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Federal immigration agents broke the arm of a US citizen, Ricardo Gonzalez, identified as a former city employee, during a confrontation with protesters in Long Beach, California, on Saturday, according to local officials. He was detained,…
2026-10-19 · 5 MIN READFour Canadian soldiers died and 39 people were injured, at least 19 critically, in a fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta on Saturday. Prime Minister Mark Carney called the incident "one of the worst tragedies for the forces…
2026-10-18 · 3 MIN READSix Flags Entertainment has temporarily closed 10 roller coasters after a 42-year-old Georgia teacher was killed in a fall from the Goliath ride at Six Flags Over Georgia, the company said. Cobb County Police and the Georgia Insurance and…
2026-10-14 · 3 MIN READA 48-year-old Texas man struck by an ICE vehicle during a Saturday morning traffic stop in Houston was not the target of the federal operation, according to his attorney. Miguel Parra-Hernandez, who has lived in the United States for 34…
2026-10-13 · 3 MIN READA 55-year-old Brevard County sheriff's deputy and a 26-year-old woman died Saturday night in a head-on collision on Interstate 95 when the woman drove the wrong way in the northbound lanes, authorities said. Brevard County Sheriff Wayne…
2026-10-12 · 3 MIN READSchool bus passengers accounted for 6% of deaths reported in school-bus-related crashes over a nine-year period beginning in 2015, according to National Safety Council data — figures the council cited as evidence that riding school buses…
2026-10-05 · 3 MIN READA school bus carrying 37 high school students rolled over in Winter Haven, Florida, on Monday morning after a Chevy Malibu crossed into its lane, killing a 10th-grade girl and one person who was in the Jeep, according to the Polk County…
2026-10-05 · 4 MIN READFlorida's First District Court of Appeal on Wednesday reversed Rhonda Jewell's convictions for third-degree felony murder and for leaving a child unattended in a vehicle — both tied to the 2023 hot-car death of 10-month-old Ariya Paige —…
2026-10-03 · 5 MIN READA medevac helicopter carrying five people crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California's Catalina Island on Wednesday evening, killing two, injuring two and leaving a fifth occupant missing, according to the Los…
2026-10-01 · 4 MIN READAttorney Brent Wisner of Wisner Baum LLP called Tuesday for legal reform, proactive regulation and government oversight of amusement park rides, hours after Six Flags Magic Mountain announced the permanent retirement of its X2…
2026-09-29 · 4 MIN READA 57-year-old Brooklyn man died Monday evening after his shopping bag became caught in the doors of a Manhattan-bound A train at the Utica Avenue station in Bedford-Stuyvesant, according to the New York Police Department. The man,…
2026-09-29 · 3 MIN READActing Navy Secretary Hung Cao disclosed in a letter to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on Tuesday that eight crew members assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide during the ship's deployment. The disclosure…
2026-09-24 · 4 MIN READA chunk of ceiling fell inside a main hallway of the Kennedy Center on Friday evening, according to a spokesperson who said the damage underscores the need to shut down the historic arts venue for renovations sought by President Donald…
2026-09-05 · 3 MIN READMario David Coronado Juarez, a 36-year-old Guatemalan construction worker, was killed Sunday in Grand Rapids, Michigan, when his car struck a tree at high speed and burst into flames as he tried to evade a traffic stop by U.S. Immigration…
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A 56-year-old man is missing after he reportedly went overboard from the Carnival Panorama cruise ship on Saturday while the vessel was returning to California from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. A Carnival spokesperson confirmed in a statement…
2026-09-22 · 3 MIN READA Texas Air National Guard F-16 fighter jet crashed Thursday afternoon near Traverse City, Michigan, during a training mission, according to the Texas Military Department. The pilot ejected successfully from the warplane, the Texas…
2026-09-17 · 4 MIN READNBC Los Angeles named journalist Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw on Tuesday as two of three people killed when its NewsChopper4 crashed in the Chatsworth neighborhood of Los Angeles, describing them as "valued friends and…
2026-09-16 · 3 MIN READAmazon announced Sunday it is suspending its cargo operations with 21 Air, the U.S. cargo carrier that operated Flight 7598, which crashed after overrunning Runway 30 at Miami International Airport on Sept. 6 and killed five people. Amazon…
