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One person is dead and at least 10 others have been injured after a natural-gas explosion rocked downtown Canton, Ill, on Wednesday evening, according to reports.
Local police said the explosion took place around the downtown square and damaged several buildings nearby. Engineers are on site looking into the incident.
Approximately 11 people were taken to the hospital where one person died from injuries sustained in the explosion, according to WLS.
People have been urged not to visit the downtown area and surrounding streets remain closed at 10 p.m. CST.
Canton is located 190 miles southwest of Chicago and had a population of around 14,000 people in the 2010 census.
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Explosion in rural Illinois town kills 1, injures 10
One person is dead and at least 10 others have been injured after a natural-gas explosion rocked downtown Canton, Ill, on Wednesday evening, according to reports.
Local police said the explosion took place around the downtown square and damaged several buildings nearby. Engineers are on site looking into the incident.
Approximately 11 people were taken to the hospital where one person died from injuries sustained in the explosion, according to WLS.
People have been urged not to visit the downtown area and surrounding streets remain closed at 10 p.m. CST.
Canton is located 190 miles southwest of Chicago and had a population of around 14,000 people in the 2010 census.
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Paris airport attacker had alcohol and drugs in his system, tests show – French police release father of Paris airport attacker
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World's 1st Robocop to begin duty in Dubai
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Attacking Judge Moore's Morality Is a Dirty Leftist Trick
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Schumer: Republicans' push to make Warren the face of the party is 'not going to work'
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A discontented Michigan town: America should have seen Trump coming
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Report: Autistic boy dies after routine dental procedure
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Dianne Feinstein Prepares a Deathblow for Kavanaugh
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PARIS ON EDGE Man shot dead trying to take soldier's weapon; French airport evacuated
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Concert planned to honor London attack victim from Utah
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French official says gas used in Syria attack bears chemical 'signature' of Assad regime
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Boehner: GOP won't replace Obamacare
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Union outraged after NWA's 'F— Tha Police' sung to dining officers
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'DESTROYING THE PARTY' Kucinich rips Dems' call for Trump mental exam
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Obama: 'We will' retaliate against Russia for hacking
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Airport brawl breaks out
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Man who disguised broccoli as marijuana sentenced after shooting unhappy buyers – Man freed after 11 years in jail without trial
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Bioengineering: The Next Terror Threat
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The Road to Defeating the Islamic State Runs through Kurdistan
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Miss USA backtracks
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News Outlets to Seek Bargaining Rights Against GOOGLEFACEBOOK…
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What Steve Bannon's Up To: Hobbit Midterms
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The Colossally Dishonest Swamp Attack On Dr. Sebastian Gorka's First-Rate Scholarship
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AIMING TO REASSURE ALLIES Pence lands in South Korea after North Korea's failed missile launch
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Trump's high-stakes decision for VA secretary
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Former Obama Justice Department official in new ad: 'I'm 100 percent comfortable with Judge Gorsuch'
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The Rise of Anti-Christian Bigotry in America
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London fire: Death toll rises to 12 after apartment building engulfed in flames
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Trump kicks author of critical biography off his golf course
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Powerball prize now 10th largest after months without winner
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Trump directs federal agencies to waive Obamacare 'burdens'
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Trump Army secretary pick Vincent Viola withdraws name
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Trump Drops Bunker Buster on Comey and the Deep State
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Trump signs national security orders, critics cry 'Holocaust!'
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Trump prepares executive order spree in dash to 100-day mark – Warren grades Trump's first 100 days
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The Value of Online Privacy and How You Can Defend Yours
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US airstrike kills Taliban shadow governor in Afghanistan sought since 2011
U.S. officials said Saturday that a Taliban “shadow governor” was killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan as part of the ...
Transition team: No secret clearances sought for Trump's children
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Turkey’s Actions in Syria Harm U.S. National Security
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Suspect in kidnapping of Chinese scholar attended vigil before arrest, prosecutors say
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Airline strands 200 passengers
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Earmark battle isn't over yet
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Paul says Senate health bill 'lit up like a Christmas tree' with spending – VIDEO: Sen. Rand Paul on push to repeal, then replace ObamaCare
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Undercover agents find registered church to be sex club
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KEEPING QUIET Rice won't testify on Russia hacking, 'unmasking'
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Scripps National Spelling Bee: Sixth-grader spells 'marocain' for the win
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Trump expected to pick Exxon CEO to lead State Dept.
