Grinnell College is showing off its new collection of rare books, acquired from the Salisbury House in Des Moines. It includes some 5,000 first editions, signed books and documents from Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Abraham Lincoln, Queen Elizabeth the First and many other historical figures. Chris Jones, the college’s special collections librarian and archivist, says […]Powered by WPeMatico
A Webster City employee was hit and killed while bicycling early Saturday near Pierson in Woodbury County. Reportedly, an eastbound 2017 Ford Transit van operated by 19-year-old Aaron J. Albert of Mondamin was traveling on Woodbury County Road D-12 when the van accidentally struck the rear of an eastbound bicycle operated by 57-year-old Kent Harfst […]Powered by WPeMatico
iStock/rawintanpin(SANTA FE, N.M.) -- Search-and-rescue crews are scouring a million acres of New Mexico wilderness for a small private plane with two people aboard that was reported missing after taking off from an airport and vanishing without a trace, officials said.Officer Dusty Francisco of the New Mexico State Police told ABC News on Sunday that rescue crews are searching the Pecos Wilderness near Santa Fe but have yet to find […]
Google(GLYNNFOLIAGE, Georgia) -- A hunter has been killed after one of his companions shot him while mistaking him for a deer in Georgia, according to authorities.A group of hunters were in a wooded area near Myers Hill Road in Glynn County, Georgia, on Saturday when the victim, Bobby Lane, was shot by his friend, Hector Romero, according to a release from the Glynnfoliage Police Department.Lane was shot while shielded by […]
iStock/Thinkstock(GALLIPOLIS, Ohio) -- Ohio authorities are searching for four inmates who escaped a jail after overpowering two female corrections officers.They were armed with at least one homemade weapon when they overpowered the corrections officers and then forced open a secured door at the Gallia County Jail in Gallipolis, Ohio, just after midnight on Sunday, authorities said.The Gallia County Sheriff's Office identified the inmates as Brynn K. Martin, 40, Christopher M. […]
jaminwell/iStock(DELAND, Fla.) -- Three people were killed after a small plane crashed in Central Florida. The Cessna 421 crashed in a wooded area off State Road 44 in Deland around 4 p.m., according to a news release from the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. First responders discovered the three victims on the scene without a pulse, authorities said. Several people in the area saw the plane go down, and a portion […]
ABCNews.com(CHICAGO) -- Police have opened an investigation into a disturbing act of road rage last week after cellphone video showed three women attacking each other with a bat on a busy Chicago highway.Illinois State Police said the incident unfolded during rush hour on Interstate 57 on Chicago's south side early Thursday morning after a woman cut in front of a gray Hyundai while swinging a baseball bat out of the […]
US Army(MIAMI) -- They're the Army's elite parachute team, jumping thousands of feet in perfect daredevil formations into air shows, festivals and sporting events all across the country.Largely made up of former combat soldiers, the Golden Knights are considered the "best of the best." But on Feb. 12, during a low altitude night jump at Homestead Air Reserve Base in Florida, the unthinkable happened.The parachutes of two soldiers became tangled […]
New York Police Department(NEW YORK) -- A veteran police officer was shot and killed in New York City just after midnight Sunday during a physical struggle with an armed suspect. The 27-year-old suspect was also shot and killed, police said. Officer Brian Mulkeen, 33, of the New York Police Department was taken to Jacobi Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 12:30 a.m. on Sunday.NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill said […]
