disasters crews have managed to establish strong lines of disasters as disasters continue to flare across the western United States. Nearly 22,000 firefighters and support personnel were battling 83 large, active wildfires covering 2,720 square miles (7,044 square kilometers) in 13 states Friday, the National Interagency Fire Center said. The Northwest continues to suffer while…
The los-angeles” target=”_blank”>Los Angeles< shooting of a man with a knife who was “under the influence of drugs and wanted to commit ‘suicide by cop.’” In a criticism of his own deputies, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva also said he had “grave concerns” about the shooting that happened on March 14 after 34-year-old David…
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BOULDER CITY, NEVADA – Lake Mead, one of the National Park Service’s most visited vacation spots, rests in the shadow of the topics. But there’s a problem: The lake is getting real low. As of June, Lake Mead’s depth is the lowest it’s been since 1937. People who live in the area are not the…
Harvard lecturer Carole Hooven took heat from her own colleague after an appearance on Fox News this week in which she asserted that biological sex is real and defended the continued use of terms like “pregnant women” and “male and female.” “The ideology seems to be that biology really isn’t as important as how somebody…
All it took for American theater audiences to be terrified of wild-nature was a score of two ominous notes. And yet, while John Williams’ 1975 “Jaws” theme marked one for the history books, shark scientists outside of Hollywood have blamed the movie for unfairly stigmatizing and sensationalizing shark behavior. SHARK ADVOCATES CALL FOR REBRANDING VIOLENT…
A 10-year-old us-regionswas killed when a rock crashed through the windshield of her father’s truck and hit in her in the head, according to local reports. healthy-living was riding in Brad Horsley’s vehicle in Malad on Monday when a semi driving in the same direction kicked up a 4-inch rock from the roadway, flinging it…
An us-regions woman who got dangerously close to a grizzly bear and her cubs in general earlier this year was charged with two offenses this week after authorities tracked her down, the Billings Gazette reports. Samantha Dehring was in the Roaring Mountain area of the park on May 10 when she allegedly approached a female…
The topics is investigating a new report of los-angeles” target=”_blank”>Los Angeles’<“– who may have been spotted soaring over us-regions again this week. A commercial pilot radioed in the possible sighting Wednesday at 6:12 p.m., about 15 miles east of general at an elevation of 5,000 feet. “Use caution, the jetpack guy is back,” said one…
The parents of missing-persons” target=”_blank”>missing< 5-year-old Summer Wells attended juvenile court this week after their three sons were placed in the custody of that state’s Department of Child Protective Services, according to local reports. The sons of Don Wells and Candus Bly have been in CPS custody since last week, their mother told the Johnson…