Southwest
Woman's body recovered from Grand Canyon for third death at national park in a week
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The body of a 20-year-old woman was recovered in Grand Canyon National Park, marking the third death in one week, the National Park Services (NPS) announced.
According to a press release from the NPS, Leticia A. Castillo, 20, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, first went missing Aug. 3, after entering the national park.
Authorities discovered her body Tuesday, 150 feet below the Canyon’s Twin Overlooks after a multiple-day search.
A photo from the scene showed Castillo’s body being airlifted by a helicopter. Her body was transferred to the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office, the agency said.
SECOND TEXAS HIKER IN 2 WEEKS DIES ON TRAIL AT GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK
Park rangers recovered the woman’s body, later identified as 20-year-old Leticia Castillo of Albuquerque, N.M., which was located approximately 150 feet below the rim. (National Park Services)
A cousin of Castillo’s posted on Facebook remembering the 20-year-old for “lighting up any room.”
“Leti, words can not express how much you’re going to be missed,” Alexis Hernandez wrote on Facebook. “I love you so much Prima, and I will always cherish all the times I got to spend with you. You would light up any room you walked in.”
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A base jumper wearing a wingsuit. (Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images)
Castillo’s death marks the third one at the popular tourist destination spot this week and the eleventh death this year.
On July 31, Abel Joseph Mejia, a 20-year-old from North Carolina who was visiting on a mission trip with his church, when he stumbled over the edge of the South Rim. He fell 400 feet to his death.
TEXAS HIKER DIES ON TRAIL AT GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK; OFFICIALS WARN OF EXTREME HEAT
On Aug. 1, a man died when he fell 500 feet during a BASE jump at the Grand Canyon.
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The Grand Canyon is seen in Grand Canyon Village, Ariz., at the Yavapai Point. (Patrick Gorski/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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An NPS review of deaths in national parks between 2014 and 2019 found that hiking was the second-deadliest recreational activity behind driving, while drowning caused the second-highest number of unintentional deaths after motor vehicle crashes.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the NPS for comment.
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Los Angeles, Ca
Man filled up own cup at Subway, threatened worker with knife: SBSD
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A transient is behind bars after he threatened a Subway employee with a knife when that worker asked him to stop filling up his personal cup from the fountain drink station, authorities said.
The man, Robert David Rose, entered the sandwich shop in the 16200 block of D Street in Victorville at about 12:30 p.m. Monday, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.
Rose, a 43-year-old transient who frequents the Victorville area, entered the restaurant and began filling up a personal cup out of the fountain drink machine, officials said.
“When Rose was asked to stop using the fountain drink station, he lifted his shirt and brandished a large knife tucked inside his waistband at the employee,” the release added.
Rose was tracked down on the southbound 15 Freeway about one mile north of the Mojave Drive exit and taken into custody, at which point a knife matching the Subway worker’s description was located, the release said.
He was booked into the High Desert Detention Center on multiple charges:
- Robbery
- Possession of a dirk or dagger
- Exhibit deadly weapon
- Two counts of shoplifting
- Obstruction of a public officer
- Trespassing
Jail records indicate the charges are split up between several cases, and Rose is due to appear in Victorville Superior Court on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Anyone with information is asked to call 760-241-2911 or 760-956-5001.
To report information anonymously, call WeTip at 800-78-CRIME (27463) or visit wetip.com.
Southwest
Harris supporters sound off on her border blueprint: ‘Her policies will make a difference'
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GLENDALE, Ariz. – Supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to Fox News Digital on Friday, outside the Desert Diamond arena in Glendale, Arizona where she and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, later took the stage.
Fox News Digital asked attendees to define Harris’ border policy and whether they also supported it. The discussion often led to a wide variety of follow-ups.
“I like all of them actually,” one woman said of Harris’ policies.
“Because she stands for, I think, the average person in America. I don’t think she is extreme in any aspect.”
This split shows Gov. Tim Walz, Vice President Kamala Harris and migrants at the southern border. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images, Andrew Harnik/Getty Images and Christian Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Asked about the border, the woman said Harris will get America through the border crisis because she will fully be in charge:
“She was the vice president, remember, not the president,” she said.
