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By Gordon Byrd Dec 28, 2020 TAMPA -- A boater faces criminal charges for the death of a 12-year-old girl who was tubing in the Alafia River last May. Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren says 40-year-old Andrew Miltner will face a charge of Boating Under the Influence - Manslaughter and a charge of vessel homicide. Those two charges will eventually "merge", Warren said, but will give prosecutors options as they pursue a conviction. Miltner could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted...

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky wildlife officials are using robotic deer to catch illegal hunters. The deer look-alike is used to catch “spot lighters," who try to freeze deer with...

Although 40 years have passed since the eruption of Mount St. Helens devastated the Lower Columbia Region in a landmark geological event, Cowlitz County continues to feel the effects, both literal and symbolic, of the blast. In a year of another lifechanging crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, the Daily News top five environmental stories fittingly cover fish, fires and two developments in the ongoing response to sediment and flooding woes that are a consequence of the 1980 eruption. The year opened...

Veteran. please welcome congresswoman tulsi gabbard. >> thank you. how are you, dana? >> hi. nice to see you. >> thank you very much. >> have a seat. >> aloha. >> so, lets start with whats around your neck. >> yes. >> my understanding is that you generally wear your lei when youre in hawaii. were not in hawaii. >> we are not. i was fortunate enough to meet up with some folks from hawaii yesterday. they were very kind enough to bring me a fresh lei from hawaii. i put it in the fridge and prayed i...

Marine monument or anything else on your mind today. >> look at the kansas city native do it. hawaiians have been known to embrace their native tongue. the states legislature voted on a bill to establish this as their state fish. if you see one snorkeling, give it some room. heres one thing i can say in hawaiian. to president obama and hawaiians everywhere.

>> can you take your glasses off for me, please? i dont feel safe and i would like to see your eyes. >> you would sph. >> yep. >> where are you coming from? >> you have no right to ask me that. where are you coming from? >> i am just checking on you. >> can you please take your glasses off so i feel safer? why does it matter what i am doing, officer? >> well, do you see that sign right there? >> the sign that says state fish and game refuge? >> the no the one that says no parking fire lane. >> i...

Bit about our progress and then i will turn it over to the sheriff and at conclusion we will try and answer your questions. so overnight, our forensics team completed a search based on a discovery from the state fish and wildlife agency who yesterday found the body which was confirmed to be otis byrd. the state medical examiner today confirmed that and we have just recently briefed the family as to those findings. so we will expect next week sometime to find a preliminary report as to cause of d...

Enforcement on the one hand and a healthy respect for our civil liberties on the other. ray kelly under michael bloomberg has disrespected that balance and thats why i think he would be a poor choice for secretary of homeland security. heres a fun fact the state fish of wyoming is called the cutthroat trout? what does that have to do with liz cheney? i dont know.

>> ina and oracle. where gabrielle giffords was. and i do believe gabby giffords was hit. >> that was a 911 call from the day congresswoman gabby giffords was shot at a rally in tucson, arizona. well, now more than two years later authorities have released new information about that day. they released thousands of documents that offer vivid details about the gunman, jared lee loughner. and our brian todd has actually been poring over these documents. heres what he found. >> reporter: early morni...

By witnesses who helped subdue jared loughner at the scene. just hours beforehand. early morning, january 8th, 2011, jared lee loughner is stopped for running a red light in tucson, arizona. state fish and game officer allen foreigney lectures love ner on his driving. i said im not going to write you a citation for this, foreigney says, in a statement later to investigators. when i said that to him, his face got kind of screwed up and he started to cry. forney asks if loughner is okay. yeah, im ...