Early Friday morning outside Valhalla Golf Club, around 6 a.m. ET, John Mills was hit by a shuttle bus and died on the scene. Mills, a Louisville resident, was working as a vendor at the PGA Championship, according to the PGA of America. Following the fatal incident, Scottie Scheffler was arrested by Louisville Metro police […]
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Lehi High School teacher hospitalized after ‘tragic accident’ during class
LEHI, Utah (ABC4) — A Lehi High School teacher was taken to the hospital after what school district officials are calling a very unfortunate accident during a class Friday morning, according to Lehi City. Just before 11:40 a.m. on May 10, a teacher at Lehi High School was injured in a “tragic, very unfortunate accident” […]
Her family thought her death was a tragic accident. It was years before the truth came out.
Theresa Neubauer was at work five years ago at a Georgia university when she got a phone call that stunned her. Her son-in-law — a prominent fertility doctor who’d authored or edited several medical books — had just been arrested on suspicion of murder in the mysterious death of her daughter, Susann Sills, 45. Susann’s […]
Arkansas family finds healing through their tragic loss 10 years after tornado
PULASKI COUNTY, Ark. – On April 27, 2014, a tornado tore through parts of central Arkansas, killing 16 people and leaving dozens injured. The tornado carved a 41-mile path through Western Pulaski, Faulkner and White Counties leaving devastation in its wake. Three members of the Tittle family were the first victims of the tornado that […]
Grizzly bear’s historic venture into area of Wyoming has tragic end, officials say
A grizzly bear wandered into an area of Wyoming where the predators haven’t been documented in decades, but its presence there was short-lived, officials said. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service advised the Wyoming Game & Fish Department to kill the young male grizzly after it preyed on a cow on a private cattle ranch […]
Truck driver sued in ‘absolutely tragic’ crash that killed 23-year-old Richland deputy
A beloved Richland County sheriff’s deputy was killed in a collision with a tractor trailer last September, and now his estate is suing the truck driver. Jacob Salrin, who was 23-years-old at the time of his death, was driving on Bluff Road in his patrol car when he was hit nearly head-on by a tractor […]
California college engineering student dies at Big Sur waterfall in tragic accident: ‘Passion for adventure’
A third year mechanical engineering student with a “passion for adventure” from California Polytechnic State University tragically fell to his death while on a trip to Big Sur. Kenneth Taylor, 21, was found dead by emergency responders around 7:45 p.m. on Saturday, April 6 at the base of a 120-foot waterfall along California’s rugged coast, […]
‘Unexpected behavior’ from father leads to tragic death for just-hatched bald eagle
A month of faithful guarding by bald eagle parents led to the hatching of a chick with a “promising start” in West Virginia. Then, the father showed “unexpected behavior.” Fans of the bald eagle mating pair have been monitoring the nest on a live eagle cam streamed through the National Conservation Training Center. Viewers have […]
Student who fell overboard on cruise ship holiday sent tragic last text to his wife
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A student is believed to be dead after falling from a cruise ship into the North Sea. Liam Jones, 23, was on board the MSC Euribia departing from Southampton to enjoy a seven-day […]
‘Tragic’ end to search for missing South Carolina paramedic, sheriff says
The search for a missing South Carolina paramedic came to a “tragic” end after her car was found in New Mexico and her body was recovered Friday evening, a case that a law enforcement official called “heinous.” Phonesia Machado-Fore, 52, was last seen at her home on Wildwood Loop in Marion on Tuesday, according to […]
How Jam Master Jay met his tragic end
One evening in the late 1980s, Carlis Thompson showed up at a New York City apartment owned by his cousin, the pioneering DJ Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC. The group had a show that night, but when Thompson walked into the apartment, he wasn’t greeted by Jay, Joseph “Run” Simmons or Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels. The […]
Two tragic Keys boat crashes, two vastly different charges. FWC denies special treatment
Both boats were packed with passengers. Both struck fixed channel markers at high speed. Both collisions left one person dead and others injured. And both were investigated by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers. Two shattering boat crashes, more than a year and 100 miles apart in South Florida, share compelling similarities. But the […]