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Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- A 39-year-old man has drowned after pushing two children to safety from a river before succumbing to the current himself, officials said.The incident occurred on Monday afternoon in Bushkill, Pennsylvania, when authorities received a call at approximately 1:45 p.m. to reports of a possible drowning in the Delaware River, according to a statement from the National Park Service.Rescue team members were on the scene […]

avid_creative/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- A female student at Texas' Rice University was shot and killed on Monday by a man authorities said she had been in a "dating relationship" with.University police responded to a request for a welfare check around 4:30 p.m. local time and found the student, who was identified as Andrea Rodriguez Avila, deceased in her room. Police also discovered an "unidentified male with a self-inflicted … […]

(NEW YORK) -- Authorities in South Carolina said they believe they have found the body of an endangered Massachusetts man who went missing over a week ago while vacationing with his family on Hilton Head Island.Stanley Kotowski, 60, had not been seen since leaving his family's vacation rental in Sea Pines the morning of Aug. 16, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff's Office incident report.The body of a man believed […]

(MERRITT ISLAND, Fla.) -- Embarking on a new chapter of private space exploration, the Polaris Dawn mission is poised to make history this week by launching four private citizens into ultrahigh orbit and attempting the first civilian spacewalk.Led by billionaire Jared Isaacman and in collaboration with SpaceX, the crew aims to reach as far as 870 miles above Earth, the highest altitude of any human spaceflight mission in more than […]

(NEW YORK) -- Former deputy Eddie Duran has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of United States Air Force Sr. Airman Roger Fortson who was killed in his own home, the Florida state attorney said Monday.Duran is being held in the Okaloosa County Jail on no bond and is scheduled to make his first court appearance Tuesday morning, online jail records show. It is unclear if he has […]

(PHOENIX) -- The judge overseeing the Arizona "fake elector" case that charged several Trump allies with alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state has set a trial date of Jan. 5, 2026.At a hearing in Phoenix on Monday, Arizona Superior Court Judge Bruce Cohen heard several motions from the defendants' attorneys including some motions to dismiss the case.Many of the defendants, including Trump adviser […]

Ian Maule/Getty Images (ATLANTA) -- Special counsel Jack Smith filed his argument Monday urging the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse a federal judge's surprise dismissal of former President Donald Trump's classified documents case.U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon last month threw out the case against Trump that charged him with unlawfully retaining classified documents taken from his time in the White House and then seeking to obstruct the government's […]

Maxar Technologies/Getty Images (LOVELOCK, Nev.) -- Authorities are investigating the death of a 39-year-old woman on the first day of the Burning Man Festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert.Burning Man's emergency services personnel found the festival attendee, Kendra Frazer, unresponsive around 11:30 a.m. Sunday, according to the Burning Man Project and Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen. Deputies responded and confirmed her death, Allen said."Her cause and manner of death are […]

(KETCHIKAN, Alaska) -- A landslide in Ketchikan, Alaska, has killed at least one person and has blocked roads and damaged houses, officials said.Three people were injured and taken to the hospital, according to Kacie Paxton, a public information officer for the Ketchikan Gateway Borough. One of those people was later released, she said.Mandatory evacuations were put in place after the landslide swept through several streets in Ketchikan at about 4 […]