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Shellyne Rodriguez, a former arts professor at Hunter College, New York, threatened a journalist by approaching a machete knife to his neck when he tried to enquire her

A hiker from Westfield, Indiana, died on Sunday, May 14 when she attempted to hike from the Grand Canyon rim to the Colorado River and back within a single day

A visitor at Yellowstone National Park picked up a bison calf and as a result, it was then rejected by its herd. Park officials were forced to euthanise it for visitors' safety

The USDA has reported one isolated case of mad cow disease, or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), in a cow at beef slaughter plant located in South Carolina

Jim Perry returned Benson Lossing's "A History of the United States" to the St Helena Public Library in California 96 years after it was due in 1927

The siblings, a four-year-old boy and an eight-year-old girl, were swept away in the turbulent water of Kings River in Fresno County, California, where the water levels were high

Linda Fruits, 33, from Sunrise, Florida, has given birth to baby Arlo - who was fathered by her ex-husband Christopher after she got into a relationship with Maddy Gross, 36

Netflix killer Alex Murdaugh, serving life in prison for shooting his wife and youngest son dead, now faces charges in several money laundering schemes involving his housekeeper

Scientists are warning that a microbe named Naegleria fowleri amoeba, responsible for a deadly brain infection known as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), is spreading

Miami Zoo has extended "sincere apologies" to the people of New Zealand after "offending" them with a video showing the iconic kiwi bird being exposed to artificial lighting and petted

The South Carolina Senate has passed a bill that prohibits most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, which is before many realise they are pregnant

Clifton Williams, 64, from Louisville, Kentucky, is accused of shooting his roommate after he ate the last Hot Pocket after police said he flew into a rage

The driver rescued six kids aged 5 to 11 from the school bus before it got immersed in a menacing blaze. They were on their way home from a private Yeshiva in Queens, New York

Around 50 eyewitnesses at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms - Camp Wilson, saw the triangular object back in April 2021

Jeremy Lake Bailey is accused of killing his wife Anastasia Stevens and her parents, Becky and Donald Stevens, as well as three dogs in Layton, Utah, before confessing in a post on Facebook

Jesse Osborne, who killed his father and a six-year-old child at a South Carolina playground on September 28, 2016, asked a judge to allow his freedom at some point in his life

An entire family who was in New York state for the funeral of a relative has been hospitalised and one woman died after a blaze burnt down the house where they stayed in Long Island

Mario Juan Chacon Jr is accused of Madeline Molina Pantoja's murder after his phone pinged at the location where the 20-year-old woman's remains were found in a field in Midland, Texas, US

Jordan Rivera, a 23-year-old man from Englewood, Florida went near a pond to relieve himself and accidentally fell inside, where he was attacked by an alligator that bit off his arm

Sai Varshith Kandula, 19, has been arrested and charged with threatening to kill a president after he 'intentionally' crashed into the White House barriers. Police said they found a swastika flag in the truck

Claire McCann managed to pay off student loans and gain confidence by earning money from her side hustle, flipping furniture and re-selling them

A man can be seen being brutally beaten by a mob of bicyclists on a busy Los Angeles street. Witnesses claim the man might have honked at them or hit one of them, with his truck

Big lottery winners get their lives changed overnight but they still face tough decisions which they may not be in a position to handle - an expert walks people through tax and other hassles

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A beach party at Crystal Beach in Texas attracted thousands over the weekend but the event soon descended into chaos with a reported shooting, a serious crash and more than 200 arrests made.