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Youth hockey team rescued from Boston Harbor after boat runs aground

A Somerville, Massachusetts, youth hockey team was rescued earlier this week after a boat they were on ran aground on Rainsford Island in Boston Harbor.

September 21, 2024

California fire agency employee charged with starting 5 blazes

A forestry fire engineer was arrested in California Friday, charged with starting five wildfires from Aug. 15 to Sept. 14 in Sonoma County.

September 21, 2024

Hiker attacked by bear in Montana, walks over a mile for help

A 35-year-old man hiking in Montana's Glacier National Park was injured by an attacking bear this week and walked over a mile for aid.

September 21, 2024

Playoff tickets to see Clark, Fever cost more than entire 2023 WNBA finals

The Indiana Fever rookie point guard will make her playoff debut on the road against the Connecticut Sun Sunday. The cheapest ticket for the game costs $133.

September 21, 2024

Archaeologists unearth bronze sword bearing name of Egyptian pharaoh believed to have opposed Moses

A team of Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed a fort dating back millennia in Hosh Issa, uncovering artifacts including a bronze sword bearing the name of Pharaoh Ramses II.

September 20, 2024

Shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant back online to power Microsoft data center

A reactor at the notorious Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania, will be going back into operations starting in 2028 in order to provide power to Microsoft's energy-hungry data centers.

September 20, 2024

WATCH: Apple orchard wagon overturns, injuring adults and children on school field trip

Children and adults visiting an apple orchard in Wisconsin were injured Wednesday when a wagon being towed by a tractor overturned. Three people suffered life-threatening injuries.

September 20, 2024

DNA test on possible remains of suspected Interstate 75 shooter inconclusive

A DNA test on the purported remains of U.S. Interstate 75 shooting suspect Joseph Couch produced uncertain results. A new test was to be conducted Friday.

September 20, 2024

Two teens arrested for crashing empty subway car in NYC

A pair of suspects have been arrested, accused by the New York Police Department of getting into an unoccupied subway car and operating the train, which led to a collision.

September 20, 2024

Small asteroid deemed a ‘mini-moon’ will enter Earth’s orbit for just over eight weeks

A small asteroid is due to enter Earth's orbit later this month and continue going around our planet until late November, according to a published study.

September 19, 2024

Independent directors resign from 23andMe board after opposing move to privatize

The seven independent members of the board of personal genomics company 23andMe quit Tuesday amid opposition to CEO Anne Wojcicki's plan to take the company private.

September 19, 2024

More dengue fever hits Los Angeles County

Two more locally acquired cases of mosquito-borne dengue fever in Baldwin Park, California, are being investigated, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said Thursday.

September 19, 2024

New plan would add 15 new bathrooms to the National Mall for a total of 21

The National Park Service plans to add 15 restrooms to the National Mall, bringing the total number across the area to 21 with 175 total toilets.

September 19, 2024

12-year-old boy kills bear in Wisconsin to save his dad

A 12-year-old boy from River Falls, Wisconsin, is credited with saving his father's life by shooting an attacking black bear dead with his rifle.

September 18, 2024

Drugs for obesity could be used as a primary prevention tool for heart attacks, new study says

Certain drugs used to treat obesity and diabetes could also be used as a primary prevention method against heart attacks and stroke, according to a new study from AI health platform Dandelion Health.

September 18, 2024

New study brews excitement for coffee drinkers’ health

People who drink three cups of coffee a day have less chance of developing simultaneous heart and metabolic conditions, according to a new study published Tuesday in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

September 18, 2024

Medical waste leads officials to shut down swimming at beaches in Maryland, Delaware, Virginia

Medical waste including used needles washed up on beaches in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia over the weekend, prompting officials to temporarily ban swimming.

September 17, 2024

First public images released for planned Fallen Journalists Memorial on the National Mall

The first public images of the planned design for the Fallen Journalists Memorial on D.C.'s National Mall were released Tuesday.

September 17, 2024

Washington ranked top U.S. city for traveling solo

Travel website Kayak recently rated the District of Columbia its best U.S. destination for people touring by themselves. The city's concentration of museums and other cultural attractions helped place them No. 1.

September 17, 2024

Boy saved after getting stuck for nine hours between two boulders in New Hampshire

An 11-year-old boy in New Hampshire got trapped between two boulders near his school for nine hours before being rescued by firefighters Monday.

September 17, 2024