Something wasn’t right as Ramsey County Sheriff’s Deputy Joe Kill pursued a vehicle that wouldn’t pull over. He could feel it. The driver darkened the vehicle’s headlights and kept turning left onto St. Paul’s streets, in a square pattern. Kill felt they were trying to bait him to get close to the vehicle, so he […]
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Inside a new disaster-proof neighborhood in Florida, where million-dollar off-grid homes already survived two hurricanes and residents pay no electric bills
A new community of net-zero homes in Florida is being marketed as nearly disaster-proof. The homes at Hunters Point, which start at $1.4 million, have already withstood two hurricanes. “We built these homes to be able to deal with the climate crisis,” said developer Marshall Gobuty. Florida faces a crisis of rising insurance costs in […]
Hundreds of mountain goats were flown to a new home. Very few survived.
For three summers, wildlife managers wrestled mountain goats in Washington state’s Olympic National Park, blindfolded them and then flew them into the far reaches of the state’s Cascade Range — an ambitious project to boost the goat population in an area where they once were common. The researchers released a total of 325 goats into the Cascades from 2018 to 2020. Today, most of […]
Their Date Was Interrupted by ‘The Railroad Killer.’ Only 1 of Them Survived (Exclusive)
Holly K. Dunn recalls coming face-to-face with Ángel Maturino Reséndiz on a new episode of ‘People Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer’ Investigation Discovery Holly K. Dunn is the only known survivor of The Railroad Killer. Holly K. Dunn and her boyfriend, Christopher Maier, had ducked out of the party early for a quiet moment […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson survived a motion to vacate. Here’s why his job is far from safe.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Johnson‘s job isn’t safe yet. In a stunning show of unity in the often divided House, Democrats joined a majority of Republicans on Wednesday to save the GOP speaker from an attempt by fellow Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to remove him from his post. But while Democrats in the minority […]
Hamas releases video of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin in proof he survived Oct. 7 injuries
Editor’s Note: Warning: This story contains a graphic image. Hamas released a video of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin on Wednesday, the first proof that he survived being badly wounded during his capture on October 7. Goldberg-Polin, then 23, was kidnapped from the Nova music festival during Hamas’ attacks on Israel when more than 1,200 people died and more than 200 […]
Mothers Who Survived Columbine Shooting as Teens Are Forever Anxious About Sending Their Kids to School
Missy Mendo was a freshman and Amy Over was a senior when the 1999 Columbine High School shooting claimed the lives of 13 people Courtesy of Missy Mendo;Amy Over Missy Mendo (left) and Amy Over in 2024. For two survivors of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting in Littleton, Colo., the painful memories never go […]
I survived the Holocaust. What I see happening in Berkeley is frightening
Editor’s Note: Sanne DeWitt is a microbiologist, geneticist, researcher, and author of a memoir: “I Was Born In An Old Age Home”. She has lived in Berkeley, California since 1957, where she moved for advanced studies in microbiology and genetics, and worked there until her retirement. The views expressed here are those of the author. […]
Mozambique ferry disaster: ‘I survived
“I don’t know how I managed to escape – I can’t swim,” says Muaziza Ambaraje. She was on board as Mozambique’s worst sea disaster in recent memory unfolded on Monday. The 47-year-old is a regular on the makeshift ferry between Lungá, where she was born, and Mozambique Island where she lives. “No wave took us […]
Farmworker who survived mass shooting at Northern California mushroom farm sues company and owner
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A migrant farmworker who survived a mass shooting last year at a Northern California mushroom farm has filed a lawsuit against the farm and one of its owners, saying they failed to keep him safe from the colleague who authorities say committed the killings, the worker and his attorneys […]
Fatal East Harlem stabbing victim survived ’06 shooting; suspect charged
An East Harlem father stabbed to death last week survived another murder attempt nearly two decades ago — and police said on Sunday they’ve locked up his alleged killer. Michael Smith, 47, still had a bullet lodged in his chest from 2006 when he was fatally stabbed in an apartment near E. 132nd St. and […]