(NEW YORK) -- A 2-year-old boy was found dead Tuesday evening inside a hot car in Cobb County, Georgia, officials said Wednesday, marking the sixth hot car-related death in 2024.According to the Cobb County Police Department, the child was found unresponsive in a parked vehicle at approximately 5:36 pm.He was…
(NEW YORK) -- Two 19-year-old men have been arrested after being accused of illegally hunting on Oprah Winfrey’s ranch in Hawaii, officials say.The incident occurred just before midnight on June 21 in the Kula area of Upcounty Maui, according to the Department of Land and Natural resources in Hawaii, when…
(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) -- Authorities have released a video of a dog starting a housefire when it turned on the stove in the middle of the night and ignited some boxes sitting on top of it, fire officials said.The incident occurred early in the morning on June 26 in Colorado…
(NEW YORK) -- The glaciers on a major Alaskan ice field are melting twice as fast than recorded over a decade ago, with researchers saying the rate of ice loss is "incredibly worrying."The research, led by scientists at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom and published in Nature Communications Tuesday,…
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- The Columbus Zoo has welcomed the birth of a critically-endangered western lowland baby gorilla, according to zoo officials.The baby gorilla was born in the early hours of Saturday morning to first-time mother Sue and experienced father Ktembe, according to a statement from the Columbus Zoo released on…
(NEW YORK) -- A man has been arrested in connection with the attempted rape of a woman sunbathing in Central Park last month, police said.Jermaine Longmire has been charged with attempted rape and sex abuse by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, police said Wednesday.NYPD Chief of Detectives Joe Kenny said…
(SAN FRANCISCO) -- The 74-year-old woman who was pushed into an approaching train at a Bay Area Rapid Transit station has died and a man has been arrested in connection with her death, according to BART police.The woman hit her head on the train and fell onto the Powell Street…
(NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.) -- A New Zealand tourist was killed during a robbery at a California mall after the suspects struck her with their vehicle as they fled the scene, police said.The incident unfolded Tuesday afternoon at Fashion Island, an outdoor shopping mall in Newport Beach, police said.The woman and…
(KOKOMO, Ind.) -- A former Indianapolis Colts player has been arrested after his teenage son, who had been missing for two weeks, was found at the family's home in Kokomo, Indiana.Bryson Muir, 14, was found "safe and well" and is now in the care of the Cass County Department of…
(CHICAGO) -- A lawsuit filed against Northwestern University’s law school claims that its hiring practices give preference to less-qualified women and applicants of color, taking away opportunities from better qualified white men.The lawsuit, which was filed in Federal District Court in Chicago, alleges that faculty hiring practices at universities in…
