Kiaire McCoy, who was 2, fatally shot himself after police in Michigan said he found a gun in the couch at the home that belonged to his mom’s boyfriend.
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15-year-old girl injured in shark attack while surfing on New Jersey shore, officials say
Maggie Drozdowski said she was about 50 feet from shore “dangling from her surfboard with her body in the water when she felt something on her leg.”
30-ton shipment of explosive chemicals missing from railroad car after trip across West
A railcar loaded with more than 60,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate was found empty at a rail stop in the Mojave Desert.
12-year-old charged with armed robbery after pointing BB gun at woman’s face in North Carolina
The victim was walking in a parking lot when two brothers, ages 6 and 12, approached her and asked her to borrow her cell phone to call their mom.
Climber who fell off ridge at Denali NP rescued 1,000 feet below with ‘minor injuries,’ park says
Tatsuto Hatanaka fell from a ridge at more than 16,000 feet elevation, Denali National Park officials said.
Utah mom accused of poisoning husband had $2 million in life insurance on victim, records show
Kouri Richins, who wrote a book about grief after her husband’s killing and was later arrested, reportedly owed hundreds of thousand dollars in debt.
8-year-old dead, 4-year-old brother missing after being swept away in closed California river
Neither child wore a life jacket and the river the children were swept away in has been closed for recreational use due to hazardous conditions.
Elusive 12-foot 4-inch great white shark Ironbound found swimming off South Carolina shore
Ironbound, a great white shark, was pinged in waters off of the Charleston, South Carolina shore, stretching south to Hilton Head, researchers said.
Groom speaks out after bride killed on wedding night: ‘She wanted the night to never end’
“The last thing I remember her saying she wanted the night to never end,” widower Aric Hutchinson said in an interview on Good Morning America.
Police under fire in Australia for using Taser, injuring 95-year-old woman holding knife
Clare Nowland remains hospitalized after an officer shocked her with a Taser as she approached officers “at a slow pace” with a knife.