NYPD to investigate another video of people emerging from manhole

Video posted on social media shows three people climbing out of sewer system at 4am, months after similar reports

New York City’s police department (NYPD) says it is investigating a recent video of three people emerging from a manhole in the latest such episode to cause mystery.

Posted to TikTok on Friday, the video showed three people – one after the other – climbing out of a manhole at 4.19am on 18 August wearing headlamps and black overalls near Madison Square Garden.

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Fast-moving wildfire in Reno, Nevada, forces thousands to evacuate homes

Hawk fire has covered more than 13,000 acres as blaze approaches University of Nevada campus in Reno

A fast-moving Nevada wildfire exploded to more than 13,000 acres (5,200 hectares) early on Sunday, pushing from the Sierra foothills toward the center of Reno and forcing nearly 42,000 residents to evacuate as flames threatened neighborhoods and reached the edge of the University of Nevada campus.

The Hawk fire’s “GO NOW” evacuation zone had expanded to the edge of the university campus as strong, gusty winds, low humidity and dry vegetation fueled the blaze, according to Truckee Meadows fire and Rescue in Reno. An additional 45,000 people were in the evacuation warning zone, and encouraged to leave now and be prepared to stay away for several days to clear the roads for first-responders.

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The hotel booking mix-up that could free mushroom murderer

A table tennis tournament and a throat lozenge could help Erin Patterson's lawyers overturn her convictions.

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The hotel booking mix-up that could free mushroom murderer

A table tennis tournament and a throat lozenge could help Erin Patterson's lawyers overturn her convictions.

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Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former US senator from Kansas, dies aged 94

Kassebaum Baker became the first woman elected to the US Senate without following a spouse into office

Nancy Kassebaum Baker, a Kansas governor’s daughter who became the first woman elected to the US Senate without following a spouse into office, has died. She was 94.

Kassebaum Baker died on Friday of natural causes, according to her son, Bill Kassebaum.

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Rosenberg: Shortage of petrol but not patriotism as Russians feel growing impact of war

Drivers are waiting hours in fuel queues, as Moscow prepares to celebrate Russian Flag Day.

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US aircraft carrier arrives in Middle East to relieve troubled USS Lincoln

USS George Washington will replace warship families say suffers from shortages, plumbing problems and low morale

The USS George Washington aircraft carrier has arrived in the Middle East, where it is expected to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln from its record deployment amid concerns about poor living conditions and morale.

US Central Command announced on Thursday that the Washington arrived in the area on Wednesday, and posted an image of sailors working on the flight deck as the ship transited the Arabian Sea. No date has yet been announced for the Lincoln to return to the US.

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Mushroom killer must stay in jail forever for 'truly dreadful' crime, appeal court told

Prosecutors say Erin Patterson's sentence was "manifestly inadequate" as it allows for the possibility of parole.

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Otter spotted for first time in 100 years in New York City’s Bronx River

Image captured in early June shows animal foraging in the waterway in first since early 1900s, signaling its recovery

An otter has been spotted in the Bronx River for the first time in more than 100 years, in a further sign that New York’s previously befouled waterways are recovering some of their ecological health.

The North American river otter was photographed by a motion-activated camera foraging near some vegetation in the Bronx River, a waterway that flows through New York’s Bronx and empties into the East River.

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81-year-old confesses to German cold case murder of US tourist in 1994

Amy Lopez from Texas was last seen alive in September 1994 while on a visit to a fortress in Koblenz.

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