An “active search” effort was called off Thursday for a woman who disappeared under the ice of a frozen Anchorage, Alaska-area river last weekend while trying to save her dog, officials said. The woman has not been found. Amanda Richmond, 45, was walking with her husband, Brian Rogers, along the North Fork Eagle River Trail … Read more
A driver who was stuck for days in a mangled car in Indiana before a man and his father-in-law found him had to have his leg amputated Wednesday. Matt Reum’s leg was amputated from the midshin down, and he is in intensive care, a spokesperson for the Boilermakers Local 374 union, of which Reum, 27, … Read more
The house where four University of Idaho students were fatally stabbed last year was demolished Thursday. The University of Idaho went ahead with its plans to tear down the house despite pleas from families of two of the victims to wait until after the trial. A University spokesperson said Thursday that the demolition was finished … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Powerful surf rolled onto beaches on the West Coast and Hawaii on Thursday as a big swell generated by the stormy Pacific Ocean pushed toward shorelines, causing localized flooding. Forecasters urged people to stay off rocks and jetties, and to not turn their backs to the ocean because of the danger of … Read more
MILWAUKEE — Herb Kohl, a Democratic former U.S. senator from Wisconsin and former owner of the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team, has died, an email from his foundation said Wednesday. He was 88. His death Wednesday was announced by Herb Kohl Philanthropies, which did not give a cause but said he died after a brief illness. … Read more
CHICAGO — The mayors of Chicago, New York City and Denver renewed pleas Wednesday for more federal help and coordination with Texas over the growing number of asylum-seekers arriving in their cities by bus and plane. The mayors’ requests come as U.S. cities have struggled to manage the increasing number of migrants sent from Texas and other states. … Read more
A skull found along a highway in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains decades ago has been identified as that of a woman who went missing in 1970, police said Wednesday. The DNA match solved the mystery of whether Donna Lass was alive or dead but not what happened to her, and officials continued to ask for … Read more
As 2023 draws to a close, Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot drawing closed the door on people’s dreams of winning a jackpot — for now. There was no winning ticket that matched all five numbers and the Powerball, according to the game’s website, meaning what had been a $700 million jackpot will rise to an estimated $760 million … Read more
On May 19, outside a Super 8 hotel in Florida, Vergilio Aguilar Mendez held his cellphone as a sheriff’s officer pulled up and ordered him to stop. As shown on an officer’s body camera video shared with NBC News last week, the officer said he wanted to know why Aguilar didn’t stop when he first … Read more
Missouri authorities have recovered human remains investigators believe belong to a man who has been missing for a decade, after a local YouTuber led them to the area. Almost 10 years to the day after Army veteran Donnie Erwin disappeared in December 2013, freelance videographer and drone pilot James Hinkle located at the bottom of … Read more