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A 19-year-old man has been rescued dangling approximately 700 feet above a river in California after getting stuck there while his friend filmed the whole ordeal. A 19-year-old man has been rescued dangling approximately 700 feet above a river in California after getting stuck there while his friend filmed the whole ordeal. The incident occurred on Monday evening just before 6:30 p.m. when authorities from the Placer County Sheriff’s Department say received a call informing them that a 19-year-old male was dangling from a rope on the Foresthill Bridge -- a structure that is 730 above the North Fork of the American River that has the highest deck in California and the fourth highest in the entire United States. MORE: Man dies after swarm of bees attacks him on porch of his own home More than two dozen first responders from Placer County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) and CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit responded along with their Technical Rescue Team, Placer County Sheriff’s Office confirmed ...

A rare attack by a river otter in southern Montana has injured three women floating on inner tubes BILLINGS, Mont. -- A rare attack by a river otter in southern Montana injured three women floating on inner tubes and i NFL icted wounds serious enough that one victim had to be airlifted to a hospital, authorities said Thursday. The attack happened near the town of Cardwell on a remote stretch of the Jefferson River, a tributary of the Missouri River that's popular with anglers and recreational floaters. At least one otter swam up to the adult women at about 8:15 p.m. Wednesday and attacked them, said Morgan Jacobsen with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks. The women were able to get to shore, where one of them called 911, he said. One woman's wounds, on her face and arms, were so severe that the helicopter was used to fly her out, Jefferson County Undersheriff James Everett said. Her condition Thursday was unknown. The others had injuries to their arms. “It's just not s...

A Connecticut state representative wants to honor the Pequot tribe by restoring their name to the Thames River. A state representative wants to restore a piece of Connecticut's pre-colonial history to one of its major rivers. State Rep. Anthony Nolan introduced a bill this week in the state that would restore the Thames River to the Pequot River, named after the tribe that lived on the land for thousands of years. Nolan told ABC News that his bill came as a request from constituents who were seeking more ways to honor the history of the state's Indigenous population in a bold way. In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, French submarine FNS Amethyste (S605) transits the Thames River in preparation to arrive at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn., Sept. 1, 2021. Chief Mass Communication Specialist Joshua Karsten/U.S. Navy via AP, FILE "It think it's a big step forward. It's an opportunity to see a visual of what they had," Nolan told ABC News...