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A boy aged just two survived a fall from the 15th floor of a residential building in Montgomery County, Maryland. According to local police spokeswoman Shiera Goff, the child fell from the balcony of an apartment protected by glass, not a conventional railing.

A couple from New Jersey (east) have been arrested and charged with sequestering a teenage girl for seven years, sexually assaulting her and forcing her to live in a dog crate, the Camden County District Attorney said on Wednesday.

A stray cat found its way onto the North Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., under heavy security, causing a stir among journalists, who documented the appearance of Sophie, the gray, green-eyed animal, on social networks. The feline even found herself briefly in the briefing room. It is in this room that journalists usually put their questions to Karoline Leavitt, the spokeswoman for US President Donald Trump.

“The Florida State University campus has been secured. Several police departments remain on site for the ongoing investigation,” police in this southeastern US city explained on social networks.

A series of devastating storms swept across the central and southern United States, causing at least 17 deaths. Tennessee is particularly hard hit, with 10 deaths, while flood warnings remain in force in several states.