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Gordon 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…
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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
3 MIN READThree people were killed and more than a dozen first responders were quarantined and assessed Wednesday after they were exposed to an unidentified substance at a rural home in Mountainair, east of Albuquerque, New Mexico, authorities said.
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.
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Firefighters 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.
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.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
3 MIN READBEIJING (AP) — A pickup truck carrying 15 people fell off a bridge in southwest China’s Guangxi region on Saturday, leaving one person dead and nine missing, state media reported. Five people were rescued, while search and rescue teams…
3 MIN READThree people were killed and several others were injured late Saturday night after a driver crashed into a parked car and pedestrians in Oakland, California, authorities said. The crash occurred shortly after 11 p.m., and police said the…
3 MIN READBoise, Idaho officials said all four crew members ejected safely after two U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler jets collided and crashed Sunday during an air show at Mountain Home Air Force Base in western Idaho. The base locked down immediately,…
3 MIN READThree Finnish divers arrived in the Maldives to help map a new plan to search for the bodies of four Italian divers believed to be inside an underwater cave, after a Maldivian rescue diver died, the Maldives coastguard and officials said.…
3 MIN READA Maldives National Defense Force diver died Saturday from decompression sickness while assisting the search for the bodies of four Italian divers believed trapped deep inside an underwater cave in Vaavu Atoll.
3 MIN READUn buzo militar de Maldivas murió el sábado mientras buscaba los cuerpos de cuatro buzos italianos que se cree que quedaron atrapados en una cueva submarina, informó el gobierno de Maldivas. El ministerio de Exteriores de Italia indicó que…
3 MIN READA Tennessee man known online as “Chud the Builder” was held on a $1.25 million preliminary bond on attempted murder and other charges after a shooting outside the Montgomery County Courthouse, authorities said. Prosecutors sought to hold…
3 MIN READA 38-year-old spearfishing diver was fatally mauled by a shark off Rottnest Island, police in Western Australia said. The man was attacked on a coral reef near the island’s dive boats on Saturday and later died after paramedics could not…
3 MIN READTwo people were found dead after a small plane crashed into a house in Akron, Ohio, on Thursday and burst into flames, according to the Akron Fire Department.
3 MIN READAKRON, Ohio (AP) — Two people were found dead inside a small plane after it crashed into a house and exploded into flames in Akron on Thursday, the Akron Fire Department said. The department said there were no immediate reports of injuries…
3 MIN READA U.S. Army statement says the remains of the second soldier who went missing during military exercises in Morocco have been recovered, ending a multinational search. The soldier was identified as Spc. Mariyah Symone Collington, 19, of…
3 MIN READThe National Transportation Safety Board recommended Wednesday that airlines develop realistic simulations to train pilots for cockpit smoke emergencies, after a December 2023 bird strike aboard a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max left the…
3 MIN READThe remains of the second U.S. Army soldier who went missing during a multinational military exercise in Morocco have been recovered, the Army said Wednesday, concluding a search operation that deployed more than 1,000 personnel and…
3 MIN READA Beechcraft King Air turboprop carrying 11 people ditched in the Atlantic Ocean about 50 miles off Vero Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, triggering a dramatic rescue by an Air Force Reserve helicopter crew that plucked the survivors from a…
3 MIN READIn a safety recommendation issued Wednesday, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board urged airlines to train pilots with realistic simulations for emergencies in which smoke fills the cockpit. The NTSB said pilots on a Southwest…
3 MIN READWorkers at Denver International Airport missed a security breach by a man who scaled a perimeter fence and crossed a runway where he was hit and killed in a fiery collision with a Frontier Airlines plane, authorities said Tuesday. The…
3 MIN READAll ten people aboard a small plane were rescued Tuesday after the aircraft crashed in Bahamian waters off Florida's coast, officials said. The pilot had declared an emergency before communication was lost, triggering a search-and-rescue…
3 MIN READSecurity personnel at Denver International Airport missed a breach of a perimeter fence by a man who then walked onto a runway and was fatally struck by a Frontier Airlines jet taking off for Los Angeles, authorities said Tuesday. The…
3 MIN READA man armed with an assault-style rifle fired more than 60 rounds at cars along a busy Cambridge roadway Monday afternoon, seriously wounding two motorists before a Massachusetts state trooper and a Marine veteran separately returned fire…
3 MIN READA man previously convicted of firing a gun at police shot at motorists on a busy road outside Boston, seriously wounding two drivers on Monday afternoon, authorities said. The shooting happened along the Charles River in Cambridge,…
3 MIN READA U.S. Air Force training jet crashed Tuesday in west Alabama, and both pilots ejected safely, military officials said. The aircraft was a T-38 Talon II from Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi.
