2 Alaska Troopers Allegedly Used Taser and Sicced Dog on Man During Arrest — But It Was the Wrong Person: Police

Alaska State Trooper vehicle.Photo:Alaska State Trooper/Facebook Alaska State Trooper/Facebook Two Alaska state troopers are facing assault charges after allegedly pulling over, Tasering and using a police dog to attack a man — when they were actually looking for his cousin. On Thursday, Aug. 15, Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Public Safety James Cockrell announced in anews conferencethat two officers had been charged with fourth-degree assault — a misdemeanor — following the incident that took place on May 24 in the Kenai Peninsula city of Soldotna, southwest of Anchorage.

2 Boaters Found Dead Days Apart, Becoming 7th and 8th Deaths at Grand Canyon National Park Since July

Grand Canyon, Near River Mile 137 on the Colorado River, where one person was found dead in early September 2024.Photo:NPS Photo/E. Whittaker NPS Photo/E. Whittaker Two boaters died within days of each other in separate incidents at the Grand Canyon, becoming the seventh and eighth people to die at the national park since the end of July. Patrick Horton, 59, was found dead on Saturday, Sept. 7, on “the 10th day of a non-commercial river trip along the Colorado River,” according to a news release from theNational Park Service.

2 Brothers Spent Decades in Prison After Wisconsin Woman's Rape and Murder. DNA Shows It Was Someone Else

David Bintz and Robert Bintz’s mugshots.Photo:Wisconsin Department of Corrections (2) Wisconsin Department of Corrections (2) Two Wisconsin brothers who spent nearly 25 years in prison have been exonerated, thanks to genetic genealogy. In 2000, David Bintz, 69, and his brother, Robert Bintz, 68, both of Green Bay, were convicted of the 1987 murder of Sandra Lison. In early August 1987, Lison, a 44-year-old mother of two, vanished from her job as a bartender at Good Times in Green Bay, theGreen Bay Press-Gazettereports.

2 Children Were Playing ‘Monsters’ Game in Relative’s Home. A Man Came Down and Sexually Assaulted Them

James Pinker.Photo:Weld County District Attorney Weld County District Attorney Content warning: The following article contains disturbing details of sexual abuse. He was found guilty in June of four counts of sexual assault on a child – pattern of abuse, per the statement, which was issued on Monday, Sep. 9. The convictions stem from an incident on Dec. 12, 2021, when two girls, whose ages weren’t disclosed in the statement, were playing downstairs in the home of a relative, authorities said.

2 Climbers, Including an American, Rescued 3 Days After Losing 'Safety Equipment' on 'Brutal' Himalayan Climb

Then, on Oct. 2, they were “unlucky to have lost a bag during hauling which held most of our key safety equipment… our tent and stove, my down pants, crampons and ice axes,” she wrote. Climbers Fay Manners and Michelle Dvorak pose with rescuers after their experience on Chaukhamba mountain on Oct. 5, 2024.Indian Air Force/X Indian Air Force/X “We had reached 6,400m [approximately 20,000 feet] and had felt like we were through the major hardships of the climb.