SONORA — California authorities canceled an Amber Alert for a 2-year-old boy they said was abducted by his father. Authorities did not explain the cancellation that occurred Monday after two bodies were found near a remote campground in Tuolumne County. ABC30: Bodies Were Father and Toddler Citing family members, however, Fresno's ABC30...
33 Bodies From California Boat Fire Recovered, 1 Missing
SANTA BARBARA — Thirty three bodies of victims from a scuba diving boat fire off Southern California have been recovered and one was still missing on Wednesday, authorities said. The new count of confirmed deaths came after officials recovered 13 bodies on Tuesday, said Coast Guard Lt. Zach Farrell, a...
Man Who Dialed 911 Saying He Shot 5 in Bank Held for Murder
SEBRING, Fla. — An Indiana man accused of fatally shooting five people inside a Florida bank branch has long been fascinated with the idea of killing, but people who could have done something about it didn't take his threats seriously, a woman who identified herself as his former girlfriend told a television...
Grim Search for More Fire Victims, 31 Dead Across California
PARADISE — As wildfires raged at both ends of the state, officials released another grim statistic: six more bodies discovered in the burned-over town of Paradise and outlying areas, bringing the death toll there to 29 and matching the record for the deadliest single blaze in California history. Statewide the...
Death of 2 Who Fell from Yosemite Ledge Under Investigation
SAN FRANCISCO — The deaths of two people who fell from a popular Yosemite National Park overlook were being investigated Friday by park officials who were still working to recover the bodies. Visitors can walk to the edge of a vertigo-inducing granite ledge without railings that has become a popular...