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3 dead after plane crashes into California airport hangar while taking off, authorities say

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A small plane crashed into a California airport hangar as it was taking off Sunday, killing all three people on board, authorities say. The single-engine Beechcraft P35 crashed at Cable Airport in Upland at around 6:30 a.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration. “Three occupants of aircraft located deceased.

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Multiple police dogs died from heat-related illness in Indiana after an air conditioning failure, authorities say

By Matt Phillips, CNN (CNN) — Multiple dogs being driven to a police K-9 training facility died in Indiana on Thursday after the air conditioning in the truck transporting them failed in a “freak event,” police say. According to a Facebook post from the Lake Station Police Department, the dogs were traveling from Chicago O’Hare

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Los Angeles County law enforcement recruit dies 8 months after group of trainees were struck by wrong-way driver while on a training run

By Eli Masket, CNN (CNN) — A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recruit died eight months after he was struck by a driver who hit around two dozen recruits on a training run in Whittier, California, according to authorities. Alejandro Martinez, 27, died Friday at the Ronald Reagan University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center

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Call to arms: Thousands of Revolutionary War stories are waiting to be told. A new project asks the public to help uncover them

By Carly Breland and Melissa Gray, CNN (CNN) — The National Park Service and US National Archives and Records Administration are calling on Americans to help reveal the untold stories of the United States’ first veterans to commemorate the upcoming 250th anniversary of American independence. The Revolutionary War Pension Files Transcription Project aims to transcribe

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