An unlicensed pilot of an overloaded nighttime tour boat was criminally charged after a boat capsized and resulted in the drowning deaths of a mother and her infant
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Lifeguard Ryder Williams tells his story for first time after saving a 10-year-old boy from drowning in a dramatic rescue.
Authorities believe Nolan Wells drowned by accident, but his family has raised questions about the investigation.
A Texas family sued to stop a hospital from testing whether their child was brain-dead. Opposition to the test has been gaining support from anti-abortion activists.
Pastor Marcus L. Martin believes he may have snapped the final photo of the ill-fated group.
Five adults drowned one after another in the Scioto River in Powell, Ohio, after jumping in to save a struggling swimmer, leaving their young children stranded on the bank, screaming for help no one could give in time. The chain of deaths began around 9 p.m. on a Sunday evening when one member of a […] The post Five friends drowned in Ohio river rescue chain as children watched from shore appeared first on American Almanac .
Five adults drowned one after another in the Scioto River in Powell, Ohio, after jumping in to save a struggling swimmer, leaving their young children stranded on the bank, screaming for help no one could give in time. The chain of deaths began around 9 p.m. on a Sunday evening when one member of a group of friends waded into the river and started fighting the current. Two others rushed in to help. When they, too, went under, the final two adults entered the water. None of the five made it back to shore. On the nearby bank, children who had come with the group watched it all happen. One child ran along a road in a panic until a passing motorist spotted the boy and called 911. Emergency radio traffic captured the scale of the disaster in…Open
Todd Terrell, president of the United Cajun Navy, said the area is known for dangerous rip currents.
Tenisha Warner, widow of actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, has filed a legal petition against the late star's mother over an estate plan drafted decades before the couple ever met, a move she says was forced by a looming statute of limitations and a year of failed private negotiations. The dispute centers on the 1996 Warner Family […] The post Malcolm-Jamal Warner's widow files legal petition against his mother over outdated estate trust appeared first on American Almanac .
Tenisha Warner, widow of actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, has filed a legal petition against the late star's mother over an estate plan drafted decades before the couple ever met, a move she says was forced by a looming statute of limitations and a year of failed private negotiations. The dispute centers on the 1996 Warner Family Trust, which Malcolm-Jamal Warner created when he was 26 years old, unmarried, and had no children. Under that trust, 70 percent of the actor's assets go to his mother, Pamela Warner, who serves as trustee. Another 15 percent goes to his late father, Robert Warner Jr., and the remaining 15 percent to his half-sister, Collage. Neither his wife nor his nine-year-old daughter, MacKenzie, is named. Malcolm-Jamal Warner,…Open