Dad Dies Saving His Children During Family Vacation

Palm Beach County rescuers pulled four people from the water at Juno Beach after two children were caught in dangerous surf. JUNO BEACH, Fla. — A Maine father died April 1 after going into rough surf to reach two children caught in a rip current at an unguarded stretch of Juno Beach, and both children survived as rescuers pulled four people from the water, authorities said. Ryan Jennings, 46, of North Yarmouth, had been visiting …

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Dad, 39, Finally Receives Transplant After Setting Record for Longest Wait

Doctors said Chevon Byfield’s size, blood type and infections made the search for a donor heart unusually hard. HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — After nearly seven years on a heart transplant list, Chevon Byfield, a 39-year-old South Florida father who lived with a mechanical heart pump, received a donor heart in February and is now recovering at home after setting a hospital waiting record. Byfield’s case drew attention because his wait stretched far beyond what his doctors …

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Airport Chaos as Alligator Stops Plane Before Departure

Air traffic control audio captured a pilot reporting the animal as airport crews moved it off the airfield. SAVANNAH, Ga. — A Delta flight preparing to leave Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport was briefly delayed March 20 after a pilot spotted an alligator near the taxiway, prompting airport crews to halt the departure, remove the animal and reopen the airfield. The incident did not leave anyone hurt, and flight operations resumed a short time later. But …

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Student Died in ICU Overseen by Remote ‘Tele-health’ Doctor

The family of Conor Hylton alleges missed assessments, poor communication and a delayed emergency response at a Connecticut hospital, while the health system says it cannot comment on pending litigation. MILFORD, Conn. — The parents of a 26-year-old dental student have sued Yale New Haven Health and a related medical group, alleging their son died after he was transferred to an intensive care unit at Bridgeport Hospital’s Milford campus and was treated without an on-site …

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Driver Plows into Parade, More Than a Dozen Hospitalized

Authorities said the Saturday crash in Iberia Parish did not appear intentional, but it injured paradegoers, shut down much of the festival and left investigators sorting through changing victim counts. NEW IBERIA, La. — Louisiana authorities charged a 57-year-old driver after his vehicle hit a crowd at a Lao New Year parade in Iberia Parish on Saturday afternoon, injuring at least 15 people, disrupting a major holiday gathering and sending several victims to hospitals. The …

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Child Mauled in Coyote Attack at Sports Complex

Wildlife officers later captured and euthanized one coyote as they worked to sort out a cluster of late-March attacks in Carson and nearby Gardena. CARSON, Calif. — A 3-year-old boy is recovering after a coyote bit him in a Carson parking lot while his parents unloaded their car, an attack that soon became part of a wider investigation into a series of unusually bold encounters involving children in the same area. The case drew fast …

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Planet Fitness Worker Stabbed by Banned Member

Police say Davier Massey returned to a Planet Fitness one day after being banned over an unpaid bill and attacked a worker during his second visit on Thursday. WYNCOTE, Pa. — A 28-year-old Philadelphia man is charged with attempted murder after police said he returned to a Planet Fitness in suburban Montgomery County on Thursday and stabbed an employee multiple times during a second confrontation at the gym. The case quickly moved from a daytime …

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Man Stabbed His Mother to Death, Then Dialed 911

Brian Keith Griffin pleaded guilty in Harrison County after police said he called 911 and admitted killing Tammy Bogue in the apartment they shared. MARSHALL, Texas — A Harrison County judge sentenced Brian Keith Griffin to 30 years in prison after Griffin pleaded guilty Thursday to murdering his mother, Tammy Bogue, in a November 2024 stabbing inside the Marshall apartment they shared. The sentence closed a case that had moved from a same-day arrest to …

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Man Ripped Skin From Woman’s Throat During Dinner Fight

Police said the dispute started over macaroni and cheese and left a woman with a severe neck wound at a residence on October Place. ROLLA, Mo. — A 25-year-old Rolla man has been charged with first-degree assault after police said he tore skin from a woman’s neck during a dinner dispute at a residence on October Place, leaving her with a deep wound across her throat. The case moved quickly from a Monday evening 911 …

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CEO Mom of 3 Killed in Horrorific Family Vacation Incident

Her 11-year-old son was critically hurt, and investigators had not issued a final cause by Sunday. ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Kasey Grelle, a 41-year-old St. Louis executive and mother of three, died March 23 after a resort transport truck overturned during a family vacation in Tola, Nicaragua, and her oldest son was critically injured. The death turned what began as a resort outing into a cross border crisis for a Missouri family and a still …

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