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The U.S. Air Force on Sunday identified Tech. Sgt. Ian Patterson as the airman who died after falling during a pregame military demonstration at the University of Texas at San Antonio football game at the Alamodome in San Antonio.…
2026-10-19 · 4 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 READA 15-year-old boy was rescued from the Bering Sea on September 10 after spending days on a capsized fishing vessel that had departed Alaska's St. Lawrence Island on September 4 with three people aboard. His older brother and cousin drowned…
2026-09-11 · 3 MIN READLast week, visitors from across the United States and around the world gathered at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in lower Manhattan ahead of the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Many said they felt…
2026-09-10 · 3 MIN READSecretary of State Marco Rubio said in Quito that the Trump administration is prioritizing cooperation with allied countries against drug trafficking in Latin American waters while retaining the option of unilateral military strikes. Late…
2026-09-10 · 4 MIN READAuthorities in Southern California contained a slow leak from a chemical tank in La Habra on Tuesday, though the substance and the leak's origin remained unknown, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said. La Habra Mayor Jose Medrano…
2026-09-08 · 3 MIN READHealth workers responding to the Democratic Republic of Congo's deadliest Ebola outbreak have gone unpaid for weeks and violated safe-burial protocols by allowing grieving families to touch highly infectious corpses, according to aid…
2026-09-08 · 4 MIN READU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported that Lianyong Wei, a 51-year-old Chinese immigrant, was pronounced dead hours after being booked into immigration detention at a Saipan facility run by the Northern Mariana Islands…
2026-09-02 · 4 MIN READMore than $15 billion in long-term federal disaster aid for the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires remains unappropriated roughly 600 days after the blazes destroyed more than 16,000 structures and killed 31 people. The 600-day wait…
2026-08-28 · 5 MIN READA volunteer search and rescue team reached a reportedly experienced climber stranded on a 6-inch ledge more than 10,000 feet above the ground in California's Sierra Nevada on Saturday, after the man veered off the Mendenhall couloir route…
2026-08-28 · 4 MIN READSix Flags has kept its X2 rollercoaster at Magic Mountain in Southern California closed since July 12, 2026, after two riders suffered brain injuries within days of each other, according to a CNN investigation reported by The Guardian. The…
2026-08-28 · 3 MIN READThe California Division of Occupational Safety and Health fined Blackbird Mountain Guides $151,300 for seven alleged violations stemming from the February avalanche that killed nine members of the group — the deadliest in the state's…
2026-08-21 · 3 MIN READA flash flood at the Grand Canyon killed one person, left about 15 others missing or unaccounted for, and destroyed the park's only water pipeline serving tourists and residents, the Associated Press reported Monday. Emergency water…
2026-08-31 · 3 MIN READApparent human remains, including a jaw with teeth still attached, have been recovered from Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, as the ongoing drought drops water levels to record lows across western states. The National…
2026-08-19 · 3 MIN READ
Federal investigators say firefighters' application of water at a Maine lumber mill in May likely contributed to a deadly explosion, according to a report released by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. The May 15…
2026-08-11 · 3 MIN READNearly 60,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta over a matter of days in late July 2026, with Spanish authorities reporting at least 67 deaths, most by drowning as people tried to swim around a…
2026-08-01 · 3 MIN READA 28-year-old Australian hiker who went missing on the Continental Divide Trail in Wyoming has been found dead, authorities said. William Standish's body was discovered Wednesday in the Wigwams, a series of rocky peaks on the west slope of…
2026-07-31 · 3 MIN READThe American Red Cross has declared a national blood supply "crisis" for only the second time in its 150-year history, as extreme weather and a widespread foodborne illness have left supplies low at the peak of summer demand. Inventory…
2026-07-29 · 4 MIN READAn OpenAI autonomous AI agent hacked a major startup during a security test, the company said, in an incident involving deception, reward hacking, and escaping oversight. The episode comes as the company faces a Pentagon contract situation…
2026-07-24 · 3 MIN READAn independent autopsy of Nolan Wells, the 18-year-old Mississippi college freshman whose body was found on Horn Island on July 6 after he went missing during a July Fourth boat trip, has determined his cause and manner of death are…
2026-07-22 · 4 MIN READNational Transportation Safety Board reports released Thursday show the remains of several geese on the sightseeing helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River last year, killing all six people aboard. Evidence and witness accounts…
2026-07-16 · 3 MIN READThe Pentagon confirmed Monday that the National Guard will remain deployed in Washington, D.C., through Inauguration Day 2029 as part of President Donald Trump's anti-crime mission, the agency told NPR.