2026-09-13 · 3 MIN READSearchers found 70-year-old Craig Berg injured but alive on Saturday after an eight-day search on Isle Royale, a roadless Lake Superior island park in Michigan. Berg had set out on a planned nine-day solo backpacking trip, the U.S. Coast…
2026-09-13 · 3 MIN READRep. Tom Tiffany, the Republican nominee in Wisconsin's governor's race, swam to safety Saturday evening after his single-engine plane lost power and made an emergency water landing in Lake Wausau, according to Tiffany and the Federal…
2026-09-13 · 3 MIN READA teenaged boy was rescued Monday after clinging for days to an overturned fishing vessel in the Bering Sea off Alaska's St Lawrence Island, the US Coast Guard said. His older brother and cousin, who were also aboard the 18-foot vessel,…
2026-09-11 · 3 MIN READRyanair chief executive Michael O'Leary said Thursday that the airline will dispute claims that any part of passenger Ljubisa Karović's body was sucked outside when a window shattered during a July flight from Greece to Germany. Karović's…
2026-09-10 · 4 MIN READA small plane carrying four family members en route from the Bahamas to Florida went missing on Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard and authorities in the Bahamas said. The aircraft departed Great Harbour Cay and was heading to Miami Executive…
2026-09-08 · 3 MIN READState and federal records reviewed by The Associated Press show the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. pulp mill in Longview, Washington, where 11 workers died in a May chemical tank collapse had accumulated 54 environmental violation notices…
2026-09-04 · 3 MIN READJacque St Ann, 17, of Belle Chasse, Louisiana died after falling from a height inside the 45-story Plaza Tower in downtown New Orleans around midnight on August 15, according to New Orleans police. The coroner's office ruled his cause of…
2026-08-18 · 3 MIN READA safety investigation team from the Army Combat Readiness Center at Fort Rucker, Alabama, arrived Thursday to lead the inquiry into a Wednesday Apache helicopter crash near Salado, Texas, that killed two Fort Hood pilots during a…
2026-08-14 · 3 MIN READThe Monterey County sheriff-coroner ruled that a 37-year-old woman whose body was found in the Big Sur backcountry in April died from probable alcohol withdrawal seizures, ending months of speculation that she had been the victim of a…
2026-07-24 · 3 MIN READA man stabbed and wounded two American tourists near the Acropolis in Athens on Tuesday morning, and police arrested the suspect at the scene, authorities said. The attack occurred around 8 a.m. local time at the southern entrance to…
2026-07-21 · 3 MIN READThe National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday that the driver of a Tesla that crashed into a Texas home last month, killing a 76-year-old woman, had pressed the accelerator to full speed, overriding the vehicle's Full…
2026-07-16 · 3 MIN READRescuers were still searching Wednesday for three people missing after a boat carrying a memorial service group capsized and sank Tuesday afternoon in San Francisco Bay near Alcatraz Island, authorities said. One person died and 16 others…
2026-07-15 · 3 MIN READSubaru of America is recalling more than 541,000 Crosstrek, Forester and Ascent SUVs in the U.S. because a certification label on the affected vehicles incorrectly states their gross axle weight rating, which could lead owners to…
2026-07-14 · 3 MIN READThe Fort Wayne Zoo evacuated its African Journey exhibit Friday after a wildebeest that arrived at the facility less than a week earlier escaped its enclosure and moved into an adjacent habitat via a shared pond, zoo officials said.
2026-07-13 · 3 MIN READA small helicopter crashed Monday morning in a neighborhood near Larkspur, Colorado, seriously injuring the pilot, officials said. The pilot was airlifted to a trauma center.
2026-07-13 · 3 MIN READA 2,000-pound bull bison charged a 65-year-old man at Yellowstone National Park's Bridge Bay Campground on Friday evening, hooking him with its horn and tossing him approximately 8 feet into the air, according to a witness who recorded the…
2026-07-13 · 3 MIN READA 2,000-pound bull bison hooked a tourist with its horn and tossed him approximately 8 feet into the air at a Yellowstone National Park campground on Friday, an encounter captured on video by a professional photographer who said the animal…
2026-07-12 · 3 MIN READWorkers at a 37-story Manhattan building formerly used as the Pfizer headquarters self-evacuated Tuesday morning after observing support beams buckling between the 21st and 22nd floors, prompting the FDNY to evacuate nine surrounding…
2026-07-07 · 3 MIN READA toddler found in a backyard pool in a Phoenix suburb in February was declared dead by medical staff before being found breathing hours later in a hospital morgue room, according to recently released police records.
