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The 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 READThe U.S. military suspended its search Sunday for a Naval aircrewman who went missing in the Arabian Sea after a helicopter crash landing on Wednesday, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command announced. The search lasted more than 102 hours and…
2026-07-05 · 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…
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Sen. 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.
2026-06-04 · 3 MIN READThe National Transportation Safety Board said the captain of a United Airlines flight from Venice, Italy, was flying too slow and too low before the Boeing 767 struck a light pole and a tractor-trailer while landing at Newark Liberty…
2026-06-04 · 3 MIN READAn unidentified man with a bomb strapped to his body barricaded himself inside a downtown Bakersfield bank on Tuesday afternoon, prompting police to issue evacuation orders and lock down city government buildings, authorities said.
2026-06-03 · 3 MIN READFord is recalling almost 420,000 vehicles in the U.S. because of a seat belt retractor issue that could prevent the belts from retracting or extending, increasing the risk of injury in a crash, according to the National Highway Traffic…
2026-06-03 · 3 MIN READThe Durham County Sheriff's Office rounded up six sheep that were wandering through a neighborhood on Duck Pond Court on Monday, using trash cans and cornhole boards as makeshift barriers. Animal Services deputies captured the five ewes…
2026-06-03 · 3 MIN READA U.S. Army soldier and a British servicemember died Sunday during separate military training accidents in northern Iraq, both militaries announced Monday. The U.S. Army said the death occurred at Erbil Air Base; Britain's Ministry of…
2026-06-02 · 3 MIN READSix people were killed and a suspected gunman died from a self-inflicted wound in a series of shootings across Muscatine, Iowa, on Monday that police said stemmed from a domestic-related dispute. The Muscatine Police Department identified…
2026-06-02 · 3 MIN READThompson Fire Engine Co. firefighters in Connecticut rescued a young goat Sunday night after the animal got its head wedged in the steel framework of a utility trailer, the fire company said.
2026-06-01 · 3 MIN READFirefighters in Beacon, N.Y., rescued a baby deer from a storm drain at the intersection of Ferry and Beekman Street on Saturday, according to the local firefighters union.
2026-06-01 · 3 MIN READCarroll County Sheriff's Deputy Logan Utt was fatally shot Friday when a man opened fire on two deputies conducting a welfare check at a home in Hillsville, Virginia, law enforcement officials said. A search was underway for the suspect.
2026-06-01 · 3 MIN READAn explosion at the Liushenyu coal mine in China's Shanxi province killed 82 people on May 22, ending a decade of safety improvements and marking China's deadliest coal mining disaster in more than 15 years.
2026-05-31 · 3 MIN READSouthern California officials lifted the remaining evacuation orders Tuesday night, allowing all 16,000 people who lived near a damaged chemical tank in Garden Grove to return home. The crisis, which began Thursday when a tank storing…
2026-05-27 · 3 MIN READFire officials in Garden Grove, near Los Angeles, said a damaged chemical tank has a crack that could lower the risk of a catastrophic explosion, but an evacuation order for about 50,000 residents remains in effect with no timeline for…
2026-05-25 · 3 MIN READAuthorities in Orange County, California, said a damaged tank holding methyl methacrylate no longer poses a risk of a catastrophic explosion, and they lifted evacuation orders for about two-thirds of the roughly 50,000 people who had been…
2026-05-25 · 3 MIN READSouthern California officials ordered evacuations for about 40,000 residents near a damaged chemical tank in Garden Grove, Orange County, as firefighters worked to prevent a leak or explosion over Memorial Day weekend. Orange County Fire…
2026-05-25 · 3 MIN READA bystander who was struck by gunfire after a man opened fire at a White House security checkpoint Saturday remained in serious but stable condition on Sunday, authorities said. The Secret Service said the wounded bystander was not in…
2026-05-25 · 3 MIN READInvestigators were combing through a Staten Island shipyard on Saturday after a fire and explosion killed one civilian and injured more than 30 firefighters and other first responders, officials said. The fire broke out Friday afternoon in…
2026-05-25 · 3 MIN READInvestigators searched a Staten Island shipyard Saturday for the cause of a fire and explosion that killed a civilian and injured more than 30 firefighters and other first responders a day earlier. The blast occurred Friday afternoon after…
2026-05-23 · 3 MIN READA 56-year-old woman died after falling into an uncovered maintenance hole on a busy New York City street near Fifth Avenue and East 52nd Street, police and utility officials said. The woman, Donike Gocaj, parked her SUV Monday night…
2026-05-20 · 3 MIN READA fast-growing wildfire that erupted after a small medical plane crashed before dawn Thursday near Ruidoso has triggered mandatory evacuations for a rural area north of the Capitan Mountains and prompted the closure of portions of Lincoln…
2026-05-19 · 5 MIN READThousands of people were ordered to evacuate Monday as the wind-driven Sandy Fire burned more than 500 acres of dry brush and damaged at least one home in the hills above Simi Valley, about 30 miles northwest of Los Angeles, according to…
2026-05-19 · 3 MIN READA 56-year-old woman died Monday night after stepping out of her parked SUV and falling into an open maintenance hole near Fifth Avenue and East 52nd Street in Midtown Manhattan, police and utility officials said.
2026-05-19 · 3 MIN READA 56-year-old woman died after falling into an uncovered maintenance hole on a busy street in Midtown Manhattan, police and utility officials said. The woman, Donike Gocaj, parked near Fifth Avenue and East 52nd Street and fell into the…
2026-05-19 · 3 MIN READThe National Transportation Safety Board began two days of hearings Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in Washington, D.C., examining why a UPS cargo plane’s engine separated from its wing during takeoff last November — a failure that killed all three…
2026-05-18 · 3 MIN READThe National Transportation Safety Board held two days of hearings in Washington on why an engine detached from a UPS cargo plane during a 2025 flight out of Louisville, Kentucky, and why a recurring maintenance and reporting problem was…
2026-05-18 · 3 MIN READA gas explosion sent fire racing through the top floors of a 17-story apartment building in the Bronx early Saturday, killing one person and injuring 14 others, authorities said. Firefighters responded shortly before 12:30 a.m. to the…
2026-05-18 · 4 MIN READThree people were killed and several others were injured late Saturday night when a vehicle crashed into a parked car and multiple pedestrians in Oakland, California, police said. Authorities arrested the teenage driver, and the cause of…
2026-05-17 · 3 MIN READThree Finnish cave-diving experts arrived in the Maldives on Sunday to map a new strategy for recovering the bodies of four Italian divers lost deep inside an underwater cave, a Maldives presidential spokesperson said, after a Maldivian…
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