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A Provo fire captain, his wife and their three sons were found dead over the weekend near Sunglow Campground in southern Utah.The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office said that it believed the deaths of the family, who likely arrived in the area at the end of last week to hike and canyoneer, were related to flooding caused by heavy rain.The sheriff’s office declined to provide the names of those who died. The Provo Fire and Rescue Department posted a message on social media over the weekend, though, noting the deaths of Captain Spencer Long and his family. A spa co-founded by…

MIAMI — A famous Cuban dissident artist and musician, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, arrived in Miami on Saturday after being released from a five-year prison sentence on the condition that he leave his country. Alcántara, 38, was greeted at the airport by a crowd that was cheering, singing and holding their phones high in the air to get a photo of him. They draped him in a Cuban flag, printed with the words “Patria y Vida” – “Homeland and Life” – the title of a song he shared a Grammy for that became an anthem for Cuba’s political opposition against…

President Trump, who has indulged in the trappings of hosting the world’s most-watched sporting event and unabashedly used his political power to get the suspension of a U.S. soccer star overturned, scripted his own flyover on Sunday at the World Cup final.Less than an hour before Argentina and Spain faced off, Marine One, the presidential helicopter, cruised high above MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.It was the second time in less than six weeks that Mr. Trump had sought to commandeer the spotlight at a major championship in the New York metro area.On June 8, Mr. Trump, a Queens native, watched…

NEW YORK — A second person has died in connection with an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York, the New York City Health Department announced Saturday. The outbreak on Manhattan’s Upper East Side has infected 72 people, according to health officials. Two people have died. The first death was announced Friday, and the second was announced Saturday. “We are heartbroken to learn that another New Yorker has lost their life to Legionnaires’ disease on the Upper East Side. Our deepest condolences are with their loved ones as they grieve,” New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Alister F. Martin said…

A man fatally hit by a truck in Florida while running from an encounter with immigration agents was visiting from Mexico, according to a nonprofit organization supporting his widow.A spokeswoman for the organization identified the man as Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán, 28, of Guanajuato State.State and federal officials have repeatedly declined to identify the man who was killed last Tuesday when he ran on to a busy roadway and was struck by a tractor-trailer. The man was fleeing an encounter with agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations at a Wawa gas station in St. Augustine, Fla.The…

WASHINGTON — The Associated Press surveyed more than 1,000 Jewish adults in the U.S. to better understand their views on Israel’s military actions in Gaza, their opinions of the political parties and their experiences with prejudice in the United States. The survey of 1,022 Jewish adults – including people who identify as Jewish by religion and religiously unaffiliated people who identify as Jewish through culture, ethnicity or family background – offers a rare detailed accounting of a key demographic that sits at the very center of some of the nation’s most divisive political debates. Here are five takeaways from the…

A meteorite that crashed through the roof of a Hillsborough, New Jersey, home in 2024 has turned out to be one of the most scientifically valuable space rocks ever recovered, according to a new peer-reviewed study. An international team of researchers, writing in the journal Science Advances, determined that the roughly 2-pound rock — nicknamed the Hillsborough meteorite — is only the second confirmed fall of a rare, primitive material known as CM1/2 carbonaceous chondrite. The finding stems from a chance bit of good luck: the homeowner who found the fragments preserved them almost immediately in glass jars using disposable…

NBC fired a security guard at its New York headquarters after a man sneaked backstage before lunging and yelling the N-word at “Today” anchor Craig Melvin. Sources with direct knowledge of the matter told TMZ that the security guard, who has not been publicly named, was axed due to the lapse in security that let the unarmed man gain access to the restricted area Thursday. Sources told the New York Post’s Page Six that security video showed two guards at the scene. One stepped away, and the other guard didn’t see the unarmed intruder, identified as Andrew Truelove, 41. The…

A homeless encampment reported to extend roughly 12 blocks along Manhattan’s West Side — from West 34th Street to West 46th Street along 11th Avenue — has become a flashpoint for Mayor Zohran Mamdani, with residents, workers and tourists near the Intrepid Museum and the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center telling reporters the city isn’t doing enough to address it. “I think it’s embarrassing,” Joan G., a woman who declined to give her last name, told Fox News Digital near the camp. A nearby construction-site security guard who identified himself only as “Joe the Dog Man” was more blunt, telling…

Two U.S. Forest Service personnel were released safely from captivity Friday. A father and son are now in custody, accused of taking them hostage for hours. The two workers were out doing field work in Shasta-Trinity National Forest 210 miles north of San Francisco on Thursday morning when they were taken hostage by two armed individuals, U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz said at a press conference posted online by the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office. Suspect Joseph Henrichsen, 49, and his adult son Phoenix Henrichsen are accused of zip-tying and restraining the two Forest Service employees inside a trailer at…