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Thirteen bison were killed or had to be euthanized after they were struck by a semi-truck involved in an accident with two other vehicles on a dark Montana highway just outside Yellowstone National Park WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. -- Thirteen bison were killed or had to be euthanized after their herd was s truck by a semi- truck involved in an accident with two other vehicles on a dark Montana highway just outside Yellowstone National Park, authorities said Friday. The semi- truck s truck the bison after dark on Wednesday night. Some bison were killed in the crash, and others were put down due to the severity of their injuries, the West Yellowstone Police Department said in a statement. No one in the truck or in the two other vehicles was hurt, said Police Chief Mike Gavagan. Authorities said they were investigating the cause of the accident, which occurred at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday on U.S. Highway 191, just north of the town of West Yellowstone. The town serves as a wes...

A California deputy was fatally shot by a man who authorities said should have been incarcerated under the state's "three strikes law" but was out on bond. A California deputy was fatally shot during a traffic stop by a man who authorities said should have been incarcerated under the state's "three strikes" sentencing law but instead was out on bond. Riverside County Sheriff's Deputy Isaiah Cordero, 32, was killed Thursday afternoon in Jurupa Valley when the driver opened fire after being pulled over, authorities said. The suspect fled the scene and a manhunt ensued, authorities said. During a pursuit on several freeways in the area, the driver crashed on Interstate 15 in Norco. The suspect was cornered by a BearCat vehicle and fired several rounds at deputies before he was killed by deputies' responding gunfire, authorities said. Riverside County Sheriff's stand at the corner of Golden West Ave and Condor Drive, Dec. 29, 2022, in Jurupa Valley...

Police in Moscow, Idaho, say they're sending in a cleaning crew to the house where four University of Idaho students were Mysterious ly murdered. Police in Moscow, Idaho, say they're sending in a cleaning crew to the house where four University of Idaho students were Mysterious ly murdered. "Starting Friday morning we're going to be bringing in a professional cleaning crew to go to the residence," Moscow Police Chief James Fry said in a video statement Thursday. "Part of the reason we're doing that is because of the biohazards, as well as chemicals that were used during the investigation." A Moscow police officer stands guard in his vehicle, Nov. 29, 2022, at the home where four University of Idaho students were found dead on Nov. 13, 2022 in Moscow, Idaho. Ted S. Warren/AP, FILE Moscow Police monitor the residence where four University of Idaho students were killed in Moscow, Idaho, Nov. 30, 2022. Lindsey Wasson/Reuters, FILE MORE: Idaho murd...

Freezing temperatures in the Atlanta metro area caused pipes to burst and valves to freeze, resulting in little to no water pressure in many homes. Carol Yancey of the Atlanta metro area was planning to spend a festive Christmas holiday with her large extended family. But she said the threat of possibly contaminated water in Clayton County ended her holiday plans. Boil water notices were issued last weekend and this week in Georgia's Atlanta metro area counties, including Clayton, Butts, Forsyth, and parts of Dekalb, Haralson and Monroe. Freezing temperatures caused pipes to burst and valves to freeze, resulting in little to no water pressure in many homes. The Environmental Protection Agency has previously said that a loss of water pressure could potentially lead to contamination in the water. "This is the time you really get the community – the unity in it," Yancey, a community activist, said. "We're not waiting on elected officials. We're stepping up a...

Prosecutors are recommending a life prison sentence for a co-leader of the conspiracy to kidnap Michigan’s governor GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Prosecutors are recommending a life prison sentence for a co-leader of the conspiracy to kidnap Michigan's governor, reminding a judge that social media posts and secretly recorded conversations revealed a chilling desire to spark a “reign of terror” in 2020. Barry Croft Jr. was due in federal court Wednesday, a day after key ally Adam Fox was sentence d to 16 years in prison after prosecutors also recommended a life sentence for his role in a scheme to snatch Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and galvanize their confederates toward civil war in other states. The conspirators were furious over tough COVID-19 restrictions that Whitmer and officials in other states had put in place during the early months of the pandemic, as well as perceived threats to gun ownership. Croft, a Delaware trucker, regularly wore a tri-cornered hat common duri...

