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2 central Florida deputies wounded, suspect dead after public park gunfight

Two Florida sheriff’s deputies were seriously injured and the gunman was killed after a gunfight erupted at a public park, the sheriff’s office said. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd praised the officers as heroes, saying he was shot while trying to pull an uncooperative man from his car after he refused commands to get out […]

Flying bat injures fan at Fenway Park after strikeout

Chicago Cubs catcher Miguel Amaya reportedly injured a fan when his bat flew into the stands after a strikeout. The Boston Red Sox hosted the Cubs at Fenway Park in Boston, but in the bottom of the third inning, viewers back home witnessed a horrifying scene. With two strikes, Cubs catcher Amaya swung and missed […]

New York park ranger Robbi Mecus died while ice climbing Mount Johnson

A longtime New York state forest ranger and transgender advocate died Thursday night after falling more than 1,000 feet while attempting to scale a steep cliff in Alaska, officials said. Robi Mekas, 52, of Keene Valley, and her climbing partner fell while ice climbing a particularly dangerous section of Mount Johnson known as the “escalator” […]

Perv hid cameras in ladies room of public park: feds

Federal authorities say an upstate man secretly recorded women and girls using the restroom at a Putnam County park where he worked for 20 years. John Towers, 54, of Mahopac, allegedly installed a hidden camera in a women’s restroom at a park that authorities declined to identify and recorded various stages of undressing women and […]

Woman assaulted, two men robbed in NYC’s Central Park in two days

A third shocking attack occurred in Central Park late Friday night. Police say three teens attempted to rob a man at gunpoint. In the latest attack, armed robbers, believed to be 14 or 15 years old, approached a 25-year-old man at 110th Street and East Drive around 10:12 p.m. and asked him to hand over […]

Wild horses to remain in North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park, lawmaker says

Wild horses will remain in North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park, a leading lawmaker announced Thursday, amid concerns from advocates that park officials will remove the beloved animals from the rugged, wild landscape. Republican Sen. John Hoeven said he has secured a commitment from the National Park Service to keep wild horses in the park, […]

14-year-old boy shot in foot while in NYC park, police say

A 14-year-old boy was shot and wounded Sunday night inside a playground next to a middle school in Brooklyn, police said. Authorities said the boy was shot once in the left leg while at the Buildersea Playground behind IS 68 near Flatlands Avenue and East 81st Street in Canarsie just after 5 p.m. Police are […]