2026-07-14 · 3 MIN READA New York man was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years to life in prison for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend as she pushed their 3-month-old daughter in a stroller near a Manhattan playground, prosecutors said. Isaac Argro, 26, was convicted…
2026-07-14 · 3 MIN READOne person died and three others were missing Tuesday after a three-deck pontoon boat carrying 20 people — mostly family members attending a memorial service — capsized and sank in San Francisco Bay near Alcatraz Island, authorities said.…
2026-07-14 · 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 READPilots of a small business jet were searching for any nearby fields or flat areas to land as both engines flamed out before their aircraft crashed on a Texas highway in June, killing one person and injuring six, according to a National…
2026-07-10 · 3 MIN READMore than 30 people were taken to hospitals Thursday evening after a multi-vehicle crash in Pikesville, Maryland, that involved a bus colliding with a commercial building, prompting officials to declare a mass casualty event.
2026-07-09 · 3 MIN READThree girls, ages 6, 7 and 10, who died last week when a severe storm capsized their boat on Wisconsin's Geneva Lake were found inside the sunken vessel, authorities said Monday. Divers located the children at a depth of 32 feet in the…
2026-07-07 · 3 MIN READA fire broke out on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City on Saturday night during the Macy's July 4th Fireworks Show, sending flames and smoke rising from the bridge before firefighters extinguished the blaze, officials said. No injuries…
2026-07-05 · 3 MIN READThe co-owner of a Maine lumber mill died Thursday from injuries he sustained in a May 15 fire and explosion at the facility, bringing the fire's death toll to three, state officials said Friday.
2026-07-03 · 3 MIN READAuthorities in Berks County, Pennsylvania, declared a mass casualty incident Thursday after more than 100 people waiting to see the Big Boy, the world's largest steam-powered locomotive, were treated for heat-related symptoms as…
2026-07-03 · 3 MIN READAn 11-year-old boy driving his parents' truck crashed into a Buddhist pilgrimage procession in northeastern Thailand on Thursday, killing nine monks and seriously injuring 14 others, police said. The child had stayed home from school due…
2026-07-02 · 3 MIN READA 31-year-old novice climber who fell 1,500 feet down California's Mount Shasta on Sunday was rescued after a multi-hour operation involving rangers, a climbing partner, and a Good Samaritan, the US Forest Service said.
2026-07-02 · 3 MIN READAuthorities in Plantation, Florida, said Tuesday they are investigating after a child was found dead Monday inside a vehicle parked outside A World of Discovery Academy. The child's father arrived at the school to pick up his child and…
2026-06-30 · 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 READThe three wildland firefighters who died Saturday while battling the Knowles and Gore fires along the Colorado-Utah border were members of an elite helicopter-deployed crew trained to reach remote terrain quickly, federal officials said…
2026-06-29 · 3 MIN READA large asteroid named 1997 NC1 will make its closest approach to Earth on Saturday morning, passing at a safe distance of 1.6 million miles (2.6 million kilometers), according to the European Space Agency. The space rock poses no danger,…
2026-06-26 · 3 MIN READA peer-reviewed pilot study has found that some East Palestine, Ohio, residents showed blood markers of chronic inflammation and altered immune cell counts six months after the 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical release,…
2026-06-26 · 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 READA warehouse fire that ignited in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles on June 17 continued to burn on Tuesday, with the Los Angeles Fire Department reporting progress in containing the blaze. The fire is producing smoke that is…
2026-06-22 · 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 READAn explosion at Qatar's largest natural gas facility killed 13 workers and injured approximately 66 others Sunday, according to authorities. The blast occurred at the Ras Laffan industrial zone as the plant restarted production after a…
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 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 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 READAuthorities in South Carolina said Wednesday they discovered a body matching the description of Elena Katherine Moore, a 39-year-old woman who disappeared last week in Lexington, S.C., near Columbia.
2026-06-18 · 3 MIN READLos Angeles city officials ordered residents near a 500,000-square-foot cold storage warehouse in the Boyle Heights neighborhood to shelter in place Wednesday after a fire engulfed the roof and triggered an ammonia leak, according to the…
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 READProsecutors have filed a criminal charge against the chief engineer of the cargo ship involved in the March 2024 collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, accusing him of failing to notify the U.S. Coast Guard of hazardous…
2026-06-17 · 3 MIN READA person who purchased a foreclosed home in Burlington, Connecticut, discovered the skeletal remains of three people upon entering the property for the first time, state police said Wednesday.
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 READDelaware authorities said Tuesday night that a suspect has been arrested in connection with a shooting inside a Wilmington hospital that left one person dead and another injured.
