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Glacier National Park officials said Thursday that the body of a missing hiker was found with injuries that suggest a bear attacked him. Rangers in the Montana park found the body at noon Wednesday, about 50 feet away from a trail in a wooded area surrounded by fallen timber, officials said. They didn’t specify the exact fatal wounds that the man suffered, but did say they were “consistent with those sustained by a bear encounter.” The man’s identity is being officially held until three days after his next of kin are notified. On Tuesday, the park put out a release…

The U.S. added 115,000 jobs in April, the government said in a report that far exceeded forecasts and marked the second straight month of large gains. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.3%. “In April, job gains occurred in health care, transportation and warehousing, and retail trade. Federal government employment continued to decline,” the BLS said in its summary. It said industries such as construction, manufacturing and professional services saw little change. A job seeker waits to talk to a recruiter at a job fair Aug. 28, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta…

The man who squirted vinegar on Rep. Ilhan Omar during a town hall in January pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of assaulting a U.S. officer. Anthony James Kazmierczak, 55, admitted he attacked the Minnesota Democrat because he disagreed with her political views. “This assault is yet another example of a dangerous national trend: people channeling political hatred into criminal acts,” said Daniel N. Rosen, the U.S. attorney in Minnesota. Ms. Omar was hosting a town hall on Jan. 27, amid the immigration enforcement surge in her state. That was just days after Homeland Security officers shot and killed Alex…

A 1988 penny featuring a rare error — President Abraham Lincoln with two earlobes — was sold at auction recently for $64,000. The penny was sold by David Lawrence Rare Coins, and pictures show a faint second earlobe underneath the first on the face of the coin. The coin is one of three of its variety to be graded by the third-party Professional Coin Grading Service.  The coin, sold in April, also brought in more money than the last one of its variety to be sold, which garnered $3,150.  The $3,150 coin was sold in 2020, according to coin-collecting content…

NEW YORK — People who buy luxurious second homes in New York City, but live most of the year elsewhere, would have to pay a new tax on the properties under a tentative agreement – an initiative to appease Mayor Zohran Mamdani and liberal voters who launched him into office with chants of “tax the rich.” But the deal, part of a sprawling budget plan announced Thursday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, would stop short of a major priority for the mayor: a broad tax increase on the state’s wealthiest residents. The proposed tax on multimillion-dollar second homes, known as pied-à-terres,…

LOS ANGELES — A jury Thursday found the city of Los Angeles was not liable in the killing of a 14-year-old girl who was hit by a police officer’s stray bullet during a shootout while Christmas shopping in 2021 with her mother. The ruling came after a nearly monthlong trial in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against the LA Police Department by the parents of Valentina Orellana-Peralta. She was at a Burlington store in the North Hollywood neighborhood on Dec. 23, 2021, when she was struck by a bullet that had gone through the dressing room wall. The jury sided…

BOULDER, Colo. — A judge sentenced a man to life in prison without the possibility of parole Thursday after he pleaded guilty to killing one person and injuring a dozen others in a 2025 firebombing attack on a demonstration in Boulder, Colorado, in support of Israeli hostages in Gaza. Speaking to the court through an interpreter, Mohamed Sabry Soliman apologized to the victims and expressed regret for the attack last June as not in line with Islamic teaching. Yet Soliman, an Egyptian national who federal authorities say was living in the U.S. illegally, targeted the victims because they were Jewish,…

NEW YORK — The bitter public feud between actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni may outlive their court fight after all. Three days after announcing a settlement of the lawsuit brought by Lively over the 2024 film “It Ends With Us,” her lawyers put out a statement Thursday calling the deal a “resounding victory.” “By agreeing to this settlement, and waiving their right to appeal, Justin Baldoni and every individual defendant now face personal liability for abusing the legal system to silence and intimidate Ms. Lively,” attorneys Michael Gottlieb and Esra Hudson said. They were alluding to the tens of…

ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. — Scientists specializing in human decomposition and soil took samples from the ground Thursday outside a home connected to the man convicted of killing 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart in 1996. Her body was never found. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant Wednesday on the home of Susan Flores, whose son Paul Flores was convicted in 2022 of killing Smart. Authorities have not answered questions about what prompted the search. Tim Nelligan, an expert in soil vapor testing, confirmed by phone Thursday that he was on the premises, gathering samples from the…

Weeks before Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in a decrepit Manhattan jail in 2019, he was found on the floor of his cell, alive but with marks on his neck. He was placed on suicide watch, but later made a startling allegation to the guard watching over him: Epstein said his cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione, had tried to kill him. Tartaglione – a former police officer then awaiting trial and a possible death sentence in a quadruple murder case – had a different version of events. He told his lawyer Epstein had tucked a suicide note inside one of the former officer’s…