Archives: 2018

Police: Former MLB star Lenny Dykstra pulled weapon on Uber driver

Lenny Dykstra Linden, N.J. Police Department LINDEN, N.J. – Former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies center fielder Lenny Dykstra has been charged with making terroristic threats for allegedly threatening an Uber driver with a gun. Police said in a press release that the 55-year-old was arrested just before 3:30 a.m. Wednesday after the Uber driver “sped” into a parking…

Wyoming approves first grizzly bear hunt in 44 years

A grizzly bear roams through the Hayden Valley in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, U.S., on May 18, 2014. Jim Urquhart/REUTERS CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Wyoming has approved its first hunt of grizzly bears since the 1970s. The hunt this fall will be the biggest in the lower 48 states since the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed protections for grizzlies…

Houston Rockets give free playoff tickets to Santa Fe students

The Houston Rockets will give free tickets to Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals to Santa Fe High School seniors, first responders and school representatives, nearly a week after a shooting at the Texas school left 10 people dead, most of them students. The team is tied 2-2 with the Golden State Warriors in the seven-game series.  The team’s…

“I got attacked”: 911 calls detail response to fatal cougar attack

Last Updated May 23, 2018 2:53 PM EDT SEATTLE — Emergency call recordings about a fatal cougar attack in Washington state Saturday detail how a dispatcher calmly struggled to figure out where it occurred and how worried the surviving victim was about his friend. Isaac Sederbaum was mountain biking with friend S.J. Brooks on logging roads in the Cascade Mountain…