Wheaton school officials Wednesday confirmed that children who drowned in Geneva Lake in a massive storm Friday were students in its district.

One person was killed, and four others were injured after a boat crashed in Multnomah County, Oregon, on Saturday. The vessel was found near Northwest Gillihan Road on Sauvie Island.

A New Jersey fire rescue crew ended up needing a rescue of its own after a whale slammed into its boat and sank it in a freak Fourth of July accident. The Carteret Fire Department said Marine Unit 2 was heading back from a security assignment near the Statue of Liberty during America’s 250th anniversary celebrations when disaster struck around 4:30 p.