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Ian Botham saved by Ashes rival from crocodile infested waters after fishing mishap
SYDNEY (AP) — England cricketing great Ian Botham was saved by his former Ashes rival Merv Hughes after a fall into crocodile-infested waters while on a fishing trip in northern Australia. Botham, along with Hughes and a group of friends, was on a boat when the accident happened,...
Florida surfer is bit by a shark at the same beach he was bitten at 11 years ago
STUART, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man is recovering from a shark bite just over a decade after being bitten at the same beach. Cole Taschman, 28, was surfing with two friends at Bathtub Beach in Stuart on the state's east coast last Friday afternoon when the attack occurred, Treasure...
A pack of dogs killed a man behind a house in New York
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A 59-year-old man was killed in a “horrific” attack by a pack of dogs in a back yard next to a house where two dozen of the animals were kept, police said Thursday. Officers responding to a call found eight or nine mixed-breed pit bulls attacking James...
Bear with 3 cubs attacks man after breaking into Colorado home
LAKE CITY, Colo. (AP) — A black bear with three cubs attacked a man in his Colorado home after they crashed in through a sliding glass door and he was unable to get them to leave. State wildlife managers killed all four bears after the attack Thursday night in Lake City, a...
The last of 8 escaped bulls from a Massachusetts rodeo is caught on highway
NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — A lone bull on the lam, one of eight that escaped from a rodeo in a Massachusetts mall parking lot, has been caught, but not before a pursuit that ended on a highway. The bull was lassoed and led into a trailer on U.S. Highway 1 in North Attleboro on...
Round 'em up: Eight bulls escape a Massachusetts rodeo and charge through a mall parking lot
NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — This is no bull: First responders in a Massachusetts city had to exercise some impromptu roundup skills when eight bulls escaped from a rodeo being held in the parking lot of a mall on Sunday. Video posted online captured the moment when the bulls...
A Glacier National Park trail in Montana is closed after bear attacks hiker
WEST GLACIER, Mont. (AP) — A section of a popular Glacier National Park trail was closed Thursday after a man was attacked by a bear and injured, park officials said. Rangers are still trying to determine if the attack involved a grizzly bear or a black bear. The...
Huge python grabs Thai woman in her kitchen, squeezes her two hours before she can be freed
BANGKOK (AP) — A 64-year-old woman was preparing to do her evening dishes at her home outside Bangkok when she felt a sharp pain in her thigh and looked down to see a huge python taking hold of her. “I was about to scoop some water and when I sat down it bit me immediately,”...
A 12-year-old boy fatally shoots a black bear mauling his father during a hunt in western Wisconsin
SIREN, Wis. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy has shot and killed a wounded black bear as it was mauling his father near their hunting cabin in the thick western Wisconsin woods. Ryan Beierman, 43, told the Minnesota Star Tribune that he was pinned beneath the 200-pound bruin on Sept. 6...
The Biden administration is taking steps to eliminate protections for gray wolves
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday asked an appeals court to revive a Trump-era rule that lifted remaining Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the U.S. If successful, the move would put the predators under state oversight nationwide and open...
