was unprovoked but the dog's owner told police that several neighborhood children had been harassing the animal. A neighbor said the pit bull first attacked the dog owner's daughter, then tuned and bit him in the arm after he stepped in to defend the child. Witnesses said the animal later attacked two other children and their mother before police arrived. An aunt of the...