Five passengers safely emerged from a dramatic helicopter crash near the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which was caught on camera. Local media reported that the Bell-206B chopper was carrying five people on board when it crashed around 10am local time and that the victims were pulled to shore by witnesses. The teen was reportedly under water for …

Albert Woodfox was released from a Louisiana prison Friday afternoon after spending 43 years in solitary confinement. Albert Woodfox, 69, pleaded no contest to manslaughter and aggravated burglary Friday. The judge then ordered Woodfox’s immediate release.

A rare La Plata dolphin died earlier this month after a group of beach-goers apparently took it out of the ocean, then surrounded and handled it. Footage shows the small dolphin being scooped up and taken to land where it was surrounded by a gawking crowd. It quickly overheated and died when it was paraded along the beach so holiday-makers …

A US auction house says a rare copy of a comic book featuring the first appearance of Spider-Man has sold for $US454,100. It was purchased by an anonymous collector, and Heritage Auctions of Dallas, Texas, says the sale is a record for a public auction price for any Spider-Man comic book.

Cat has introduced a smartphone with a genuinely new feature – a thermal imaging camera. The Cat S60 is built for professions that involve a lot of time outdoors – it’s a rugged model, it’s waterproof, and it’s the first to feature a thermal imaging camera. The Cat S60 includes an embedded thermal camera from FLIR, the global leader in …

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Volunteer firefighters rescued a missing dog from a sinkhole Wednesday, two days after her owners reported her disappearance. The dog, a 7-year-old golden Labrador retriever named Skye, was missing for nearly 48 hours before authorities located her Monday nearly 15 feet underground. She had fallen through a small space that opened into a sinkhole.

Miami’s police union members have voted to boycott Beyoncé’s concert at Marlins Park in April because of her Super Bowl performance and the release of a video that pays homage to the Black Panthers. The decision comes after Beyoncé ’s controversial Super Bowl performance, which alluded to the Black Panther movement and was called a “political call to action.” The …

James Nichols and Luis Valenzuela accused of assaulting four women between 2008 and 2011 at various locations, including in patrol car. James Nichols, 44, and Luis Valenzuela, 43, were formally charged Wednesday on multiple counts of sexual assault including: forcible rape, rape under color of authority, oral copulation under color of authority and oral copulation by force, the Los Angeles …

The CRTC has denied a request by the Canadian Network Operators Consortium (CNOC) to mandate both full Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) national wholesale access services and wholesale tower and site sharing services. The group, which represents dozens of small Internet service providers including TekSavvy and Distributel, wanted the access so they could offer their own wireless services using the …

Toyota has announced a worldwide recall after Canada’s main transport agency, Transport Canada, found an issue with rear seatbelts. Transport Canada research engineers and investigators have uncovered a potentially dangerous defect in 2006 to 2012 Toyota RAV4 models. In a severe frontal crash, contact with the steel structure in the seat may cause the rear seat belt to be cut.

A Japanese rocket carrying the astronomy observation satellite ‘Hitomi’ launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan on Wednesday. The satellite, also known as ‘ASTRO-H’ of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), is designed to detect a wide range of wavelengths, such as X-rays and gamma rays. Hitomi is to study the structure and evolution of the universe, as …