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(JACKSON, Wyo.) --A beloved grizzly bear has been struck and killed by a vehicle in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, officials said.The famed grizzly bear -- known simply as “Grizzly Bear 399”due to the identity tag attached to her ear -- was fatally struck on Tuesday evening by a vehicle on Highway 26/89 in Snake River Canyon, just south of Jackson, Wyoming, and her identity was confirmed through ear […]

mphotoi/Getty Images (ARIZONA) -- A suspect has been arrested in connection to three separate shooting attacks on a Democratic National Committee office in Arizona, according to Tempe Police Department.Jeffrey Michael Kelly, 60, faces multiple charges that include unlawful discharge, shooting at a non-residential structure, terrorism and criminal damage.Kelly is also accused of "hanging suspicious bags of white powder from several political signs lined with razor blades" in Ahwatukee, police said.On […]

(BUTLER COUNTY, Pa.) -- More than a dozen 911 calls from the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on July 13 in Butler County, Pennsylvania, were released on Wednesday, reflecting moments of fear and confusion after a gunman opened fire at the outdoor rally."They just tried to kill President Trump," a 911 caller reported."We have an emergency. We're at the Trump rally," another caller said.The 15 recordings, some of […]

(NEW YORK) -- A New York-based Iranian journalist who was the target of an alleged failed assassination attempt that federal prosecutors say involved an Iranian general said she has "been given a second life."Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced criminal charges against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Brig. Gen. Ruhollah Bazghandi in connection with the alleged murder plot against Masih Alinejad, a prolific journalist and human rights activist who has been critical […]

(ATLANTA) -- A comprehensive audit of Georgia's voter rolls found that just 20 noncitizens were registered to vote on a registration list of over 8 million, according to an announcement Wednesday from Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.All 20 of those registrations have been canceled and referred to the authorities for investigation and potential prosecution, Raffensperger said.An additional 156 registrations were flagged for a "human investigation" that is now underway."Georgia […]

Gregory P. Mango-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- A Manhattan judge on Wednesday granted a motion by prosecutors to combine Harvey Weinstein's retrial on sex crimes charges with his trial on a new charge of forcing oral sex on a woman in 2006.Prosecutors convinced Judge Curtis Farber to consolidate the cases into a single trial in part by arguing separate trials would be "extraordinarily inefficient."Farber did not set a new trial […]

(EAST LANSING, Mich.) Researchers from Michigan State University and Rutgers University say they will lead the first nationally funded study on the effects of structural racism on housing, aging and health.The research – funded by an expected $3.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and National Institute on Aging – will examine the impact that “racist and discriminatory” policies over the last 100 years have had on a […]

Courtesy Omar Rodriguez (NASSAU, Bahamas) Search efforts are underway for a 66-year-old woman who fell overboard on a Taylor Swift-themed cruise Tuesday night, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.The missing passenger fell off the Royal Caribbean ship Allure of the Season about 17 miles north of Nassau, Bahamas, the Coast Guard said.The Coast Guard is assisting with the search, which is being led by the Royal Bahamas Defense Force.The four-night […]

(DELPHI, Ind.) -- A pair of teenage girls who were on the Delphi, Indiana, hiking trail the same day two younger girls were murdered are speaking out about their recollections of the "bridge guy."Railly Voorhies testified Tuesday at Richard Allen's murder trial that she was on the small-town trail on Feb. 13, 2017, with a friend and two sisters.Voorhies, who was 16 at the time, said she passed a man near Freedom Bridge […]