Ryan Garza/Detroit Free Press via USAToday Network (GROSSE POINT, Mich.) — The parents of a teenage passenger killed in a high-speed car crash in Michigan are pushing for authorities to charge the mother of the driver. In November 2023, Flynn MacKrell was riding in a car with his then-16-year-old friend […]
DeAgostini/Getty Images (GRAND CANYON VILLAGE, Ariz.) — An 80-year-old man died in Grand Canyon National Park over the weekend after his boat flipped in the Colorado River, marking the 13th person to die in the park this year. The man was on a commercial rapids trip Sunday and fell into […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The FBI has been able to gain extensive analysis on the mindset of the suspected shooter who carried out the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, officials said Wednesday, but it has so far been unable […]
Chaffee County Search and Rescue (SALIDA, Colo.) — A worker on an office hiking retreat to a national forest in Colorado had to be rescued after 14 of his colleagues allegedly left him stranded on a 14,230-foot mountain, authorities said. “In what might cause some awkward encounters at the office […]
A historic Half-track military vehicle that disappeared nearly two months ago from the Dixie National Forest has been recovered. According to a press release from the U.S. Forest Service, “an individual and his attorney contacted the Forest Service Special Agent in charge to facilitate the return of the vehicle.” Forest […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday revived Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, finding several major issues “impugn the reliability” of the original outcome. The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals faulted the trial judge for dismissing the case before the […]
(St. George, UT) — Utah residents and tourists are spending a lot of money in or near national parks. New federal data shows the Beehive State ranked third in the country after outdoor enthusiasts spent nearly two-billion dollars in communities near national parks. Only California and North Carolina saw a […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The hottest weather of the season is spreading across the eastern half of the U.S. — with cities in the Northeast in the bull’s-eye on Wednesday — after baking the Midwest with extreme temperatures early in the week. Chicago’s actual temperature hit 99 degrees on […]
The water buffalo is seen in this still from a Ring camera video in Pleasant Hill, Iowa, on Aug. 26, 2024. (Courtesy Jessica Eshelman) (NEW YORK) — Police in Iowa are warning residents to stay away from a “dangerous,” injured water buffalo that has been on the loose since Saturday. […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 15-year-old was charged after allegedly making bomb threats against his Maryland high school in May, police said. According to the Montgomery County Police Department, the teen allegedly worked with a 12-year-old boy from Pennsylvania to call in the threats to Bethesda-Chevy Chase High […]
