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(NEW YORK) -- A woman was killed on Sunday in Tennessee as she attempted to rescue her son, who had been swept away in high waters, a local sheriff's office said, as a flash flood threat was in effect for parts of Tennessee and Kentucky, where four other deaths were recorded.The Grainger County Sheriff's Department in Tennessee said Mary Evelyn Nicole Manning-Kellione, 39, was killed on Sunday after she went […]

Stock photo of an alligator in the water. (Sushisu/Getty Images) A woman was killed by an alligator while swimming in a river in Florida, officials said.The victim was in the Econlockhatchee River in Seminole County, just north of Orlando, on Sunday when she was attacked, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.She was taken to a hospital where she died from her injuries, the FWC said.Efforts to trap […]

E. Jean Carroll leaves the courthosue on September 6, 2024 in New York City. Both parties appear in court today as Trump's lawyers fight to overturn the jury's finding that he sexually abused E. Jean Carroll. (Photo by Alex Kent/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court has denied President Donald Trump's appeal of the $5 million jury finding in the 2022 defamation case brought against him by the writer E. […]

Luigi Mangione appears at an evidence suppression hearing at Manhattan Supreme Court on May 18, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Jeenah Moon-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- Accused killer Luigi Mangione is due back in Manhattan federal court Monday after talks to resolve his case with a guilty plea stopped without a deal.Mangione, who has pleaded not guilty to federal charges he stalked UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson before shooting […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- As several wildfires burn across the West, parts of the Four Corners region will once again see an extremely critical fire weather danger which could help current or new fires rapidly grow and become more dangerous.The largest wildfire in Utah, the Cottonwood Fire, has burned more than 71,000 acres and remains 0% contained. Meanwhile, the Iron Fire has burned more than 40,000 acres and is 38% contained, […]

Undated photo of a bison in Yellowstone National Park. (Yellowstone National Park) (NEW YORK) -- A child visiting Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming was injured by a bison on Friday, according to park officials.The incident occurred at approximately 9:15 a.m. local time near Mud Volcano, just north of Fishing Bridge.The 12-year-old visitor was transported by emergency medical personnel to a nearby hospital, according to a release from Yellowstone National Park, […]

(CALIFORNIA) -- A U.S. soldier died earlier this month after being struck by an M2 Bradley fighting vehicle during a large-scale training exercise in California, an Army spokesperson said.Adrian Bonsey, 29, was a combat engineer assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart in Georgia.Bonsey was on foot June 10 in a training area in the Mojave Desert during hours of limited visibility when he was run over by […]

(WASHINGTON) -- House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said he had issued two subpoenas to Leon Black after Comer said the private equity billionaire refused to answer some of the committee's questions about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during Black's closed-door appearance before the panel Friday.Black, who was appearing before the panel as part of its ongoing probe into the government's investigation of Epstein, walked out of his transcribed […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- The judge declared a mistrial Friday in the federal trial of the man accused of starting the deadly blaze that devastated the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles last year, with the jury deadlocked.Jonathan Rinderknecht was accused of "maliciously" starting a fire that six days later developed into what became known as the Palisades Fire, one of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history.He was indicted […]