3 MIN READA U.S. Air Force T-38 Talon II training jet from Columbus Air Force Base crashed Tuesday at noon in west Alabama, military officials said. Both pilots ejected safely, according to a news release from base officials.
3 MIN READA charter boat exploded Saturday afternoon in Biscayne Bay near Haulover Sandbar, injuring 11 people who were transported to area hospitals, the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue agency said.
3 MIN READA boat explosion near Miami on Saturday sent about a dozen people to hospitals, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said. The blast occurred in Biscayne Bay near Haulover Sandbar, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission…
3 MIN READA person who jumped a perimeter fence and entered a runway at Denver International Airport was struck and killed by a Frontier Airlines plane during takeoff late Friday, airport and airline officials said. The collision triggered an engine…
3 MIN READA suicide bomber and several gunmen attacked a security post in the Bannu district of northwestern Pakistan late Saturday, killing at least 14 police officers, authorities said. The attack was claimed by a newly formed militant group that…
3 MIN READPakistan’s police said a suicide attack on a security post in Bannu, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, killed 14 officers and wounded three early Sunday, after a vehicle packed with explosives detonated late…
3 MIN READPolice in Germany freed two people from a locked room at a Volksbank branch in Sinzig after entering the bank following a hostage alarm, the Associated Press reported. Officers said they believed there were “several perpetrators and…
3 MIN READA Frontier Airlines flight struck and killed a person on the runway at Denver International Airport late Friday during takeoff, triggering an emergency evacuation as smoke filled the cabin. The National Transportation Safety Board is…
3 MIN READThe National Transportation Safety Board said it is gathering information about the evacuation of a Frontier Airlines plane after it hit and killed a person on the runway at Denver International Airport during takeoff. The agency said the…
3 MIN READIndonesian rescuers on Sunday found the bodies of two Singaporean hikers on Halmahera, officials said, two days after the men became stranded in a volcanic eruption on Mount Dukono. A third hiker, an Indonesian woman, was found dead…
3 MIN READRescue teams on Indonesia’s remote Halmahera island recovered the bodies of two Singaporean hikers on Sunday, two days after a sudden eruption on Mount Dukono, bringing the death toll to three, officials said. The hikers had been part of a…
3 MIN READThe body of a missing hiker has been found in Glacier National Park in what authorities say appears to be the first deadly bear attack at the iconic Montana park since 1998. The hiker, identified as Anthony Pollio, 33, of Fort Lauderdale,…
3 MIN READLa policía en Alemania entró el viernes en un banco de la localidad de Sinzig y rescató a dos personas que estaban encerradas en una habitación con llave, horas después de que se reportara una supuesta toma de rehenes. Autoridades…
3 MIN READA hiker’s body was found Wednesday in Glacier National Park in Montana, where authorities said the injuries appear consistent with a bear encounter. The National Park Service said wildlife and law enforcement personnel are assessing the…
3 MIN READA participant in the Cocodona 250 ultramarathon died Tuesday after experiencing a medical emergency on trails in northern Arizona, race organizers and local law enforcement said. First responders attended to a woman in her 40s who…
3 MIN READYellowstone National Park officials said Tuesday that two hikers were injured in a bear attack Monday afternoon on the heavily traveled Mystic Falls Trail near Old Faithful. The incident, involving one or more bears of undetermined…
3 MIN READA shooting at a weekend lakeside party at Arcadia Lake in Edmond, Oklahoma, left an 18-year-old woman dead and 22 others with gunshot and shrapnel wounds, police said Tuesday. No arrests have been made, but investigators believe there is…
3 MIN READA participant in the Cocodona 250 ultramarathon in northern Arizona died Tuesday after experiencing a medical emergency on trails near a Groom Creek trailhead south of Prescott, officials said. First responders attended to a woman in her…
3 MIN READTwo hikers were injured in a bear attack on the Mystic Falls Trail near Yellowstone National Park’s Old Faithful geyser, park officials said Tuesday. The park temporarily closed an area near the Midway Geyser Basin while it investigated…
3 MIN READTwo people were killed and three seriously injured when a driver deliberately drove into pedestrians in a shopping district of Leipzig, Germany, on Monday, according to the Associated Press. The attack, one in a spate of vehicle-ramming…
3 MIN READA United Airlines jet with 231 people aboard struck a bakery delivery truck and a light pole on the New Jersey Turnpike as it landed at Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday, narrowly avoiding what experts called a potential…
3 MIN READA shooting at an unsanctioned party at Arcadia Lake in Edmond, Oklahoma, sent at least 18 people to hospitals, with three victims in critical condition, after an argument among a group of girls erupted into chaos late Sunday, police said.
3 MIN READA United Airlines jet narrowly avoided catastrophe after it struck a semitrailer truck and a light pole on the New Jersey Turnpike while landing at Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday, the National Transportation Safety Board…
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