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  • A Georgia man left behind a winning lottery tickets after fleeing police during a routine traffic stop. Provided
  • A small drone landed in Wrigley Field during the game Wednesday. Provided
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Adrian, Michigan An 85-year-old man was stabbed to death inside a Southern Michigan supermarket, but his attacker was unable to flee because a woman who witnessed the attack held him at gunpoint until the police arrived, the Associated Press reported.

The victim was stabbed multiple times in the head and neck Wednesday afternoon at a Meijer store in Adrian, Michigan. He died at the scene. Police Chief Vincent Emrick said the woman with a handgun ordered the suspect to the floor and kept him there until officers took him into custody. The woman has a concealed pistol license, and the knife was found at the scene according to AP.

A commotion in the store drew the attention of some shoppers who did not witness the attack. A “Code 50” was announced through the PA system, and employees could be seen running in the direction of the commotion. The victim and suspect entered the store separately. The motive has not been released but the investigation is ongoing, AP reported.

Pensacola, Florida

Rivers swollen by Hurricane Sally’s rains threatened more misery for parts of the Florida Panhandle and South Alabama Thursday, and the storm’s remnants continued to dump heavy rains inland and spread the threat of flooding to Georgia and the Carolinas, the Associated Press reported.

Coastal residents, meanwhile, looked to begin the recovery from a storm which tuned streets into rivers, ripped roofs off buildings, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands and killed at least one person. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warned people in flooded areas they would need to remain vigilant as water from the hurricanes subsides because heavy rains were expected to cause flooding in the panhandle region, according to AP.

In Southeastern Alabama, forecasters warned of river flooding in rural Coffee County, where the Pea River was expected to crest Friday at a near-record 12-feet higher than flood stage. An alert from the emergency manager in neighboring Pike County declared heavy rains had rendered all county roads and bridges impassable, AP reported.

Flooding in Central Georgia forced Robins Air Force Base south of Macon to close one of its entrances and delay the start of the workday for some employees. Elsewhere, Georgia sheriffs reported numerous trees down and some highways and streets closed because of high water, according to AP.

Canton, Georgia

A suspect in Georgia left his good luck behind when he abandoned a winning lottery ticket while fleeing sheriff’s deputies, the Associated Press reported.

The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office said the man had a Georgia Lottery scratch game card worth $100 when he away during a traffic stop along Interstate 75 Monday. In a Facebook post, it offered its congratulations and invited him to claim the ticket at its office in Canton about 40 miles north at Atlanta, according to AP.

The man, who was not identified, was later taken into custody, according to Capt. Jay Baker. He said the man was a passenger in a vehicle which was stopped for a tag violation, and the man ran into the woods, AP reported.

The lottery ticket was in a backpack which also had methamphetamine. The man can have the lottery ticket back, but the sheriff’s office said it will keep the drugs, according to AP.

Chicago

Umpires hastily cleared the field during a game between the Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs Wednesday when a small drone flew into Wrigley Field across the bleachers and landed on the grass in deep left center, the Associated Press reported.

As Willson Contreras came to bat with two outs in the bottom of the fifth and the game tied 2-2, the device was spotted above the left-center stands. Before the drone landed, umpires rushed players in to the dugouts, according to AP.

The blinking drone took off, hovered at about 100 feet, then pulled away and vanished past the vintage center-field scoreboard. Following a 7-minute delay, Contreras resumed his at-bat grounded out to the end the inning, AP reported.

East Coast

The smoke from dozens of wildfires in the Western United States is stretching clear across the country — and even pushing into Mexico, Canada and Europe, the Associated Press reported.

While the dangerous plumes are forcing people inside along the West Coast, residents thousands of miles away in the East are seeing unusually hazy skies and remarkable sunsets. The wildfires racing across tinder-dry landscape in California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington are extraordinary, but the long reach of their smoke isn’t unprecedented, according to AP.

While there are only small pockets in the Southeastern U.S. which are haze free, experts said the smoke poses less of a health concern for those who are farther away. The sun was transformed into a perfect orange orb as it set in New York City Tuesday. Photographs of it sinking behind the skyline and glinting through tree leaves flooded social media, AP reported.

On the opposite coast, air quality conditions were among some of the worst ever recorded. Smoke cloaked the Golden Gate Bridge and left Portland and Seattle in an ashy fog, as crews have exhausted themselves trying to keep the flames from consuming more homes and even wider swaths of forest, according to AP.