An ATV rider stopped to take photos of Sedona’s popular red rock view when he fell 100 feet to his death, Arizona deputies said. Michael Jung, 33, was riding ATVs with a group of friends to Merry-Go-Round Rock on Feb. 3, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office told McClatchy News by email Feb. 15. Deputies said […]
A public health alert has been issued for bags of frozen chicken pilaf previously sold at Trader Joe’s because it may contain rocks. Multiple complaints have been filed and at least one consumer has reported injuring their teeth. Here’s what we know. When was the alert issued? The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and […]
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake late Friday near Prague rattled areas throughout Oklahoma and neighboring states late Friday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Centered five miles northwest of Prague in Lincoln County, the quake struck at 11:24 p.m. and was followed by at least eight smaller aftershocks through Saturday morning, with magnitudes ranging from […]
A man is accused of groping a teenager and another woman at a McKees Rocks theater. The incident happened Sunday at the Roxian Theater on Chartiers Avenue. According to the criminal complaint, Harvey Roupe III bumped into a teenager and grabbed her breasts while on the sidewalk in front of the theater. He apologized to […]
PUYALLUP, Wash. – The City of Puyallup spent over $7,000 on hundreds of rocks now strategically placed along Spring Street. Initially, the city justified the purchase by saying the obstructions were meant to protect damaged vegetation. Many locals argue that’s nothing more than a white lie—the strip of city-owned land where the boulders were placed […]
Earth and the rest of our solar system’s inner, rocky planets are the products of a myriad of tiny planetesimals — glorified pebbles of primordial cosmic dust — assembling themselves together more than 4 billion years ago. Now, a new analysis suggests that those planetesimals already contained water. Researchers tested samples from meteorites that they […]
Jan. 11—Hikers with a soft spot for rocks will be hard-pressed to find a more appealing destination than the George B. Parker Woodland Wildlife Refuge in Coventry, R.I. “Look at them all!” Clancy Philbrick exclaimed the other day, traipsing past stone cairns scattered throughout the 860-acre preserve. These conical structures once were believed to have […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Six people were pulled to safety after their recreational crabbing boat washed up onto rocks along the Oregon coast Friday evening. The boat lost power in Tillamook Bay, the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office said on their Facebook page. Deputy Billy Cloud said the boat washed up on the rocks near Lyster’s […]
An explosion and inferno at Guinea’s main fuel depot in the capital of Conakry has left at least 13 people dead and 178 injured, authorities have said. The massive explosion sparked the fire at the Guinean Petroleum Company depot just after midnight on Sunday, Guinea’s presidency said. It caused significant damage in the heart of […]