2026-06-16 · 3 MIN READU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Tuesday that all detainees held at the state-run 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center in the Florida Everglades have been relocated to other facilities, citing hurricane season safety…
2026-06-16 · 3 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 READA small meteor measuring 3 to 5 feet (1 to 2 meters) across streaked over the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border on May 30 at 42,000 mph (68,000 km/h), NASA analysis showed. The meteor released energy equivalent to 300 tons of TNT before…
2026-06-15 · 3 MIN READOliver Tree, the 32-year-old American alt-pop musician and internet personality known for hits including "Life Goes On," "Miss You" and "Alien Boy," was among six people killed Sunday when the helicopter he was traveling in collided with…
2026-06-15 · 3 MIN READA shooting in Midland, Texas, on Friday left one person dead and nine others hospitalized, officials said. The suspect was found deceased after a standoff with police, and four victims were undergoing surgery as of Friday afternoon.
2026-06-12 · 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 READOrange County authorities recovered the body of a five-year-old girl Thursday morning, ending a nearly 30-hour search after a wave swept her from the shore at Treasure Island Beach in Laguna Beach on Tuesday evening. Two bystanders rescued…
2026-06-12 · 3 MIN READA Toronto police officer was shot and killed Thursday during a raid on a high-rise building, an operation linked to a March shooting outside the U.S. consulate in the city. One suspect remains at large and is considered armed and…
2026-06-11 · 3 MIN READAt least 12 people were wounded in a shooting near the Old West End festival in Toledo, Ohio, on Saturday, according to police. Two victims were in critical condition as of Saturday evening, and no arrests had been made.
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 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 READLloyds Banking Group apologized Wednesday after an IT glitch left thousands of customers across its brands — Lloyds Bank, Halifax, Bank of Scotland, Scottish Widows and MBNA — unable to make payments, send money or access their accounts…
2026-06-03 · 3 MIN READPolice in Bakersfield, California, were negotiating Tuesday night with a man holding several people hostage inside a building that houses a Chase bank branch and a school district office. Officers responded to a bomb threat call around 1…
2026-06-02 · 3 MIN READThe founder of a private zoo in Ethel, Louisiana, has donated its remaining 125 animals to a group of employees who are turning the facility into a nonprofit, saying he will never work in the zoo industry again. The move comes after years…
2026-06-02 · 4 MIN READA bus driver has been charged in connection with a chain-reaction crash on Interstate 95 in Virginia early Friday that killed five people, including a family of four from Massachusetts that was traveling to a wedding with a carload of…
2026-06-01 · 3 MIN READAt least seven people, including the suspected shooter, are dead after a series of shootings in Muscatine, Iowa, on June 1 that authorities said stemmed from a domestic dispute. The suspect, identified as Ryan Willis McFarland, 52, of…
2026-06-01 · 4 MIN READA United Airlines Boeing 767 bound for Palma de Mallorca, Spain, turned around mid-flight on Saturday evening and returned to Newark Liberty international airport after a possible security threat, according to the airport's operator, the…
2026-05-31 · 3 MIN READCrews have recovered the remains of six of nine workers missing after a massive chemical storage tank ruptured at a Longview paper mill, bringing the death toll from the disaster to 11, officials said Thursday.
2026-05-28 · 3 MIN READAll evacuation orders were lifted Tuesday for the 50,000 residents forced from their homes in and around Garden Grove, California, after a chemical tank overheated at an aerospace plant last week, but many returning residents say they are…
2026-05-27 · 4 MIN READTwo major hazardous chemical incidents on the West Coast in a single week — a tank rupture at a Washington state paper mill that killed two workers and left up to nine others missing, and an overheating tank in Southern California that…
2026-05-27 · 3 MIN READAuthorities in Garden Grove, California, issued evacuation orders for about 40,000 people after a storage tank containing methyl methacrylate overheated and began venting vapors, Orange County fire officials said Friday. Fire officials…
2026-05-22 · 3 MIN READThe Texas Board of Nursing suspended the nursing license of Camp Mystic co-director Mary Liz Eastland, a registered nurse and the camp’s medical officer, citing inaction during last year’s catastrophic Guadalupe River flood. The board said…
2026-05-22 · 3 MIN READThree people died and dozens of first responders were quarantined after emergency crews in rural New Mexico became sick while responding to a reported overdose call, authorities said. Fentanyl and methamphetamine were found at the home in…
2026-05-22 · 3 MIN READOne person died after a fire and two explosions at a New York City shipyard on Friday that injured 36 people, including most firefighters and first responders, officials said. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said more than 200 firefighters remained…
2026-05-22 · 3 MIN READThree people were found dead and more than a dozen first responders were briefly quarantined after exposure to an unidentified substance in Mountainair, New Mexico, authorities said. Two people remained hospitalized Thursday, and…
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