“So the policies that she will implement, I think, will make a difference at the border. And we still have Mark Kelly,” she said, referring to the retired astronaut-turned-Democratic senator who joined his wife, Gabby Giffords, onstage later in the evening.
The woman added she believes Harris will “bridge the gap” between Democratic and Republican disagreements on border policy.
She cited the bill authored by Sens. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., and James Lankford, R-Okla., as an example of something Harris supported but was unable to see through.
“There was a bill that went forward that, was not signed because Trump did not want that signed,” she said. “There’s nothing perfect about it, but it’s just that we’ll be willing to work on, finding ways to get people through in a way that does not disturb us in America, but also helps those who need to.”
ARIZONA KAMALA HARRIS RALLY SPEAKERS COURT ‘JOHN MCCAIN REPUBLICANS’ AS MAN BRINGS VP BORDER MAP
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A group of over 100 migrants attempting to enter the US illegally rush a border wall Thursday, March 21, 2024. In the process, the migrants knock down Texas National Guardsmen before they are halted by the border wall. (James Breeden for New York Post / Mega)
A trio of women attending the rally from nearby Phoenix took time to give their take on Harris’ border policy as well.
“I think that her policy aligns with Biden’s policy on that particular topic, and I think his approach is a very healthy one,” one of the women said.
“I think there are a lot of laws already in place to manage border policy… and people who are here on asylum,” the second woman added.
“That’s what the administration is currently doing – they’re following the law,” she said, adding that it is key to ascertain whether asylum seekers have legitimate asylum claims.
A woman walking up to the east entrance of the Desert Diamond said she’s “not really sure about the border” when asked about Harris’ stance.
“I support it,” she said. “I’m not to the extreme where Trump is [which is] out of control – I’m to the extreme where we definitely we need some border control.”
When asked if Harris will bring about such control, the woman replied, “Presently, I hope so — I hope and pray, yes.”
Lance, a veteran from Goodyear, Ariz., who wore a “Veterans For Harris; I’m not a Loser” shirt, said Republicans do focus a lot on the border, but that Biden and Harris also worked on the crisis as well.
He indicated he was more disappointed with Trump’s behavior in office than he was on other fronts, remarking that the GOP nominee pledged to get an infrastructure plan through but never did.
“I definitely believe in a woman’s right to choose, and equality for all people, including LGBTQ people,” he added “This veteran is married to another man, and I want that right to not only continue in the future, but to be there for the younger generation.”
“Whether it’s health care, taxing the billionaires and corporations instead of just giving them tax cuts – and claiming to be foreign for the average citizen, like Trump does, [Harris and Walz] are really for the average person. And I think that their economic policies are going to be far better than the policies coming out of the [Trump] White House.”
“[Trump’s] health care policy was going to be like ‘no one ever saw before’ and he was right because no one ever saw it.”
Lance said he identifies as a “left-liberal” and urged all Democrats who are not “100% satisfied” with Harris that the party must unite across ideological lines to instead “preserve democracy.”
“I’m going to be 71 years old in a month, and in my entire life, I feel this is the most dangerous and treacherous time in the United States of America.”
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Los Angeles, Ca
Man shot dead in South Bay liquor store parking lot
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Homicide investigators were called to a parking lot in Hawthorne Monday night after a man was gunned down and left to die.
The shooting was reported shortly before 9:30 p.m. near Crenshaw Boulevard and El Segundo Boulevard, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department stated in a news release.
An unidentified man was found with at least one gunshot wound and pronounced dead at the scene.
Video showed police tape blocking the Crenshaw Village parking lot as authorities investigated the fatality.
Evidence markers were placed in the parking lot near what appeared to be multiple bullet casings.
The front door of South Liquor Bank was also partially shattered from what appeared to be a bullet hole.
Investigators have not released any information regarding a suspect or a motive for the shooting.
Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers anonymously by dialing 800-222-8477.
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