One person was killed and a park ranger was injured in a shooting Thursday morning in Yellowstone National Park in Canyon Village, Wyoming, park officials said. The episode began overnight and ended Thursday morning, Yellowstone National Park said in a news release. Rangers responded to a report of a person with a firearm who was … Read more
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is keeping its aim trained on the barred owl, hoping an effort to cull the species could save its close genetic relative. In a final plan released Wednesday, the agency is proposing to kill as many as 450,000 barred owls over 30 years, despite opposition from some animal welfare … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles will pay more than $21 million to settle claims by residents of a neighborhood where police bungled the detonation of a cache of illegal fireworks three years ago, injuring 17 people and displacing dozens of others. The City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the payments, and the settlements will now go to … Read more
Heat warnings and watches are in effect for nearly 150 million people across 21 states for the holiday period, with dangerous and potentially historic extreme heat due for the West in the coming days and temperatures of 115 degrees possible. Several daily heat records were broken Tuesday, and more than 130 could be set through … Read more
Oroville is no stranger to devastating fires, including the 2018 Camp Fire, which killed 85 people and displaced roughly 50,000 others. The 2020 Bear Fire took the home of Thompson’s neighbors. “We’ve been through it so much that it’s just kind of second nature. Now we already know what we need to do and to … Read more
TOPEKA, Kan. — Enforcement of a federal rule expanding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ students has been blocked in four states and a patchwork of places elsewhere by a federal judge in Kansas. U.S. District Judge John Broomes suggested in his ruling Tuesday that the Biden administration must now consider whether forcing compliance remains “worth the … Read more
Pain is the only thing driving Chantemekki Fortson these days. Two months after her son was fatally shot standing in his own doorway, she is consumed by that ache as what she believed was an open-and-shut murder case languishes without charges. “It’s no strength, nowhere,” she said. “It’s pain. To make sure that my baby … Read more
More gun owners with children are storing their weapons securely now, compared to years prior, some surveys have found. However, since gun ownership has risen sharply in recent years, there are still just as many children living in households with unsecured firearms now as in 2015 — about 4.6 million, researchers have found. And there … Read more
An exhaustive investigation into Kansas’s largest school district found it disciplined Black and disabled students more frequently and harshly than their white counterparts, the Justice Department said Tuesday, announcing a settlement agreement with the district. The Justice Department investigated Wichita Public Schools and “uncovered discriminatory treatment of Black students in the administration of discipline at … Read more
Two Georgia firefighters who disappeared late last month were discovered dead hundreds of miles away in Tennessee, authorities said. Raegan Anderson and Chandler Kuhbander were found in Cocke County Tennessee, along with Anderson’s vehicle, police in Hinesville, Georgia, said in a statement Sunday. No additional details were released. Police directed questions to the Cocke County … Read more