• California teacher dies in 140-foot fall at Arizona hiking trail

    A California teacher died in a hiking accident on a steep and difficult mountain trail near Sedona, Arizona, this week, authorities said. The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office identified the woman as Zaynab Joseph, 40, of California, who it said was staying with her family at an Airbnb in Sedona. Joseph was hiking with her husband and 1-year-old child on Bear Mountain, about 9 miles west of Sedona, when she fell on Monday morning, the sheriff’s office said in a statement. She fell down a 140-foot...

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    Fatal falls trigger mother of UCSB grad who died in Isla Vista cliff fall two years ago

    SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif.-The mother of a UCSB graduate who died in an Isla Vista cliff fall during alumni weekend two years ago can't believe it has happened again. Heather Havens' son Chasen Alibrando, 26, fatally fell on Friday night April 29, 2022. Jake Parker, 23, fell during a daytime alumni celebration on Saturday, April

  • Pictured: British tourist, 21, who died falling from the fifth floor balcony of his hotel in Turkey in a 'freak accident' after stepping out for a cigarette

    Antony Maxwell, 21, had stepped outside of the hotel room for a cigarette when he fell to his death on April 18, while his 33-year-old girlfriend was unpacking inside.

  • Climber dies after falling 1,000 ft near summit of Alaska's Mount Johnson and their body can't be moved due to severe weather as hiking partner suffers 'serious traumatic injuries'

    The two-person team had been climbing the peak on Thursday night. Both individuals fell nearly 1,000ft from a route known as 'the Escalator'. Due to weather, crews have not been able to reach the body of the dead climber

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    Mothers who lost sons to cliff falls speak out

    SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Parents who lost loved ones to past cliff falls in Isla Vista just learned about the latest fatal fall. This time it happened during a daytime 4-20 party. A man fell from a balcony at 6625 block of Del Playa Dr. The Ojai mother of Santa Barbara City College student Benny Schurmer, 19,

  • Albuquerque mom arrested after special needs son dies

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque woman is behind bars after police say she starved her special needs son to death. Marcella Montelongo, 23, is in jail after Albuquerque police say she killed her 5-year-old son. According to the criminal complaint, the Albuquerque Police Department was called to Montelongo's home in July where her son was []

  • Airbnb invites you to die very stupidly by falling out of its replica of the house from Up

    The Klingons teach us—probably—that every living being is really just searching for the perfect death. To that end: What could be a more fitting end than to be the person who forgets they booked Airbnb’s floating Up house, walks out their rented front door one morning, and plummets off their front step and straight into the annals of (extremely fatal) history? The “hotels but without all those pesky extras like quality control” booker announced its new “Icons” line of gimmick rentals this week,...

  • Delaine Eastin, pioneering California politician, dies at 76

    Delaine Eastin, a trailblazer who is among a handful of women ever elected to statewide office in California, has died after suffering a stroke, according to her representatives. She was 76. “Delaine will be remembered for her boundless intellect, infinitely compassionate spirit, sharp sense of humor, and courageous leadership in local, state, national and international realms,” said a statement released by those close to Eastin after her death on April 23. “Her love of education, children,...

  • Climber dies after 1,000ft fall from Alaska mountain

    The two-person climbing team were ascending ‘the Escalator’ on Mt Johnson, an 8,400-foot peak in Denali National Park, when they fell

  • IN PICTURES: Richard Quigley remembered 40 years on in Derry

    The event, held at the Bogside and Brandywell Monument on the Lecky Road, was chaired by former councillor Billy Page. A number of wreaths were laid on behalf of the Republican Movement, Martin McGuinness Cumann, Pearse Starrs Cumann and the Cu Chulainn Running Club. Ógra member Matthew O'Reilly Deehan read a short bio of Richard Quigley and Charlie McMenamin recited the poem “Creggan Hill” by Derry man Eoghan (Gino) Mac Cormac while Clara Hutton brought the event to an end with the Irish...

  • California’s fast-food minimum wage hike is backfiring

    California’s fast-food minimum wage hike has been in effect for just one month, and the consequences are proving to be fewer hours and potentially fewer jobs for workers. Pollo West Corporation, the largest franchisee of El Pollo Loco restaurants in California, has said that its franchises went from profitable to losing money overnight when the […]

  • At least 40 people die in western Kenya after dam collapses

    A dam collapsed in western Kenya early Monday, killing at least 40 people after a wall of water swept through houses and cut off a major road, police said. The Old Kijabe Dam, located in the Mai Mahiu area of the Great Rift Valley region that is prone to flash