A single-engine plane crashed into a waterfront mobile home park in Clearwater, Fla., on Thursday evening after the pilot reported an engine failure, killing several people, damaging four homes and setting the area on fire, officials said. The plane slammed directly into one home, causing “several fatalities, both from the aircraft and within the mobile…
A small contingent of Berkeley residents and activists has pushed aggressively to preserve the entire park, which was the center of bloody counterculture protests in the 1960s. In late February last year, a state appeals court in San Francisco sided with the development plan’s opponents, who claimed that the university had failed to conduct environmental…
Fossils from animals including dinosaurs and stingrays more than 100 million years old were uncovered in a Maryland park in what experts said could be the widest-ranging discovery of fossils of different species on the East Coast. In April, a group of paleontologists and volunteers with the Department of Parks and Recreation in Prince George’s…
A Massachusetts woman who had been missing for a week was rescued on Monday after she was found stuck in mud in a state park south of Boston, the authorities said. Emma Tetewsky, 31, was found around 6 p.m. Monday after police officers were dispatched to Borderland State Park, where hikers said they had heard…
Luca and Lennyn Fantasia, ages 7 and 5, were bouncing around the Park Ridge, Ill., Memorial Day parade in May in giddy holiday mode. They wore red, white and blue outfits, admired the marching band and darted in the street to scoop up hard candy. Their parents, Megan and John, were quietly discussing whether it…
Five teenagers were airlifted to a hospital and 16 others were also injured when part of an elevated walkway collapsed on Thursday at a park in Surfside Beach, Texas, city officials said. None of the teenagers sustained life-threatening injuries, the city said. The teenagers, ages 14 to 18, were visiting from Cypress and Tomball, outside…
As smoke from Canadian wildfires blanketed New York City and seeped into theaters, alarming both ticket holders and performers, the Broadway production of “Hamilton” and a Free Shakespeare in the Park production of “Hamlet” both canceled performances. “Hamilton” announced at 6:45 p.m. that it was canceling its 8 p.m. performance Wednesday night because so many…
The authorities in Los Angeles on Tuesday released the identities of all 11 people who were killed in the mass shooting Saturday night at a ballroom in Monterey Park. Many of the victims of the attack, which occurred on the eve of Lunar New Year, were older Chinese immigrants. The six women and five men…
Lunar New Year turned tragic over the weekend in Monterey Park, a city in the San Gabriel Valley in Southern California that is among the most predominantly Asian American in the country. A gunman entered a dance venue late Saturday night and opened fire, killing 10 people and injuring another 10. The man who the…
Miles from South Beach and most of Miami’s tourist haunts, Santa’s Enchanted Forest has dazzled locals for decades. WHY WE’RE HERE We’re exploring how America defines itself one place at a time. In Miami, a holiday theme park has for decades embodied the city’s distinct mix of cultures. Dec. 22, 2022 MEDLEY, Fla. — Fake…