No lifeguard or flotation device will ever come close to protecting a child as well as an adult who is attentive, free from distractions, and focused only on them said Juliene Hefter, executive director and CEO of the Association of Aquatic Professionals.
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Actress, singer and style icon Jane Birkin dies in Paris at age 76
The London-born star was widely admired for her fashion style and known for her musical and romantic relationship with French singer Serge Gainsbourg.
Passenger takes controls of small airplane from ailing pilot and crash lands in Martha’s Vineyard
The crash happened on Saturday afternoon near Martha’s Vineyard Airport in West Tisbury, Massachusetts.
Putin says Russia has ‘sufficient stockpile’ of cluster bombs as Ukraine gets its own supply from U.S.
The Pentagon said Thursday that cluster munitions provided by the United States had arrived in Ukraine.
U.S. Southwest swelters under dangerous heat wave, with new records on track
A dangerous heat wave is threatening a wide swath of the Southwest with potentially deadly temperatures in the triple digits
Hikers, others asked to watch for signs of escaped Pennsylvania inmate
Michael Burham fled the Warren County jail in the late evening hours of July 6 by climbing on exercise equipment, going through a window, and scaling down a rope fashioned from jail bedding, authorities have said.
Fargo police say they don’t yet know the motive for a shooting that killed 1 officer and injured 2
Chief David Zibolski said the gunman opened fire Friday afternoon for “no known reason at all” but that he was confident investigators will eventually figure out the motive.
Libya’s security forces release ex-minister whose detention prompted oil closure, tribal elder says
Former Finance Minister Faraj Bumatari, who hails from the al-Zawi tribe in southeastern Libya, walked free Saturday afternoon from detention in Tripoli, said al-Senussi al-Zawi, one of the tribe’s elders.
A new look at an old clue helps investigators arrest the man accused of Gilgo Beach murders
On Friday, Heuermann was charged with murder in three of killings including a Maine woman, and prosecutors called him the prime suspect in a fourth.
Fundraising takeaways: Trump and DeSantis in their own tier as Pence and other Republicans struggle
Overall, the 2024 presidential class’s second-quarter filings with the Federal Election Commission, covering the period between April 1 and June 30, leave unanswered several questions.