Watch: Moment a sinkhole in Omaha traps cars and drivers

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A sinkhole opened up at a busy Omaha intersection on 24 February, swallowing two vehicles, CCTV footage shared by the Omaha police department showed.

Reports said that the road will remain closed in case the sinkhole expands.

No one was hurt in the incident.

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Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson speaks during a ceremony in honor of Navy pilot Robert O. Goodman with President Ronald Reagan stood behind him in 1984

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The crew blasted off from Cape Canaveral in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket.

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An aerial shot of a horse shoe bend of the Colorado River - the water is dark blue and the rock rusty brown.

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Gasps and disbelief in US as 'Quad God's' Olympic dream crumbles

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Watch SpaceX rocket blast off to International Space Station

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor sits in a suit, being interview by Emily Maitlis

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Tom Homan is talking to the press.

US border tsar: Minneapolis immigration enforcement surge ending

The recent surge of more than 2,000 immigration officers to the state inspired nationwide protests after two US citizens were killed by federal agents last month.

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The star, who has died at the age of 48, spoke to the BBC in 2003 about his feelings on leaving his best-known role.

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A group of four people walk with a black sniffer dog on a lead outdoors in Tuscon.

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A crowd of monks wearing orange from head-to-toe walk past the Capitol building in Washington DC.

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The BBC spoke with spectators who walked alongside the monks for the last leg of their trek, from Capitol Hill to the Lincoln Memorial.

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A woman in a dark suit with blonde hair sits in front of a mic pointing her index finger.

Spats, theatrics and a walkout - How the Pam Bondi hearing unfolded

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Watch: How the Tumbler Ridge school shooting unfolded

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'The nation mourns' - Canada leaders react to school shooting

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Splitscreen. Left, Regan Morris. Right, a bunch of Oscars stars.

BBC behind-the-scenes as Oscar nominees lunch together

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Suspect in the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie is pictured.

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Ghislaine Maxwell sits during her deposition

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Lindsey Vonn is on the left and a supporter is on the right.

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The American skier suffered a fractured left-leg after a fall in the women's downhill competition just nine days after rupturing her ACL in an earlier crash.

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Patriot and Seahawk fans are reacting to the Super Bowl win and loss.

Watch: Seattle elated as New England faces a tough loss

Fans in New England dealt with heartbreak while a joyous and at times raucous celebration broke out in Seattle.

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A genuine image of Nekima Levy Armstrong being arrested on the left next to an edited image to show her crying during the arrest on the right with an 'AI-generated' label on it