A Captain for the Long Beach Fire Department in California was fatally shot Tuesday at the scene of a fire on the second floor of a senior housing residence in an 11-story building. Fire crews, responding to fire alarm and sprinkler activations, as well as reports of broken windows from an explosion, extinguished a small […]

A forest ranger was called to the city of Jalpaiguri in northeast India to capture a 66-pound, 18-feet long rock python because the snake had just consumed a goat near a school. The ranger came to the rescue and was able to secure the python around his body with his “animal control” pole, but before […]

A 29-year-old Tunisian man was arrested in Cologne, Germany on Wednesday after a raid on his apartment revealed a homemade ricin lab, which authorities believe was to be used in an unspecified Islamist-inspired attack. Police and Fire hazmat teams set up a laboratory and mitigation operation after a possible tip from American intelligence led them […]