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Professional skier Jean Daniel Pession, 28, and his girlfriend, ski instructor Elisa Arlian, 26, were found dead on Saturday after falling off a mountain in northern Italy, authorities said.After hiking to the top of Mount Zerbion, the couple allegedly fell 2300 feet from the summit, according to RAI News. Authorities were not able to locate the couple immediately, but after hours of searching, they were discovered, still together, by their cell phone signals. They were “just a step away” from the summit and were found “still tied together, like in a final embrace,” RAI reported.“A terrible tragedy strikes the world...

Pro-Skier and Girlfriend Found in Each Other’s Arms After Deadly Mountain Fall

Utah State

Sevier County, UT

Rain started rolling in while a group of 50 kids was hiking in Sevier County, Utah, and the worst happened. Water pooled on the trail from the rain, and lightning struck the ground near where the youth group was walking. The lightning strike sent an electric shock through the whole group of kids.

7 Kids Hospitalized After Being Electrocuted on a Hike

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

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Steep discounts some of our favorite running shoes

Hurry, Hoka has up to $60 off some of its most popular running and hiking shoes right now

Sacramento, CA

For the first time since 1972, the powers that be are shutting down the annual Rainbow Family gathering. The Rainbow Family of Living Light is a leaderless group of people who gather each July for communal primitive camping. (Additional gatherings occur throughout the year in other countries.) These modern-day hippies sometimes gather in groups of thousands. In fact, this year’s gathering might have reached up to 10,000, according to the New York Post.

Massive, Modern-Day Hippie Gathering in National Forest Gets Shut Down

Law enforcement helped corner a pig on the run a couple of weeks ago in a town in northern California. The pig is surprisingly quick, and from the body-cam footage of a police officer, the humans are not going easy on it. The police officer chases the pig for a while before someone finally catches it.

Watching a Police Officer Chase a Pig Is Oddly Funny

White County, GA

Now Habersham

A person was seriously injured Friday afternoon after being entrapped in farm equipment. The incident happened in White County in the area of Highway 254 between Asa Dorsey and Holiness Campground roads.

Trapped Patient Airlifted After Farm Equipment Rescue

The Texas Parks and Wildlife’s Post Oak Savannah wildlife district says it did the math, and the odds of seeing an all-white raccoon is about 1 in 750,000. So, what do you think the odds are of seeing two all-white, possibly albino raccoons at the same time?. The odds...

Not One But TWO Rare White Animals Spotted at Once on Trail Cam

Colorado State

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Cripple Creek, CO

Colorado Jill

(Colorado) Colorado has many gems - Pikes Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, Maroon Bells, and two of Thomas Dambo's wooden trolls. Dambo is a Danish artist, and his trolls are worldwide. Each troll serves as a unique tribute to the place they inhabit, honoring the history and culture of the location.

"Rita the Rock Planter" should be on your Colorado summer bucket list

Maine State

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Idaho State

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Why Idaho Ranks in the Top 10 States Americans Are Flocking To in 2024. A lot of Idahoans are saying 'Idaho is FULL! Go find somewhere else to live!'. With that said, MANY people and their families are flocking to this state and calling it home.

Why Is Everyone Relocating To Idaho?

Washington State

It may look like Gollum escaped from J.R.R. Tolkien’s universe through space and time, but this isn’t fiction. A kinkajou was climbing on a wooden sign post at a Washington State rest stop, and that is not where this animal is supposed to be. Maybe that’s why it looked so disturbed when someone took pictures of the creature peering at them.

Mysterious Gollum-Like Creature Found at Washington Rest Stop

Daily Mail

A rescue team was sent to search for Pession, 28, and Arlian, a 26-year-old ski instructor and teacher, after they failed to return home. It's said that hours later their bodies were found buried in snow.

World Cup skier Jean Daniel Pession and his girlfriend fall 2,300ft to their death after tragic mountain accident

Polk County, FL

Uncovering Florida

The Polk County Sheriff's Office uploaded a video today addressing the incident involving 36-year-old Joshua Garcia, a convicted felon and meth user. "You can't fix stupid, you can only arrest it," Sheriff Grady Judd noted in his morning briefing on the situation.

'You Can't Fix Stupid': Mother & Son Duo Arrested in Polk County

Reading, PA

Mahanoy City, PA

The Shenandoah (PA) Sentinel

MAHANOY CITY – Two members of a motorcycle club were convicted on federal charges, accused...
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Convicted motorcycle club members orchestrated ‘brutal’ home-invasion in Mahanoy, feds say

There’s about a month left to enter the 2024 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, but the organization behind the annual award is giving a sneak peek at 10 front runners for this year’s competition. Promising entries so far include funny pics of a sloth, penguins, a turtle, grizzly bears,...

Sneak Peek: 2024 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Front Runners

Georgia State

Coffee County, GA

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 49-year-old woman from Douglas was recently arrested for allegedly submitting a life insurance policy for her ex-husband without his knowledge. According to a Coffee County Sheriff’s Office incident report, detectives met with a man on May 7 at the Coffee County Law Enforcement Center concerning a reported case of insurance fraud.

Georgia woman charged for allegedly filing life insurance policy application on ex-husband

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Former teacher Jeffrey Clayton, convicted of lewd behavior with a student at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, walked briskly up to the Duval County Courthouse on Friday carrying a small backpack.

Former Douglas Anderson teacher sentenced to 10 years

Florida State

Panama City Beach, FL

It’s hard to even keep straight the number of people who have drowned off Florida’s Gulf Coast in the past week. Reports suggest five people have died at Panama City Beach in the past several days (some even claim six). And the Weather Channel is tallying eight total deaths in the past four days across multiple Florida beaches in the same general area. But why?

Why Are So Many People Dying on Florida Beaches?

The Coffee County Drug Unit, along with deputies from the department, apprehended two individuals last week in separate incidents, one allegedly found in possession of methamphetamine and the other the subject of a prior narcotics investigation who attempted to evade law enforcement.

Coffee Drug Unit Arrests Two in Separate Incidents; Meth Possession and Fleeing Suspect Apprehended

A young teenage girl is lucky after very narrowly avoiding a lightning strike (or five lightning strikes?)—it was too many, and too close. 15-year-old Saniya Kumari was filming a video for social media on a terrace in India when lightning struck a metal roof right next to her, multiple times. The shocking video has gone viral.

WATCH: Girl VERY Narrowly Avoids Terrifying Lightning Strikes

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Mystery on Mt. Fuji: Three Bodies Found During Search Mission

It was a particularly deadly week at Mt. Fuji. Four people died on the Japanese mountain, and the circumstances surrounding three of the four deaths are...

Mystery on Mt. Fuji: Three Bodies Found During Search Mission

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