Steve Irwin’s family honors the ‘Crocodile Hunter’ on what would have been his 58th birthday
Steve Irwin, lovingly remembered as the one and only “Crocodile Hunter,” would have turned 58 on Saturday. The Irwin family posted…
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A women’s basketball team went viral after hitting five half-court shots in a row
Boom shakalaka! South Dakota State University’s Jackrabbits hit five half-court shots in a row, and it was all caught on video. The…
Continue Reading San Diego bus crash kills 3, injures at least 18
Three people died and 18 were transported to nearby hospitals after a bus traveling south on Interstate 15 rolled over near Fallbrook, the North San…
Continue Reading Alex Ovechkin becomes second-youngest NHL player to score 700 career goals
Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scored the 700th goal of his career on Saturday afternoon, becoming the eighth National Hockey League player…
Continue Reading 2-year-old girl dies after falling into septic tank at Texas RV park
A 2-year-old girl fell into a septic tank at a Texas recreational vehicle park Wednesday evening, spurring a frantic but unsuccessful effort to…
Continue Reading Naval Academy football player dies after he was found unresponsive in dorm
A US Naval Academy midshipman who played on the school football team has died — the second midshipman death in two weeks. David Forney, 22, was…
Continue Reading If the governor signs this bill, Virginia will become the fourth state to ban hair discrimination
Virginia is on the brink of becoming the fourth state to ban hair discrimination, with only the signature of the governor remaining for the…
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Greyhound will no longer allow Border Patrol to conduct warrantless searches on its buses
Greyhound will not allow US Customs and Border Protection agents to conduct searches on its buses without warrants, the company announced. Greyhound…
Continue Reading A rare rainbow snake was spotted in a Florida forest for the first time in 50 years. Don’t worry, it’s harmless
A hiker in Florida found and took pictures of a rare rainbow snake, a species that experts say hasn’t been seen in the area for more than 50…
Continue Reading Portland man is convicted of killing 2 men who confronted him over racist rants on teen girls
A man has been convicted of killing two people who confronted him for harassing a Muslim teen and her friend in a Portland, Oregon, train. Jeremy…
Continue Reading The Good Stuff: Heartfelt reunions, second chances and friendly pups
A wise fictional woman once said, “Waffles, friends, work. Or friends, waffles, work. But work is third.” She’s right; work is…
Continue Reading NYPD says it will remove some non-convicts from its local DNA database
The New York Police Department says it will soon expunge DNA profiles of some people who’ve never been convicted of a crime from the…
Continue Reading Boy Scout parents and a former victim still see benefits of organization for children despite sexual abuse allegations
Hiroko Rose joined the Boy Scouts of America in February 2019 and said she’s loved it so far. The 12-year-old is part of her troop in…
Continue Reading North Carolina police find body of missing baby
Police in North Carolina found the body of a 6-month-old baby near a cemetery Saturday. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police discovered the remains of…
Continue Reading Pilot in crash that killed Kobe Bryant violated weather-related flight rules in 2015, FAA records indicate
Ara Zobayan, the pilot of the helicopter that crashed in California, killing NBA legend Kobe Bryant, violated weather-related flight rules in 2015,…
Continue Reading New Jersey just raised its threat level for white supremacists to ‘high,’ well above ISIS and al Qaeda
White supremacists are officially more of a threat to New Jersey than both ISIS and al Qaeda, according to state security officials. In New…
Continue Reading A controversial religious group is at the center of South Korea’s coronavirus outbreak
More than half of South Korea’s novel coronavirus cases are linked to a branch of a controversial religious group in the southern city of…
Continue Reading Fears over containing novel coronavirus grow as cases outside China spike
Concerns are growing over the global spread of the novel coronavirus after a spike in cases outside of mainland China among people with no connection…
Continue Reading Lori Vallow, mother of missing Idaho children, asked a friend to lie to police about son’s whereabouts, affidavit says
The mother of two children missing in Idaho repeatedly lied to police and asked others to lie as detectives began investigating the disappearances,…
Continue Reading There isn’t an AMBER Alert for every child who goes missing. Here’s why
Evelyn Boswell is a 15-month-old girl missing in Tennessee. Andrew Caballeiro was a week old when he was last seen in Florida. Osiel Rico, 3, has…
Continue Reading Today is George Washington’s birthday. But here’s why we celebrate it on Presidents’ Day
Today is George Washington’s birthday. But does it seem like it? Americans haven’t celebrated the first US president’s birthday on…
Continue Reading How one Florida woman amassed a collection of more than 21,000 banana labels
If you see a 70-year-old woman digging through a trash can for discarded banana peels in Florida, you may have spotted one of the world’s most…
Continue Reading 2,000 Native American remains, which sat at a university for 50 years, will soon go home
For decades, the remains of thousands of Native Americans have been resting at a university in Tennessee. But this spring, they will finally go home.…
Continue Reading 40 years later the ‘Miracle on Ice’ hockey team continues to be a point of American pride
For defenseman Dave Christian, the final ten minutes of the Olympic hockey game “were the longest ever.” “When the horn went off at…
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Greyhound to stop allowing immigration checks on buses; decision supported by El Paso passengers
EL PASO, Texas — Greyhound, the nation’s largest bus company, said Friday it will stop allowing Border Patrol agents without a warrant to…
Continue Reading 2 people arrested and charged in disappearance of 15-month-old from Tennessee
Two people were arrested and charged in connection with an AMBER alert for 15-month-old Evelyn Boswell, who was last seen two months ago. William…
Continue Reading A 15-month-old was reported missing this week — two months after she was last seen
Tennessee authorities are looking for a 15-month-old who was last seen two months ago and the reward for her safe return has reached $33,000. An…
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Trump wants to block Bolton’s book over claims of classified conversations
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump has told his staff that he will look to block the release of John Bolton’s upcoming book over…
Continue Reading Surveillance and police body camera video in Jersey City kosher market shooting released
Newly released surveillance and police body camera video of the December 2019 shooting at a kosher supermarket in Jersey City, New Jersey, shows a…
Continue Reading A swarm of nearly 40,000 bees attacked police responding to a single bee sting report
They were responding to a report of a single bee sting. But their problem was about to get a whole lot worse. A group of firefighters and police that…
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