One officer was named Trooper of the Year in 2009 by the Florida Highway Patrol. The other had years of experience with the DEA.
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They thought they heard a bird stuck in the walls. It was actually a Harry Potter toy.
A noise-making toy version of Hedwig, Harry Potter’s snowy owl, led a U.K. resident to think that a bird was actually trapped within a wall.
How 1,200-year-old eggs from a 9-foot tall, 1,500-pound bird led to a scientific breakthrough
“This is the first time a taxonomic identification has been derived from an elephant bird eggshell,” said co-author Gifford Miller from CU Boulder.
She was found in 1978 and her gravestone read ‘Unknown’. Now, the ‘Granby Girl’ has a name.
The remains of the woman, Patricia Ann Tucker, were found on Nov. 15, 1978 buried under leaves on a logging road off in Granby, Massachusetts.
‘Chilling’ video shows the moment a lithium-ion battery started a fire at NY supermarket
A massive fire sparked by a lithium-ion battery on a scooter at a Bronx supermarket left seven people injured on Sunday, authorities said.
‘A nightmare’: Man who nearly got death penalty for murder he didn’t commit is declared innocent
Maurice Hastings was convicted in a 1983 murder and sentenced to life in prison. He was released in October and declared factually innocent this week.
An Easter Island ‘first’: New, indigenous moai statue found in volcano’s dried-up lake
The newest Easter Island statue was found lying on its side and is just over 5 feet tall. Carbon-14 dating will be used to assess its age.
They were going to the mall. They ended up lost and stuck in a snow-covered SUV for days.
Kimberly Pushard and Angela Bussell were headed to the Maine Mall on Feb. 21 when they got lost. They were found days later stranded in an SUV.
7 year old brought large knife to school to threaten bully, said he was inspired by horror film, sheriff’s office says
A 7-year-old South Carolina boy said he brought a 12-inch knife to school to threaten a bully and said he was inspired by a horror film.
‘So unreal’: New York sisters named valedictorian and salutatorian, going to Yale
“We’ve been working for this since ninth grade and we dreamed of this moment … it just feels so unreal,” said Victoria Guerrier.