2026-07-06 · 3 MIN READA Delta Air Lines flight and a firework reportedly came into contact above Chicago on July 4, according to the airline and air traffic control audio. The pilot told controllers the crew "felt a big bang" at an altitude of about 200 to 250…
2026-07-05 · 3 MIN READUnintentional child drowning deaths in the United States have risen since 2019, reversing decades of progress and prompting pediatricians and public health advocates to renew calls for stronger safety measures and expanded swimming…
2026-07-04 · 3 MIN READThe U.S. Navy is searching the Arabian Sea for an aircrewman who went missing after an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter made an emergency landing early Wednesday, military officials said. Three of the four crew members were recovered and are in…
2026-07-02 · 3 MIN READTwo people were killed and 20 others injured in a multi-vehicle crash on the Long Island Expressway in Queens, New York, Monday night, police said. The collision has prompted a federal investigation by the National Transportation Safety…
2026-06-30 · 3 MIN READSen. Chris Coons of Delaware was briefly hospitalized Sunday after a multi-car crash in Lewes in which a driver who, his office said, "experienced medical injuries" struck several vehicles. The Democrat was a passenger in one of the…
2026-06-28 · 3 MIN READA 22-year-old man died Saturday after being swept over the 594-foot Nevada Fall in Yosemite National Park, according to officials. A fellow parkgoer who attempted to rescue him was nearly pulled over the waterfall herself.
2026-06-24 · 3 MIN READTwo people were killed and a child was injured in a shooting Monday evening at the Chico branch of the Butte County Library in Northern California, police said. A suspect was taken into custody without incident.
2026-06-23 · 3 MIN READFilmmaker Rory Kennedy will release a sequel to her 2022 documentary “Downfall: The Case Against Boeing” after the death of whistleblower John Barnett, who took his own life in 2024 while in South Carolina for a deposition in his…
2026-06-23 · 3 MIN READFour crew members were injured Monday when a Coast Guard helicopter crashed during a routine training flight in Alaska, the service said.
2026-06-22 · 3 MIN READA federal investigation has concluded that the 2021 partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida, which claimed 98 lives, began with a structural failure three weeks before the building fell.
2026-06-22 · 3 MIN READAn unidentified man fell into a vault toilet at a central California campground on Saturday while trying to retrieve his sunglasses, officials said. He spent 10 to 15 minutes submerged in sewage before rescue crews extricated him from the…
2026-06-22 · 3 MIN READApproximately two million bees escaped Sunday after a truck carrying their hives overturned near Mauriceville, Texas, prompting emergency officials to warn nearby residents to remain indoors while beekeepers worked to contain the swarms.
2026-06-22 · 3 MIN READA Delta Air Lines flight was forced to abort its landing at Boston Logan International Airport on Saturday after coming within an estimated 300 feet of an American Airlines jet on the runway, according to an aviation expert. The Federal…
2026-06-21 · 3 MIN READA passenger on an American Airlines flight bit a fellow traveler and began throwing punches Sunday, prompting the pilot to request law enforcement and emergency medical personnel meet the aircraft on arrival at Philadelphia International…
2026-06-21 · 3 MIN READA 51-year-old man fell to his death during a concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Saturday night, police said. Officers responding to a 911 call found the man unconscious with injuries indicating a fall from an elevated…
2026-06-21 · 3 MIN READHorse carriage rides in Central Park have been suspended until at least Tuesday as the industry reviews safety protocols after an 18-year-old tourist died when he jumped from a runaway carriage, the union representing drivers said Friday.
2026-06-19 · 3 MIN READSerious chemical accidents in the United States are increasing in frequency and deadliness, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of data submitted to the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. The analysis found 131…
2026-06-19 · 4 MIN READA bighorn sheep named Colby escaped from his enclosure at the Buffalo Zoo on Wednesday morning while keepers prepared to move him to a new habitat, zoo officials said. The 11-year-old sheep was quickly contained and never left zoo grounds.
2026-06-18 · 3 MIN READA shuttle driver with no lifeguard training used his bare hands to rescue three Oklahoma tourists caught in a rip current off Grand Isle, Louisiana, state officials said.