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Americans less confident in Trump than in Obama, Bush
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After a few days in Mar-a-Lago, Chinese president enjoys layover in Alaska – Trump: 'only time will tell' on improving US-China trade
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'THE STORY' Trump's digital guru denies Russia aided campaign
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Gary Johnson's manager: We were 'pulling' votes from Clinton, Trump
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How chef dropped 4 belt sizes
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How the GOP Tax Bill Would Close an Absurd Loophole
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Ginsburg concedes: Trump will fill Supreme Court's vacancy
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Judge rejects Trump bid to bar campaign statements from fraud trial
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Texas school bus crash: 23 kids, driver hospitalized after multi-vehicle accident
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'Wheel of Fortune' under fire for use of photos that appears to depict slaves for 'Southern Charm' week
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Huge, deep hole on Mars leaves scientists baffled…
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Trump takeover: CPAC looked a lot like 'TPAC'
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ICE rips pranksters jamming hotline to report space aliens
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Student Tests Should Recognize the Plasticity of Giftedness
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'UNCORROBORATED' DOJ blasts report Sessions talked politics with Russian
The Justice Department hit back Friday night at a report citing anonymous sources who said Attorney General Jeff Sessions discussed ...
Trump mocks Democrats for what DNC cyberattacks revealed
President-elect Trump on Friday mocked what the alleged Russian hacks into the Democratic National Committee and emails from top Hillary ...
Charlie Gard: US doctor meets with UK specialists treating terminally ill boy
LONDON – The U.S. doctor who has offered to treat terminally ill Charlie Gard has attended a meeting at Great ...
Bin Laden's killer turns Twitter wrath to 'awful' VA
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Idaho teacher to be released from Mexican hospital but forced to pay $40G
A retired Idaho school teacher who claims a Mexican hospital is holding her hostage will be released on Friday on ...
Obamacare: Snatching a ‘Win’ from Repeal Defeat
Speaker Ryan’s approach to repealing and replacing ObamaCare is said to be “three-pronged.” This seems a muddled conception, because the ...
After Paris: A Green Disaster in the Making in Germany
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In Spain, Catalonian Defiance Challenges Europe
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Obama asks Congress for $11.6 billion supplemental defense bill
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Reality show camera crew robbed at gunpoint in Oakland
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Justice Stevens Unholsters a Dopey Idea
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The Great Hurricane Absence
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The Curious Case of Rainer Baake
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American Jews and Inconsistency on Immigration
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Time Flies When You're Torching Synagogues
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89 cases involving Georgia cops fired for punching, stomping black driver are dropped
Shortly after two Georgia officers were fired for punching and stomping a black driver during a traffic stop — in an ...
CBS sparks outrage
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Nerve implant 'restores consciousness' to man in vegetative state…
A 35-year-old man who had been in a persistant vegetative state (PVS) for 15 years has shown signs of consciousness ...
Heidegger, Fascism, and Evergreen State College
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Boss Hogg and His Ingraham Angle
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Colorado teacher accused of letting students smash piñata with Trump's picture
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College student killed in knife assault in Maryland
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INACTION ON RUSSIA? Trump: Obama had intel of hacking ahead of election, did 'nothing'
President Trump criticized his predecessor for allegedly doing “nothing” about reports that Russia interfered in last year’s presidential campaign, in ...
Seattle's Income Tax Brings Out the Crazy in People
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Israel to build thousands of new homes in East Jerusalem
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'WE HIT A HOME RUN' Trump delivers message to US troops, wraps first overseas trip as president
President Trump on Saturday in Italy thanked overseas U.S. troops, in concluding his trip through the Middle East and Europe ...
Model sizzles in one piece
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Trump threat fires up U.S. climate activists, draws in more
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Clinton breaks Twitter silence for Thanksgiving
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BACKING BORDER PLANS: DHS chief defends increase in ICE, border hires
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Wall Street Journal: Trump's Taiwan call may help 'deal-making' with China
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The Cultural Roots of Trumpism
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The Evil that Must Not Be Named on Campus
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Puppy abandoned in Las Vegas airport with heartbreaking letter
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Film Academy rules ineligible documentary series like 'O.J.'
