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iStock(NEW YORK) -- Predatory attacks on humans by black bears are extremely rare, but experts are offering insight as to how some of them may start after a woman was killed in Canada by a black bear while searching for her dogs.A "disproportionate number" of attacks by bears on human are related to dogs, Lynn Rogers, research scientist for the Wildlife Research Institute and founder of the North American Bear […]

A Federal Air Marshal Service trainee runs up an inflatable evacuation slide. (TSA)(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Federal Air Marshal Service program has reached what critics describe as an acute crisis point marked by a recent rash of suicides, psychotic episodes, a murder-suicide, a bomb plot, devastating health problems and a pervasive sense of dread and depression among the ranks of the most elite cadre of marksmen and women in the […]

Prathaan/iStock(LA CRESTA, Calif.) -- Firefighters in California are responding to a fast-moving brush fire that has scorched 1,400 acres, and prompted mandatory evacuations.The fire was 7 percent contained as of Thursday morning, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.The Tenaja fire broke out in La Cresta, Calif., on Wednesday around 4 p.m.The fire was first reported when it had grown to 25 acres, forcing road closures. Evacuations began shortly after, […]

wellesenterprises/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Department of Education will fine Michigan State University $4.5 million for its handling of reports against disgraced USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, Secretary Betsy DeVos said Thursday.The department's Office of Civil Rights concluded the university “did not adequately respond to complaints" against Nassar and William Strampel, a dean at the university, and subjected students to a "sexually hostile environment that denied them access to and […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Dorian is pummeling the South Carolina coastline Thursday before the powerful storm moves "to unleash its fury" on North Carolina.The latestA flash flood warning has been issued for Charleston, where over 6 inches of rain has fallen.Downtown Charleston's narrow, low-lying streets -- which are prone to flooding -- are underwater, and a portion of the historic waterfront city's expressway has been shut down since Wednesday […]

iStock(EL PASO, Texas) -- A Texas couple injured in the mass shooting last month at an El Paso Walmart has sued the superstore on grounds it failed to provide adequate security to prevent the attack.El Paso residents Guillermo and Jessica Garcia were shopping with their two children on Aug. 3 when they were shot and "gravely injured," according to the lawsuit, filed in El Paso district court on Friday. The […]

iStock(MELBOURNE, Fla.) -- Hurricane Dorian’s powerful waves washed up thousands of dollars’ worth of cocaine on Florida shores, officials said.Police in Melbourne, a city southeast of Orlando, found a brick of cocaine on Tuesday after a passerby noticed a suspicious package that appeared to have washed ashore and alerted authorities, according to Cherly Mall, the spokeswoman for the city of Melbourne.A police officer inspected the package and determined it was […]

Althom/iStock(SAN FRANCISCO) -- San Francisco directed the fight over increased gun control directly at the National Rifle Association this week, passing a resolution that declares the organization a "domestic terrorist organization." The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve the resolution on Tuesday and urged other cities, states and the federal government to do the same.Board member Catherine Stefani wrote the resolution in July after a gunman opened […]