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 A South Bay man was sentenced Thursday to 212 years in federal prison for defrauding insurance companies after driving his two disabled children and ex-wife off a pier at the Port of Los Angeles to collect on accidental death policies, a scheme the judge called “evil and diabolical.”

A man and a teenager drowned in the Patuxent River in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, about noon Monday, according to Maryland Natural Resources Police. The victims, who were related and lived in Montgomery Village, walked in the Patuxent River near Greenwell State Park’s kayak launch and may have dropped from an offshore ledge, Maryland Natural Resources Police said. Responding...

There were emotional moments during a Loudoun County, Virginia, board meeting Tuesday night as a grieving mother confronted elected leaders about the delayed response to her teenage son’s drowning. More than 30 minutes went by before rescue crews came to the scene where 16-year-old Fitz Thomas drowned while crossing Goose Creek the evening of June 4. Three months later, the…

A Virginia mother grieving the loss of her son is trying to figure out who vandalized and stole two signs honoring him. Fitz Thomas drowned while swimming in the Potomac River earlier this summer. The Loudoun County 911 dispatcher transferred the emergency call for help to Maryland, which delayed help from first responders. His mother, Pastor Michelle Thomas, and the…

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports on stolen banners honoring a drowning victim and advocating changes in the 911 dispatch system in Loudoun County.

A mother and grandfather who drowned in their backyard pool in New Jersey a week ago were trying to rescue an 8-year-old girl who had fallen in, police said.

News4’s Drew Wilder is reporting on the tragic death of a Maryland high schooler who drowned in Lake Audubon.

A Loudoun County, Virginia, pastor whose son drowned earlier this month is demanding answers about the long delay in the emergency response. Fitz Thomas, 16, and his friends were crossing Goose Creek the evening of June 4 when he disappeared underwater. During several 911 calls received by dispatchers in Loudoun and Montgomery counties, Thomas’ friends cried and begged for help…

A Loudoun County pastor whose son drowned earlier this month is demanding answers about a big delay in the emergency response. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey has learned the victim’s family is getting some high-profile legal help.

Fitz Thomas, the son of a prominent pastor in Loudoun County, drowned in Goose Creek earlier this month. Delays in getting first responders to the scene are bringing an immediate change to the county’s emergency response policy. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

More than 30 minutes went by before rescue crews came to the scene where 16-year-old Fitz Thomas drowned. Thomas and his friends were crossing Goose Creek the evening of June 4 when he disappeared underwater. As the minutes ticked by, Thomas’ friends cried and begged for help and adults screamed during repeated calls to 911. Although the calls went to…

It may be tempting to take a dip in a river or lake during summer’s sweltering heat as the coronavirus pandemic has shut down most public pools — but fire and rescue officials warn that such swims can be deadly. Two people have drowned already this season in the Potomac River, authorities say. “The water danger is there,” said Pete…

It could be tempting to take a dip in rivers or lakes as many public pools are still closed — but fire and rescue officials warn that such swims can be deadly.

Residents across Loudoun County, Virginia, are mourning the teenage son of a prominent pastor. Fitz Thomas drowned Thursday evening in the Lansdowne area where Goose Creek flows into the Potomac River. Fitz Thomas and his friends were crossing Goose Creek before 6 p.m. when he disappeared underwater, investigators said. His friends called 911 and began searching for him, but it…

Residents across Loudoun County are mourning the loss of the teenage son of a prominent pastor. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.

An American man has died while proposing to his girlfriend underwater during a vacation in Tanzania, NBC News reported. Steven Weber drowned while asking Kenesha Antoine to marry him at an island resort off the east coast of Africa Thursday. Antoine shared the news of Weber’s death on her Facebook page, saying that he “never emerged from those depths.”

Prosecutors say a Texas man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole in the drowning death of his girlfriend’s 3-year-old nephew.

The first great white shark to ever ping in the Long Island Sound had an inauspicious introduction to fame Monday, drawing so much traffic to a research group’s website that it stopped working — and still was having trouble the next day.

Researchers are tracking a great white shark in the Long Island Sound for the first time ever, according to the group OCEARCH.

Two Missouri officers saved the life of a 6-month-old girl whose father walked into their police station and said he had just drowned his daughter, authorities say. Greenwood police Chief Greg Hallgrimson and Cpl. Tom Calhoun rushed to a pond where the man said he had drowned his daughter Monday and pulled her out, performed CPR and warmed her up...