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About 40 false killer whales were spotted along a California coastline, an uncommon sighting for the tropical species.

Reality TV star Jesse James is offering a $5,000 reward for the return of one of his beloved dogs. James in an Instagram post says the 6-year-old French bulldog named Coco went missing in the Newport, Rhode Island area last Tuesday. In a previous post James had offered a $2,000 reward for the return of his dog “no questions asked.”

The case of a 24-year-old Ohio man charged with impersonating a long-missing child is on hold in federal court.

A helicopter pilot who heads a military command in Guam will be the first female leader of the U.S. Naval War College, the Navy announced Friday, days after removing the college president who came under investigation over questionable behavior. Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield will be the new president, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer said in a statement released after the school’s...

A pretrial hearing is planned for a 24-year-old man charged with impersonating a long-missing child.

The Rhode Island mansion once owned by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Edith Wharton is on the market for nearly $12 million. The Providence Journal reports that Land’s End in Newport, where Wharton and her husband lived in the late 19th century, is for sale at $11.7 million. It was more recently owned by socialite Marion Oates Charles, who died there in December.

A federal judge has set a June 24 trial date for the 23-year-old man charged with impersonating a long-missing child.

A 23-year-old man who authorities say claimed to be a missing child from Aurora has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.

A federal grand jury indictment that was filed Thursday has accused an Ohio man who claimed to be a missing child from Aurora of lying to federal agents and of identity theft.

A man charged with lying to federal agents about being a missing child was also accused of making up stories while in prison, threatening other inmates and refusing orders from guards, prison records show.

A federal magistrate has ordered a 23-year-old man charged with lying to federal agents about being a missing child from Illinois continue to be held without bond. Authorities on Friday charged Brian Michael Rini of Medina, Ohio, a day after DNA testing ruled him out as being Timmothy Pitzen, who disappeared in 2011 at age 6. Magistrate Karen Litkovitz had...

News that a missing Aurora boy may have been found more than seven years after he disappeared at the age of 6 sent shockwaves throughout the country.

A commercial crabbing boat capsized in rough waters off the Oregon coast, killing the three men aboard and sending a shock wave through a seafaring community already struggling from a monthlong delay to the annual crabbing season. The U.S. Coast Guard said the vessel, the Mary B. II, overturned about 10 p.m. Tuesday as it crossed Yaquina Bay bar in...

The commander of a Minneapolis police precinct has been replaced following the uproar over Christmas tree decorations that the mayor said amounted to a “racist display.” Minneapolis Police spokesman John Elder confirmed Monday that inspector Aaron Biard had been removed as commander of the Fourth Precinct on the city’s north side. Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said in a statement that...

Divers are removing hundreds of old tires, plastic jugs and other junk that was dumped off the Southern California coast nearly 30 years ago by a man who thought he was helping the ocean environment....
The cleanup began last week off of Newport Beach, the California Coastal Commission announced Wednesday....
“It’s about time this was cleaned up. Dumping plastic and other trash...

Federal officials are investigating flutes, possibly contaminated by bodily fluids, that were given to students from school districts all across Southern California as part of an investigation of an individual accused of inappropriate sexual conduct.

While many Americans have been glued to the TV this week to celebrate the mystique of sharks, they can now honor the ocean predators at their local post offices, too. The new Sharks Forever stamps debuted Wednesday, the U.S. Postal Service announced in a statement. “To celebrate the wonder of sharks,” the USPS said, the stamps will feature five species...

A man whose viral YouTube videos captured his harrowing jumps from high places into bodies of water is in hot water as he faces trespassing charges, officials said.

A YouTube video shows a man jump from a waterfront building into the Newport Harbor, landing just feet away from a boat dock.

A mother of a teenage boy with autism says a couple who attacked her son after he took photographs of them wouldn’t stop even when she told them about his disability.