19 members of the same elite firefighting team died Sunday while battling a raging and fast-moving wildfire in Arizona. The tragedy marks the deadliest single incident for firefighters since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, officials said. Find out about the Granite Mountain Hotshots and what President Obama stated in the wake of the tragedy

Sarah Guyard-Guillot, an acrobatic performer in the Cirque du Soleil show Kà, died Saturday night after falling during a performance at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. According to audience members in attendance, the incident occurred during the final battle scene when Guillot-Guyard was ascending the vertical wall that served as the battleground when she somehow came free from her safety wire and fell more than 50 feet into an unseen pit below the performers. Guillot-Guyard, 31, is survived by two children ages 8 and 5. Keep reading for statements from Cirque du Soleil and the MGM Grand about the tragedy, and find out more about Sarah with photos and videos of her amazing acrobatic skills.

Midwest City, Oklahoma police have released a video that shows the frightening abduction of a 2-year-old little girl at an area Walmart. Sammie Lamont Wallace took the child out of a cart and began a hostage situation that only ended after an officer shot him point blank in the side of the head. See the edited footage that reveals a highly trained and professional police officer making exactly the right decisions in a moment of unbelievable intensity and pressure.