Was he a rebel who wanted to inspire a revolution by kidnapping Michigan’s governor A steely rebel who wanted to inspire a revolution by kidnapping Michigan's governor or an insecure patsy who was cleverly swayed by federal agents and informants? A judge has been given two very different portrayals of Adam Fox, who faces a possible life sentence Tuesday for conspiring to abduct Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and blow up a bridge to ease an escape in northern Michigan. Fox and co-defendant Barry Croft Jr. were accused of being at the helm of a wild plot to whip up anti-government extremists just before the 2020 presidential election. Their arrest, as well as the capture of 12 others, was a stunning coda to a tumultuous year of racial strife and political turmoil in the U.S. Fox and Croft were convicted at a second trial in August, months after a different jury in Grand Rapids, Michigan, couldn't reach a verdict but acquitted two other men. Fox and Croft in 2020 met w...

A French cement company, LaFarge, pleaded guilty to supporting terrorism after families of US servicemen killed by ISIS sued it. Families of U.S. servicemen killed by ISIS have sued Lafarge, the French conglomerate that pleaded guilty earlier this year to bribing the Islamic State group and the Al-Nusra Front to keep a cement plant running through the Syrian civil war. The guilty plea and a nearly $800-million fine were part of the U.S. government's first-ever prosecution of a corporation for providing material support for terrorism . MORE: French company pleads guilty to paying millions to ISIS The "economic self-interest" of Lafarge enabled the Islamic State group's slaughtering of innocent civilians, including Americans, their families said in a new lawsuit. In this Oct. 19, 2022, file photo, the concrete plant of the French building materials company, Lafarge is seen in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. Chesnot/Getty Images, FILE "Defendants' payments to a...

Emergency responders evacuated a JetBlue flight at JFK International Airport in New York City as a result of a small fire in a passenger’s laptop on Saturday evening NEW YORK -- Emergency responders evacuated a JetBlue flight at JFK International Airport in New York City as a result of a small fire in a passenger’s laptop on Saturday evening, officials said. Officials from the FAA, JetBlue and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said the aircraft was taxing to a gate at Terminal 5 when a lithium battery in a passenger’s laptop caught fire, the New York Daily News reported. The fire was quickly extinguished by the crew of JetBlue Flight 662 from Bridgetown, Barbados. First responders and the crew evacuated 67 people from the Airbus A320 jet using an emergency slide system. Another 60 passengers exited the plane normally, the Port Authority said. Seven passengers suffered minor injuries, including smoke inhalation and bruised elbows, the Port Authority said. “Safety ...

A battering winter storm has knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across the United States BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A frigid winter storm killed at least 18 people as it swept across the country, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and Business es and leaving millions of people on edge about the possibility of Christmas Eve blackouts. The storm unleashed its full fury on Buffalo, New York, with hurricane-force winds causing whiteout conditions. Emergency response efforts were paralyzed, and the city’s international airport was shut down. Across the U.S., officials have attributed deaths to exposure, car crashes, a falling tree limb and other effects of the storm . At least three people died in the Buffalo area, including two who suffered medical emergencies in their homes and couldn’t be saved because emergency crews were unable to reach them amid historic blizzard conditions. Deep snow, single-digit temperatures and day-old power outages sent Bu...

EDF Renewables is abandoning plans for a 400-megawatt photovoltaic array in response to intense local opposition. This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News. It is republished with permission. Sign up for their newsletter here. Local opponents have succeeded in killing plans for a solar array in rural Ohio that now becomes one of the largest renewable energy projects in the country canceled because of resistance from nearby residents and their elected leaders. Mark Schein, a farmer whose land near Williamsport would have hosted part of the project, learned of the change of plans Thursday in a brief phone call with the developer, EDF Renewables. The company decided to withdraw its proposal to build the 400-megawatt Chipmunk Solar project in the face of a grassroots campaign and in light of state regulators’ recent rejections of projects that have local opposition. Chipmunk will be the second-largest solar array in the United States to have been submitted for regulatory appr...