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iPad mini Pro on deck?
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Justice Department touts first use of federal hate crime laws in transgender case
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Cancer patient speaks out on Samantha Bee's 'inconsiderate' mocking of his 'Nazi hair'
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ICE KINGS Penguins win second consecutive Stanley Cup
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Why Jerusalem Matters
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DINNER DISS Virginia cop 'humiliated,' McDonald's worker fired
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Swedish midwife to take abortion beliefs fight to higher European Court
The Swedish midwife who lost her legal battle to be exempt from assisting in abortions—an act she has said violates ...
The perfect hard-boiled eggs
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'Very nice': Trump gloats after GOP rivals phone to congratulate him
President-elect Trump spoke with several of his Republican rivals over the weekend and spent Sunday morning gloating about his “very ...
ISIS claims attack in Egypt's Sinai that killed 23 soldiers
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Pam's very odd move
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Passengers walk through JFK airport security, metal detectors buzzing
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4 killed, 4 injured, 2 missing in house collapse in Poland
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Israel suspends ties with countries that backed UN resolution
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Waco: The Untold Story
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Michael Moore pans Trump Cabinet pick Betsy DeVos
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Morality, Anti-Morality, and the Left-Wing Great Hate-Hustle
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Senators agree on new sanctions on Russia
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Senate confirms Price as HHS secretary
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Trump says he believes torture works, but will defer to Mattis, Pompeo
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Sen. Sherrod Brown draws first potential challenger
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Left-leaning groups to demonstrate outside Supreme Court after Trump selects a nominee
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'You aren't representing me': Trump-supporting constituent confronts Maxine Waters
A Trump supporter confronted frequent presidential critic Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and asked why she wasn’t being properly represented. The ...
Saudi Arabia investigates video of young woman walking in miniskirt
Saudi Arabia’s morality police has called on other agencies to investigate the video of a young Saudi woman wearing a ...
John Noakes, Blue Peter presenter, dead at 83
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State Department mocks Russia's denial of hospital bombings
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MAY DAY MAYHEM More than 40 arrests made in nationwide marches
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'I'D BE YOUR PRESIDENT' Clinton pins election loss to Trump on FBI's Comey, WikiLeaks
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Trump Is POTUS, and Leftist Hysteria Is Noise
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Iran and Daesh Lite in North America
Recent mass demonstrations in Iran, and the government’s violent crackdown has been met with a deafening silence by Muslim “civil ...
Tucker Carlson named Megyn Kelly's Fox News replacement
Conservative journalist Tucker Carlson will replace Fox News star anchor Megan Kelly as she departs the network this week. Carlson ...
Now Ted Cruz is praising Mitch McConnell's leadership
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Tall man kicked off flight?
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Philippines hostages forced to fight, become sex slaves, army says
Civilians held captive by Islamist fighters occupying a Philippines city are being forced to fight government troops and serve as ...
Tea Party merges with 'Trumpism,' for now
Donald Trump co-opted the Tea Party platform on the campaign trail and has so far managed to merge the Tea ...
Pence backs Kennedy for Senate '100 percent'
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More than 900 people rescued as Libyan migration crisis worsens
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Pool float's design raises questions
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Indiana police officer fatally shot after responding to car crash
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Trump suggests jail time or 'loss of citizenship' for burning flag
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Sessions: 'If we stay at it, we can devastate' MS-13 gang – Trump: Illegal immigrant criminals are 'getting the hell out' – Mexican politicians welcoming US deportees back home
Attorney General Jeff Sessions vowed Tuesday to “devastate” the Central American gang MS-13, calling the group “one of the most ...
Dispensing with the Filibuster
The Senate Republicans had the good sense to vote through the nomination of Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court justice with ...
Marlon Bundo, the Pence family rabbit, launches Instagram account
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Anti-terror raids lead to arrest in Sydney
Federal police in Australia took at least one person into custody Saturday afternoon as officers conducted three anti-terror raids in ...
House Democrats: 'We must fight this executive order in the streets'
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OTHERS 'UNMASKED'? Surveillance probe widens as Rice's role questioned
The House and Senate intelligence committees are expanding their investigation into the so-called “unmasking” controversy, Fox News has learned, to ...
