Residents across Las Vegas and Henderson have been beset by an onslaught of cockroaches. They have invaded homes to such an extent that, as the cockroaches settle in, people are moving out. News 3 Las Vegas has received complaints since Sunday from residents whose homes are more than a mile apart. Earlier reports from the …
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A tiny black kitten managed to turn Sunrise Highway into an emergency rescue scene after being found asleep in the middle of the roadway near Exit 46. Considering where it chose to take a nap, the fact that anyone spotted it in time is remarkable enough on its own. Animal rescuer John Debacker said Suffolk …
For over a hundred years, one of New York City’s rivers has been missing one particular critter that called the waterway home. This summer, a centuries-long trend has ended. A motion-activated camera documented a North American river otter along the Bronx River at last. The image was recorded on June 23 by a camera placed …
Fifty-seven sloths recently sadly passed away in Florida. Now, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing connected to the deaths of the sloths intended for a failed Orlando tourist attraction. The agency released its 44-page final investigative report Wednesday, Aug. 19, after reviewing veterinary records, inspection reports and diagnostic findings. Investigators …
A San Francisco family is moving out of the apartment they have called home for years after their new landlord raised the monthly rent from $3,695 to $7,000. Since 2021, Ashley and Zach Waldman have called a two-bedroom unit in the city’s Outer Richmond District their home. However, this June, they found a notice on their …
Two teenagers have been awarded a combined $550,000 after an amusement park ride left them hanging upside down for approximately 25 minutes. A Multnomah County jury awarded Xitlali Gomez-Salais and Evie Yannotta $275,000 each on Wednesday, Aug. 19. Gomez-Salais and Yannotta were 13 and 14 when the AtmosFEAR ride malfunctioned at Oaks Amusement Park in …
Bugs crawling over or bumping against car windshields aren’t rare. But when that bug is an emerald ash borer beetle, the situation goes from gross to nightmarish fast. The bug’s appearance riding on a windshield marks Washington state’s first confirmed encounter with one of North America’s most destructive invasive pests. Two people spotted the emerald …
Police officers never really know what they’re going to get when they arrive at a call. For two officers in Hyde Park, New York, their Saturday assignment involved a trapped dog, a storm drain, and apparently a smell worth mentioning in the official police report. On August 15, Officers Wolf-Davidson and Fein with the Town …
There’s a big difference between seeing someone swimming far from shore and realizing they might not want to come back. For deputies in Martin County, Florida, figuring out which situation they were dealing with meant there wasn’t much time to waste. According to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to assist a man …
Search teams and authorities have recovered the remains of around 75 migrants in Arizona’s desert so far in 2026. At the same point last year, the count stood at 59, according to an AZFamily report. Humane Borders reported that the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner added 19 cases in July and 13 in …