The Coast Guard rescued two stranded boaters near Hopedale, Louisiana, on Saturday, April 20, after their boat became disabled.
FORDLAND, Mo. - The Logan-Rogersville Fire Protection District Assistant Fire Chief Lafferty confirmed that a water rescue is underway south of Fordland Friday night in Webster County. According to the Assistant Fire Chief, the Webster County Sheriff's Office, MSHP Troop D, and the Battlefield Fire Protection District are also responding. The fire protection district and []
PITTSBURGH -- Wednesday was the first of what should be several games where the Pirates opted to push their originally scheduled starter back in favor of a bullpen day, giving most of the rotation another day of rest. The results were mostly favorable, outside of a three-run third when Luis
First responders were conducting an “active rescue” Tuesday morning after a
A quick response by the Cameron County Beach Patrol resulted in the rescue of a distressed swimmer who got caught in a rip current Sunday afternoon near the jetties off South Padre Island.
Columbia University’s student encampment in support of Gaza began on 17 April and sparked a nationwide wave of student activism. Columbia’s gated campus has tightened security, leaving many protesters without access to the inside. As the protests leak out into the streets of the Upper West Side, New Yorkers and tourists alike have been stopping to watch. A prospective student told The Independent he traveled from Greece to visit the university. “But it’s impossible,” he said. “Students have...
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) - Nearly 30 animals were saved from a hoarding situation in Pahrump. "Several of the dogs are blind and deaf. Some are pregnant and some have tumors," Marleen Szalay with local dog rescue 'A Path 4 Paws' shared. Szalay described the mess her rescue and animal control found when they arrived at the residence. "The trash was piled 4 feet []
I thought finding Karma – yes, that is the cat’s name – would make me beloved and cherished by my neighbourhood. Unfortunately, not so muchA couple of weeks ago I went to go see a woman about a cat. The woman was my neighbour (we’ll call her L) and she had lost her tabby, Karma. (That’s the cat’s name – I’m not saying L had it coming.) Karma had been gone for weeks and her family was distraught. The entire neighbourhood had been trying, without luck, to look for her.And then, one day, when I was...
Video shows how a man who was stranded on an ‘inaccessible’ cliff face was rescued after he alerted help - by setting fire to his newspaper. With no battery-charge on his phone, retired geologist Bryn Austin, 71, used a lighter, some newspaper and packaging leftover from an Easter egg – to start a small fire in order to draw attention to himself in the remote location. During a huge search operation involving the National Police Air Service, officers quickly discovered that Bryn’s position was...
Heavy rains have been pounding the country since mid-March and the
Coconut rhinoceros beetles continue to wreak havoc on the Big Island after three live adults were reported to the Department of Agriculture.
The Coast Guard on Tuesday rescued migrant children after a potential smuggler deflated a raft before swimming back to Mexico, according to a news release.