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Mario Tama/Getty Images (MAUI, HAWAII) — The Maui Fire Department is set to release its report on Tuesday about how it responded to the deadly wildfires that erupted on the Hawaiian island of Maui last year, the deadliest natural disaster in state history. At least 101 people died in connection with the wildfires. Much of […]

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (BALTIMORE) — Officials were able to stop the flow of traffic onto the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore before a massive cargo ship crashed into a support column, helping to save lives in the disaster, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said. The container ship Dali issued a mayday call as […]

Perry Gerenday/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Seven months after deadly wildfires ripped through Maui, state investigators are finalizing a comprehensive investigative report that is now set to be released on April 17, 2024, after a two-month delay. While several local agencies are reviewing the cause of the fires and the response, the Fire Safety Research […]

@MNPDNashville/X (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — The Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission said it is investigating whether missing college student Riley Strain was overserved before he vanished during a night out in Nashville. Strain, 22, was last seen by friends at 9:52 p.m. Friday after drinking downtown in the city’s Broadway area, Nashville police said. Strain’s friends last […]

Tim Drivas Photography/GETTY Images (NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams says NYPD officers took “appropriate action” during a violent altercation with a migrant in a city-operated shelter in the borough of Queens that was caught on camera. In a video obtained by The New York Times, officers can be seen repeatedly striking […]

Adam Jones/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Federal and state officials are still seeking leads nearly one year after four bald eagles were found shot dead in Arkansas. The eagles were discovered on Feb. 13, 2023, in the town of Pyatt in Marion County, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which is investigating the […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (WRANGELL, Alaska) — Alaska state officials have released the identities of the victims of a landslide that left three people dead and another three missing. The landslide occurred shortly before 9 p.m. local time Monday near Wrangell, a city in the Alaska Panhandle, along the Zimovia Highway at mile 11, officials said. […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Officials in Wrangell, Alaska, said Thursday they have resumed their search for the adult and two children who went missing after a deadly landslide hit the region. The search was briefly paused Tuesday afternoon due to hazardous conditions, according to officials. “K9 teams will be searching along the waterline […]

Piccell/Getty Images (ASPEN, Colo.) — Wildlife officers are continuing their hunt for a bear they say entered a luxury hotel before raiding the resort’s kitchen and attacking an on-duty security guard. The incident occurred on Monday night at approximately 11 p.m. at the St. Regis Aspen Resort in Aspen, Colorado, when officials from Colorado Parks […]