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Mario Tama/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles County is choosing to continue with the “care first, jails last” approach when addressing the more than 75,000 individuals experiencing homelessness in the county, despite recent pressure [Read More…]

Getty Images – STOCK/pawel.gaul (MAUI, Hawaii.) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green announced a historic $4.037 billion settlement Friday to resolve claims arising from the tragic Aug. 8, 2023, Maui wildfires that left more than 100 [Read More…]

A firefighter works as the Nixon Fire burns with evacuation orders in the area on July 29, 2024 near Aguanga, Calif. — Mario Tama/Getty Images (REDDING, Calif.) — It’s only August, but already the U.S. [Read More…]

Responders manage a high angle technical rescue system on July 31, 2024. — NPS / K.Ross (NEW YORK) — A 20-year-old man has fallen 400 feet to his death from a scenic overlook at the [Read More…]

Former prisoners released by Russia, US journalist Evan Gershkovich (C), former US marine Paul Whelan (C), and US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva (L) smile after landing at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field, Texas, on August 2, [Read More…]

Perry Gerenday/Getty Images (WICHITA, Kan.) — A firefighter in Kansas has lost his life in the line of duty while battling a house fire in Wichita, according to the Wichita Fire Department. The incident occurred [Read More…]

shaunl/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — A 6-month-old boy has died after he was left in a hot car in Arizona for about seven hours, authorities said. The incident unfolded after the mom asked a neighbor to [Read More…]

Moundridge Police Department (MOUNDRIDGE, Kan.) — A toddler was rescued Sunday afternoon after getting stuck underground in a PVC pipe, officials said. Emergency responders in Moundridge, Kansas, “acted swiftly and worked diligently for approximately 15-20 [Read More…]

WBRZ (EAST BATON ROUGE, La.) — A 6-month-old boy died after being left for hours in a hot car in Louisiana, authorities said. The baby was found dead in the backseat by his parent at [Read More…]

pablohart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Missouri woman is suing a Kansas hospital where she says she was denied an emergency abortion after she went into premature labor at 18 weeks of pregnancy, alleging she [Read More…]

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ashley Benefield, the woman at the center of the “Black Swan” murder trial, was convicted of manslaughter on Tuesday night. The jury in the trial of the ballerina who [Read More…]

National Park Service (NEW YORK) — Four elk were shot and killed in a poaching incident at a national park, according to authorities. Redwood National and State Park rangers and wardens from the California Department [Read More…]

Hawaii Police Department (KAPOHO, Hawaii) — A man recently identified as a suspect in the 1991 murder of a 23-year-old woman has died by suicide, days after a DNA swab from his cheek matched DNA [Read More…]

Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — An Illinois chief deputy’s concerns regarding Sean Grayson, the former sheriff’s deputy charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, an unarmed mother of two, are [Read More…]

Jason Marz/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of infamous Mexican drug lord “El Chapo,” pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges during his first court appearance since his high-profile arrest last week. [Read More…]

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Two men are dead after they fatally shot one another in an apparent road rage incident in Southern California, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. One of [Read More…]

David McNew/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — As the Park Fire in Northern California became the fifth largest wildfire in state history on Tuesday, firefighters were dealt a new challenge when another blaze erupted in Southern [Read More…]

David Mcnew/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — One of the largest wildfires in California history, the Park Fire in Northern California, continued to rage Monday morning, racing across four counties and threatening more than 4,200 structures [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — The days of the perfect-looking yard — often lawns that guzzle copious amounts of water to stay green — may soon be gone. Homeowners are increasingly opting to “re-wilding” their [Read More…]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump will sit for a “victim interview” in the investigation into his attempted assassination, the FBI announced on a Monday conference call with reporters. FBI Special [Read More…]