Burst Water Main Causes Sinkhole in Denver, Closing Sheridan Boulevard

Sheridan Boulevard was shut down on Monday, in Denver.

A water main burst causing a sinkhole near Sixth Avenue.

The hole grew to twenty-seven feet long, fifteen feet wide, and ten feet deep.

For part of the morning, Sixth was closed as well, but crews were able to reopen it, once the hole stopped growing.

Hopes are that Sheridan will be reopened around midnight.

Northbound Sheridan is closed between First and Fifth, while southbound Sheridan is only closed between Fourth and Fifth.

Around twenty homes and an apartment complex are without water, due to the main being shut down.

It is not known when they will have water again.

Officials are unsure what caused the sixty-one year old pipes to burst.

105 Homes Evacuated by Oregon's Douglas Fire

One hundred and five homes have been evacuated due to the Douglas Fire, in Oregon.

Three hundred more houses are on standby, due to the approaching flames.

The Douglas Fire has consumed more than twenty-one thousand acres.

Over one thousand firefighters are battling the blaze and have achieved two percent containment.

FBI Rescues 105 Juveniles From Sex Trafficking

Ron Hosko

Ron Hosko, assistant director of the FBI's Criminal Investigative Division made a major announcement on Monday.

The FBI, working with more than two hundred and thirty local, state, and federal agencies, in seventy-six cities, made a major sting operation against sex trafficking.

One hundred and fifty arrests were made and one hundred and five juveniles were rescued in the sting.

This was the seventh time that Operation Cross Country had been put into effect.

Since 2003, more than twenty-seven hundred juveniles have been rescued in the operations.

Train Collision Injures 35 in Switzerland

Thirty-five people were injured when two commuter trains collided head on, in Switzerland.

The force of Monday's collision left the front ends of the trains in the air.

Five of the injured were in critical condition.

Efforts were still underway to rescue one of the drivers, his condition is unknown.

Officials are investigating how the two trains ended up on the same line.

17 Car Bombs Terrorize Shiite Iraq

Seventeen car bombs struck throughout Shiite Iraq, on Monday.

At least sixty people were killed in the attacks.

Over eight hundred have been killed in July, bringing the total, so far in 2013. to nearly four thousand.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Officials are blaming Al Qaeda, based on the type of bombings, the targets, and the coordination involved.

US Army: Sergeant Eric T. Lawson

Sergeant Eric T. Lawson, thirty of Stockbridge, Georgia, died on July 27.

He and another were killed when their was struck by an improvised explosive device, in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.

It was his third tour of duty, in Afghanistan.
 
Lawson was assigned to the 10th Transportation Battalion, 7th Sustainment Brigade out of Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.

US Army: Specialist Caryn E. Nouv

Specialist Caryn E. Nouv, twenty-nine of Newport News, Virginia, died on July 27.

She and another killed when their was struck by an improvised explosive device, in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.

It was her first tour of combat.

Nouv was assigned to the 10th Transportation Battalion, 7th Sustainment Brigade out of Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.