Three hikers appear to have died last week from heat-related illnesses at Grand Canyon National Park, officials said Friday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The deaths occurred during two separate incidents on June 12 and June 16 along trails in the park’s inner canyon, the … Read more
The Mahajan family was on the third day of their first trip to New York City when tragedy struck. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “We never knew that this was the last day of his life,” Deepak Mahajan told NBC News on Friday about his … Read more
A 21-year-old man has been charged with a hate crime, arson and other offenses for a cross that was set on fire in a Chicago park, police said. Merlin Lu admitted to a TV station this week that he was responsible for the cross burning in Grant Park on June 9. But he insisted that … Read more
A man has been charged in connection with a burning cross that was spotted in Grant Park last week. Merlin Lu, 21, of Chicago, was charged with felony counts of damage to property between $500 and $10,000, arson, and two felony counts of a hate crime. He also was hit with four misdemeanor counts of disorderly … Read more
A man has been charged in connection with a burning cross that was spotted in Grant Park last week. Merlin Lu, 21, of Chicago, was charged with felony counts of damage to property between $500 and $10,000, arson, and two felony counts of a hate crime. He also received four misdemeanor counts for disorderly conduct, reckless … Read more
A 21-year-old man who admitted setting fire to a cross in a Chicago park last week was in custody Wednesday on hate crime charges, Chicago police said. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Merlin Lu was arrested Monday on four felony counts and four misdemeanor counts … Read more
Forensic tests have helped identify the remains of a man last seen in 1998, officials said. The tests were conducted 26 years after the remains were first discovered in a sleeping bag in the backcountry of Washington state’s Olympic National Park. Joseph Louis Serrao Jr. was originally from Hawaii and had been in Washington prior … Read more
A crew stripped President Trump’s name from the front of the Kennedy Center overnight, after a federal judge rejected the administration’s efforts to keep the signage in place. The removal followed a separate ruling that paused a presidential directive to remove signs and exhibits at national parks that cast the U.S. in a “negative light.” … Read more
A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to restore sites changed under an executive order calling for the nation’s museums, parks and landmarks to not display elements that “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living.” The preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley in Massachusetts also orders a pause on any additional … Read more
After more than two decades without leads or answers, human remains found in Washington state’s Olympic National Park in 2000 have been identified as Joseph Louis Serrao Jr. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. According to Othram Laboratory, which specializes in forensic genealogy and assisted in … Read more