Brais Seara/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — It turns out that woodpeckers are useful for more than using their beaks like jackhammers. The habitat preferences of black-backed woodpeckers have led scientists to create a tool that can help forest managers promote regrowth and biodiversity following wildfires, according to a study published […]
Prince Edward County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — Federal, state and local officials are searching for two inmates who escaped from a Virginia jail, including a man who’s suspected of being involved in the murder of a North Carolina deputy, according to authorities. Alder Marin-Sotelo, 26, and Bruce Callahan, 44, […]
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Houston 7, San Francisco 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 3, NY Yankees 2 Boston 6, Toronto 5 NATIONAL LEAGUE San Diego 8, Cincinnati 3 LA Dodgers 13, Philadelphia 4 Chi Cubs 5, Washington 1 Atlanta […]
Kali9/Getty Images (HENRYETTA, Okla.) — Seven bodies were found in Henryetta, Oklahoma, on Monday amid a search for two teenage girls who were reported missing over the weekend, according to the sheriff’s office. Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice told reporters outside the crime scene later in the afternoon Monday that […]
Baseball Region 14 DELTA, Utah-Reggie Frischknecht homered and the Manti Templars blanked Delta 10-0 to complete a Region 14 doubleheader sweep of the Rabbits Monday. Kayson Bailey’s nine strikeouts in five innings of work earned him the win on the mound. DELTA, Utah-Braxton Henningson, Bryce Boehrer, Hayden Wade, Cody Aagard […]
Denis Moura / 500px / Getty Images, STOCK (BUCKEYE VALLEY, Ariz.) — A woman was stung more than 75 times by a swarm of bees while participating in a family photo shoot in Arizona on Sunday, fire department officials said. Arizona Fire & Medical Authority said crew members responded to […]
Courtesy of Junior Izaguirre (CLEVELAND, Texas) — Five people, including an 9-year-old boy, were killed Friday night at their Texas home by a neighbor who was armed with an AR-15-style rifle, police said. A manhunt was underway Sunday for the suspect, identified by authorities as 38-year-old Francisco Oropeza. The victims […]
(CHARLESTON, S.C.) — A golf cart carrying four people was struck from behind by a suspected drunk driver Friday night near Charleston, South Carolina, killing a woman who had just celebrated her wedding earlier in the day. Chief Andrew Gilreath of the Folly Beach Department of Public Safety identified the […]
@gwith99/Twitter (NEW YORK) — Six people are dead and dozens more injured after a massive pileup Monday in Illinois caused by a sudden dust storm, officials said. Illinois State Police Maj. Ryan Starrick said during an afternoon press conference that six people had died and more than 30 people were […]
@gwith99/Twitter (NEW YORK) — Multiple people are dead and dozens injured after a massive pileup Monday in Illinois caused by a sudden dust storm, officials said. Illinois State Police Maj. Ryan Starrick said during an afternoon press conference he did not have an official death toll, but said more than […]
