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Wildlife officials in Pennsylvania are warning hikers with pets that someone found dog treats "stuffed with fish hooks" scattered along a stretch of the Appalachian Trail. The Lehigh Gap Nature Center and, later, the Pennsylvania Game Commission shared the warning on social media on Monday, May 6 alongside photos of the potentially deadly treats, Knewz.com has learned. The state game commission said the booby-trapped treats were found over the weekend by a hiker near the North Trail Loop leading to the George W. Outerbridge shelter on the Appalachian Trail in Washington Township. "This section...
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A 5-month-old baby who was "seriously injured" at Legoland Windsor Resort in the U.K. last week died Monday, May 6 after going into cardiac arrest, and a woman has been arrested in connection with baby's death, police said. Thames Valley Police said Tuesday, May 7 that a 27-year-old woman from Witham, Essex, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of neglecting a child to cause unnecessary injury. The suspect, who was not identified, was released on bail until a hearing on July 26, Knewz.com has learned. It's unclear what injury the baby sustained, and how neglect played a role in the injury, with ...
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The captain of a dive boat that caught fire and sank off the coast of California in 2019, killing 34 people on board, was sentenced on Thursday, May 2 to four years in prison, officials said. Jerry Nehl Boylan, 70, was found guilty in November of 2023 of one count of misconduct or neglect of ship officer – an offense also known as “seaman’s manslaughter.” Boylan was the captain of the Conception, a 75-foot passenger boat operating out of Santa Barbara Harbor. The boat embarked on a dive trip during Labor Day weekend in 2019 with 33 passengers and six crew members, including Boylan. On Sept. 2,...
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A pair of Idaho men are facing charges after one of them was injured after allegedly kicking a bison at Yellowstone National Park, officials said. Knewz.com has learned that on the afternoon of April 21, 40-year-old Clarence Yoder of Idaho Falls allegedly approached bison too closely and was injured, the National Park Service said in a statement Monday. Rangers responded to a report of a man harassing a herd of bison and kicking a bison in the leg on West Entrance Road near the Seven Mile Bridge, about 7 miles east of the park’s West Entrance. They located the suspect's vehicle and stopped it ...
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A school police officer in Florida was arrested after her 3-year-old son found her gun and shot himself in the foot, authorities said. The Homestead Police Department said officers responded to a report of a self-inflicted gunshot at a residence on Southeast 26th Terrace in Homestead, south of Miami, shortly before 2 p.m. on Sunday. Knewz.com has learned that the boy was airlifted to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital and was in stable condition. The boy's mother, 25-year-old Stephanie Alondra Jerez, was identified as a Miami-Dade Schools Police officer. The gun found by her son was not her departme...
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Authorities arrested four correctional officers on Wednesday they allege helped five inmates escape from a jail in Yazoo, Mississippi last weekend. Knewz.com has learned that the case is still under investigation, and Yazoo County Sheriff Jeremy McCoy said they hope to soon “have the whole ring. It’s a whole mess.” WLBT3, a local news outlet for Jackson, MS, reported that four of the five escapees had been recaptured, with three of them finding freedom for a few days before they were caught. A fourth inmate was caught quickly after trying to escape. One escapee, Glen Bassett, is still on the r...
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A court in Oklahoma canceled the execution of James Ryder on Thursday, who was given the death penalty for his 1999 murder of a mother and her son. Knewz.com has learned that a stay on the execution was set to expire on March 31, and that Ryder had exhausted all of his avenues for appeal. “The Court is of the distinct opinion that Mr. Ryder has ‘raised substantial doubt as to his [competency] to be executed,’” the court wrote in its order. According to court documents, an interview with Warden Jim Farris created significant doubts for the court about whether Ryder was competent to be executed....
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Scientists are scrambling to figure out why smalltooth sawfish, marine creatures that have been around for millions of years, are dying at an alarming rate in Florida waters. The endangered animals are also exhibiting unusual "spinning" and "whirling" behavior, puzzling wildlife officials who are ramping up rescue and rehabilitation efforts, Knewz.com has learned. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries declared an "emergency response" in the Lower Florida Keys on Wednesday, March 27, after state wildlife officials reported the "abnormal fish behavior" as well as t...
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Attendees at a fireworks festival in Mexico are igniting fury on social media for pointing a stream of lasers at a passenger plane. Knewz.com has discovered a circulating video showing the crowd dangerously blasting dozens of beams at the low-flying airplane. The jet's flightpath crossed the National Pyrotechnic Festival in Tultepec during its final stretch toward Felipe Ángeles International Airport in Zumpango on Friday, March 8, according to Business Insider and The Independent. In a TikTok video that has been viewed more than 31 million times since it was posted on March 17, a few festival...
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A surge of hot plasma from the sun's surface has triggered Earth's most powerful solar storm since 2017. Along with geomagnetic activity and auroras, scientists also observed a powerful X-class solar flare in recent days, Knewz.com has learned. Several solar flares erupted between March 23 and 24, including an X1.1 flare, resulting in power grid irregularities in Canada, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Solar flares are often associated with Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs), or blasts of plasma and magnetic energy from the outermost part of the sun's atmosp...
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