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A victim’s smartwatch helped search-and-rescue crews locate a plane that went down in dense woods in Montana, the local sheriff’s office said Monday. Responding crews found all three people on board dead, the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. They were identified as Rodney Conover, 60, and Madison Conover, 23, of Tennessee; and Kurt Enoch Robey, 55, of …

Bryan Kohberger has one last chance Wednesday to give the grieving parents of four University of Idaho students he admitted to killing the answers they’ve desperately sought for nearly three years. Why did he do it? Kohberger will have an opportunity to reveal those details before his sentencing Wednesday, following a remarkable change-of-plea hearing on July 2 that spared him …

Ticonderoga, N.Y. — The father of a 9-year-old girl who was found dead after being reported abducted Saturday evening in Upstate New York is now in custody, authorities said. Luciano Frattolin, 45, is being held in the Essex County Jail where he is awaiting arraignment, according to arrest records. Frattolin’s daughter — Melina Frattolin — was originally reported abducted Saturday …

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Facebook Tweet Email Link The dense forests near West Yellowstone, Montana, concealed the wreckage of a small plane until an unlikely beacon — a smartwatch worn by one of the victims — helped search-and-rescue crews locate the crash site, officials said Monday. Responding crews found all three people aboard the aircraft dead, the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office said in a …

President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2020. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The European Union appears to be preparing to deploy its “Anti-Coercion Instrument” — characterized as a “nuclear option” to try to deter trade disputes — as …

Port Angeles, Wash. — The father of a 4-year-old is being hailed as a hero after, park officials say, the child was bitten by a mountain lion while walking with their family over the weekend on a popular trail in Olympic National Park in Washington state. The child was flown to a trauma center in Seattle for treatment after Sunday’s …

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Facebook Tweet Email Link A mountain lion bit a 4-year-old who was walking with their family over the weekend on a popular trail in Olympic National Park in Washington state, park officials said Monday. The child was injured during Sunday’s attack and flown to a trauma center in Seattle for treatment, according to a statement from the National Park Service. …