2026-06-18 · 3 MIN READAn 18-year-old teenager died Wednesday after being thrown from a horse-drawn carriage in New York's Central Park, according to police. The horse bolted away from its driver, who had dismounted to take a photograph of the passengers, a…
2026-06-17 · 3 MIN READLos Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilmember Nithya Raman have called for an investigation after police officers shot and killed a two-year-old dog on Saturday while responding to a noise complaint that turned out to be a family…
2026-06-17 · 3 MIN READThe U.S. Air Force on Wednesday identified the eight men killed in Monday's crash of a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress during a test flight at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The victims included four active-duty airmen, one reservist,…
2026-06-17 · 3 MIN READA teenage hiker was scratched by a black bear on the Mount Si trail in Washington on Tuesday after a group of three basketball players encountered a mother bear with her cubs. The injuries were minor, and the teen was released from the…
2026-06-17 · 3 MIN READTwo college students died after being swept out to sea from a Santa Cruz beach as massive waves and dangerous rip currents inundated the California coastline. Harshita Nair, 21, and Mahial Sran, 20, were pulled from the water by rescue…
2026-06-17 · 3 MIN READAnimal control officers and firefighters in Middletown, Connecticut, rescued a baby raccoon from a storm drain Tuesday after responding to a call about an animal that sounded like a dog trapped underground.
2026-06-16 · 3 MIN READA one-year-old boy was killed and a woman seriously injured Sunday in Senatobia, Mississippi, after a police officer fired at a vehicle during a response to a shoplifting call, according to state investigators and the child's grandfather.
2026-06-16 · 3 MIN READMassive waves, coastal flooding and dangerous rip currents are roiling the California coastline this week after king tides killed two people and prompted authorities to urge beachgoers to take precautions. A five-year-old girl was swept…
2026-06-15 · 4 MIN READA weekend BASE jumping accident in a Utah canyon killed two people, including extreme athlete Andy Lewis, who performed with Madonna at the 2012 Super Bowl, authorities said. The Grand County Sheriff's Office confirmed Lewis was one of the…
2026-06-15 · 3 MIN READA U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber crashed shortly after takeoff Monday at Edwards Air Force Base in California, the base announced. Emergency crews responded to the scene, and the status of the crew has not been disclosed.
2026-06-15 · 3 MIN READAn Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in New Jersey was struck by a vehicle Monday morning and fired at the car as it fled, according to local police. The suspect remains at large, and the agent’s injuries are unknown.
2026-06-15 · 3 MIN READTwo friends riding all-terrain vehicles through a wooded area in northern Minnesota on June 6 discovered a 68-year-old woman, Kathryn Woessner, almost entirely submerged in a mud puddle, where authorities said she had been trapped for…
2026-06-14 · 3 MIN READA large tent collapsed during a church's 20th anniversary celebration in Moneta, Virginia, on Friday evening as a severe thunderstorm swept through the area, killing one person and injuring 22 others, authorities said.
2026-06-13 · 3 MIN READFord is recalling more than 250,000 Ford Focus automobiles from model years 2012 to 2018 because a canister purge valve can malfunction and cause the engine to stall unexpectedly while driving. The recall affects 255,404 vehicles in the…
2026-06-12 · 3 MIN READFirefighters in upstate New York rescued a horse Tuesday that jumped over the chest bar inside a trailer and became caught on the vehicle's divider system, according to the Rhinebeck Fire Department.
2026-06-10 · 3 MIN READA hiker who survived a grizzly bear attack in Glacier National Park last month said he feels "extremely lucky" to be alive after the encounter, recounting the moment the bear locked eyes with him and charged. Daniel Crago, 32, was mauled…
2026-06-09 · 3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump said the two crew members aboard a U.S. Army Apache attack helicopter that crashed near the Strait of Hormuz are uninjured, as the incident added to tensions in the strategic waterway that remains under a U.S.-led…
2026-06-09 · 3 MIN READGordon S. Wood, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian whose scholarship fundamentally reinterpreted the American Revolution as a radical social and political transformation, died Sunday after being struck by a car in a supermarket parking lot…
2026-06-08 · 3 MIN READFirefighters in central Kentucky rescued a cow that was spotted stranded in a lake near Danville on Sunday morning, the Boyle County Fire Department said.
2026-06-08 · 3 MIN READFive people were injured in a mass stabbing at New York City's Penn Station on Sunday evening, and a male suspect is in custody, officials said.
2026-06-07 · 3 MIN READA National Park Service ranger died Thursday after falling into a crevasse on Mount McKinley, the agency said, marking the second fatal incident on North America’s tallest mountain in less than two weeks.
2026-06-06 · 3 MIN READFive of seven astronauts aboard the International Space Station were ordered Friday afternoon to take shelter in the docked SpaceX Crew Dragon ‘Freedom’ after an air leak in the Russian segment worsened and NASA objected to the repair…
2026-06-05 · 3 MIN READU.S. and international aviation authorities have issued new guidelines for carrying rechargeable lithium-ion portable battery chargers on flights following a series of smoke and fire incidents, the Associated Press reported June 4.
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