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Getty Images – STOCK (WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont.) — An armed suspect who was allegedly making threats in Yellowstone National Park is dead following a shootout with rangers, the National Park Service said. A Yellowstone law enforcement ranger was also injured in the incident, NPS said. The “significant law enforcement incident” occurred at Canyon Village in […]

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The Columbus Zoo has welcomed the birth of a critically-endangered western lowland baby gorilla, according to zoo officials. The baby gorilla was born in the early hours of Saturday morning to first-time mother Sue and experienced father Ktembe, according to a statement from the Columbus Zoo released on Wednesday. “The Zoo’s expert […]

An eagle flies above the Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska, in an undated photo. (Loop Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The glaciers on a major Alaskan ice field are melting twice as fast than recorded over a decade ago, with researchers saying the rate of ice loss is “incredibly worrying.” The research, led […]

Facebook / Colorado Springs Fire Department (COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) — Authorities have released a video of a dog starting a housefire when it turned on the stove in the middle of the night and ignited some boxes sitting on top of it, fire officials said. The incident occurred early in the morning on June 26 […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Heat alerts have been issued for 26 states from Washington to Florida on Thursday, with more than 120 million on alert for sweltering temperatures — especially on the West Coast. The dangerous heat has already claimed the life of a 10-year-old boy who was hiking in Phoenix on Tuesday. The […]

Department of Land and Natural Resources (NEW YORK) — Two 19-year-old men have been arrested after being accused of illegally hunting on Oprah Winfrey’s ranch in Hawaii, officials say. The incident occurred just before midnight on June 21 in the Kula area of Upcounty Maui, according to the Department of Land and Natural resources in […]

(NEW YORK) — A 2-year-old boy was found dead Tuesday evening inside a hot car in Cobb County, Georgia, officials said Wednesday, marking the sixth hot car-related death in 2024. According to the Cobb County Police Department, the child was found unresponsive in a parked vehicle at approximately 5:36 pm. He was transported to Kennestone […]

(NEW YORK) – -Samuel Woodward, a California man accused of murdering his former classmate in 2018, has been found guilty in the hate crime case. Blaze Bernstein — a 19-year-old gay, Jewish student at the University of Pennsylvania — went missing while visiting his family in Newport Beach during winter break in January 2018. His […]

kali9/Getty Images (LYNNWOOD, Wash.) — A 13-year-old girl died Wednesday after being hit by gunfire during a fight in a mall in Lynnwood, Washington, police said. Jayda Woods-Johnson was “tragically murdered” at the Alderwood Mall, the Lynnwood Police Department said. “The suspect has been identified as a 16-year old male from Edmonds,” the department said […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Heat alerts have been issued for 21 states from Washington to Florida on Wednesday, with more than 90 million on alert for extreme weather. Several wildfires also exploded in the West on Tuesday due to dry conditions and ongoing heat. The dangerous heat is just beginning in the West, but […]