A lawyer for a businessman accused of harassing an endangered Hawaiian monk seal has publicly come to his defense after video of the incident went viral and sparked outrage, Fox News reports. Igor Litvinchuk, 38, a resident of Covington, Hawaii,…
Igor Litvinchuk, 38, of Covington, Washington, is accused of harassing a protected animal, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Honolulu. CBS News reports on the case in more detail. On May 13, federal agents arrested a tourist who threw a rock at a...
A hiker was found dead on a trail in the Grand Canyon. This is the second incident in the last two months in the national park. Officials identified the victim as James Handshey, a 65-year-old man from Oracle, Arizona. Yahoo! reported in more detail. Rescuers and Grand Canyon Park rangers discovered...
Eyewitnesses filmed a terrifying moment on camera when a bungee jumper broke off during a jump from a height of a ten-story building: a tourist lost consciousness and fell into a pond. The Daily Mail reported in more detail. Mike, a tourist from Hong Kong, was pulled out of the water into a safe…
A five-year-old Canadian boy was found crying next to his father's decomposing body at their vacation home north of the Mexican resort town of Puerto Vallarta, according to reports. The Independent writes about it. The ex-wife of 44-year-old John Poulson raised the alarm after…
In the USA, there are some rather strange rules that surprise our people when visiting this country. But some of these rules are pretty logical. The author of the blog Made in USA on Yandex.Zen told the story of a tourist who ran into the police because he was walking around ...
A Virginia-based beer company wants to pay a lucky hiker $20 to hike the Appalachian Trail—a kind of socially distant “workspace,” Travel+Leasure writes. Backbone Brewing Company is looking to hire a "hiking master" for a 000-state trek from Georgia...
Almost two weeks after the Texas man was reported missing, he was found alive, officials said in Grand Canyon National Park. Writes about this NBC News. 58-year-old Martin Edward O'Connor from La Porta (Texas), was evacuated from the inner ...
The safest airline in the world is the Australian airline Qantas. The three leaders are also New Zealand Air New Zealand and Taiwan's EVA Air, writes RBC. The list of the safest airlines in the world in the coming 2020 was topped by the Australian carrier Qantas. The rating was prepared by experts ...
Nearly a million people visit Muir Woods National Wildlife Refuge in California every year. This popular tourist attraction turned deadly on Christmas Eve. Here one of the famous red trees fell on a group of people, writes ABC News. As a result, one person died. On the eve of…