Javier Cantellops(HONOLULU) — The woman who was rescued after going missing for more than two weeks in a forest in Hawaii said on Saturday that she had to choose between life and death in order to stay alive. “There were times of total fear and loss and wanting to give up, and it did come …
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May 25
French launch manhunt for suspect behind Lyon blast that injured 13
iStock/_laurent(LYON, France) — French officials have launched a manhunt for an individual suspected of leaving an explosive on a busy street in the French city of Lyon that injured 13 people and blew out the windows of a nearby bakery. Because the blast happened in broad daylight and in a public space, it was being …
May 25
LAPD releases dramatic video of police shootout following chase
iStock/anouchka(LOS ANGELES) — The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) released new video from a dramatic police shootout last month that shows a bystander suddenly opening fire on police in south Los Angeles. On April 20, at 9:20 at night, two LAPD Gang Enforcement Division officers spotted a white BMW rolling through a stop sign, turning …
May 25
Severe weather threatens Plains to Midwest over Memorial Day weekend
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The storm system that brought the tornado outbreak from the Plains to Mid-Atlantic spawned 104 reported tornadoes across eight states from Texas to Maryland is long gone, but the holiday weekend will not be a quiet one. A new storm system that began in the Plains on Thursday has brought 24 …
May 25
Latest death marks 10th reported on Mount Everest, amid long wait times to descend
iStock/Zzvet(NEW YORK) — A British man has died on Mount Everest, marking the tenth death in two months as mountaineers eager to take advantage of a brief window of good climbing weather encounter bottlenecks and long waits along the descending route from the world’s highest summit. British media identified the man as Robin Haynes Fisher, …
May 25
LIRR trains to the Hamptons and Montauk down Saturday after overnight train derailment
iStock/WoodysPhotos(NEW YORK) — The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) suspended all service to the Hamptons and Montauk for Saturday after an overnight work train derailment, the New York Metropolitan Train Authority (MTA) said. The disruption to eastbound service is bound to cause problems for holiday travelers over Memorial Day Weekend, the official start of the …
May 24
San Francisco police chief calls for probe of his own force, as reporter whose home was raided seeks an apology
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(SAN FRANCISCO) — In an extraordinary move that capped two weeks of growing outrage sparked by the court-sanctioned San Francisco police raid of a reporter’s home, the city’s police chief William Scott on Friday night acknowledged for the first time that the raid may have violated California state law and called for an …
May 24
Beloved mailman’s retirement GoFundMe goal surpassed after Twitter thread chronicling last day goes viral
Jennifer Brett/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (MARIETTA, Ga.) — A Twitter thread chronicling the story of mailman Floyd Martin’s last day on the job in Marietta, Georgia, after 35 years of service, has gone viral reaching thousands and eliciting an overwhelming response both in sentiment and dollar signs. After the thread by Atlanta Journal-Constitution journalist Jennifer Brett …
May 24
Artist places Harriet Tubman on $20 bills, despite Trump’s ambivalence
CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — There’s a familiar face in town and it’s covering America’s seventh president’s face on a number of $20 bills: Harriet Tubman. New York artist Dano Wall said he has decided to take matters into his own hands with an unofficial revision of the bill since the Trump administration has indicated …
May 24
911 calls, body-cam footage released in fatal shooting of Australian woman by police
iStock/bizoo_n(MINNEAPOLIS) — The 911 calls and some of the body-camera footage, capturing the scene after a Minneapolis police officer shot a woman who had called 911 repeatedly to report a possible sexual assault behind her home, have been released by a judge. On July 15, 2017, Justine Ruszczyk Damond called 911 to report what she …