@alaska_avo / Twitter Threat Level Elevated as 3 Volcanic Peaks Erupt in Alaska, Geologist Issues Warning Officials are elevating the threat level as three Alaskan volcanoes erupt. By Jack Davis August 7, 2021
T photography / Shutterstock NYC Icon Dead After 'Contact' with City Maintenance Vehicle A beloved owl that had become a staple of Central Park was killed after colliding with a New York City maintenance vehicle. By Johnathan Jones August 7, 2021
Baton Rouge Fire Department / Facebook Firefighters Rescue Motorist from Floating Truck After Attempt to Drive Through Severely Flooded Underpass 'Every time it rains, it floods out up underneath that underpass there. And cars go down there, and they got to rescue them out of there.' By Amanda Thomason August 7, 2021
Alaska Volcano Observatory / AP Webcam Footage Shows Three Alaskan Volcanoes in Various States of Eruption The emissions prompted the observatory to raise the volcano’s threat level to orange, indicating an eruption is underway. By The Associated Press August 5, 2021
Northwest Fire District / Facebook Terrifying Bee Attack in Arizona Takes One Man's Life and Hospitalizes Several Others One boy might have been stung more if it hadn't been for a nearby landscaper who risked - and ultimately lost - his life to protect the boy. By Amanda Thomason August 3, 2021
@TheTomGeorge / Twitter screen shot Authorities Warn Hawaiian Residents They May Not Be Safe from Record Wildfire Burns Just Yet Authorities lifted evacuation orders Sunday night, but warned that they could be reinstated at any time and people should be ready to leave. By The Associated Press August 2, 2021
Breanna Snider Community Comes Together to Support Couple After Floodwaters Destroy Home, Force Them to Leave Pets Behind Their mobile home started moving, dragged off its base by the rising water and finally coming to rest 30 feet away, lodged against some trees. By Amanda Thomason July 28, 2021
Michelle Mosser Payne / Facebook Real Life 'Homeward Bound': Puppy Survives Full Month Alone in Wilderness Finally, on July 17, a worker at a nearby ranch who'd spotted the lost posters also spotted a tiny, matted white dog at the side of the road. By Amanda Thomason July 27, 2021
Ed Reschke / Getty ImagesCommentary Invasive Moth Species Being Renamed After Claims It Sounds Like an Ethnic Slur, Woke Scientist Demands Public Now Use Lengthy Scientific Name 'It’s an ethnic slur to begin with that's been rejected by the Romani people a long time ago,' entomologist Michelle S. Smith said. By C. Douglas Golden July 25, 2021
@argonerd / Twitter screen shotCommentary Mud-Spattered Journalist Reports from Flood-Ravaged Area, But Now She's Suspended After Bystander's Video Revealed Her Cunning Trick A video emerged of the journalist in action before the broadcast, making it obvious she was trying to dramatize her report. By Cameron Arcand July 23, 2021