12-foot boat sinks and leaves 2 boaters stranded offshore of Hanauma Bay

CNN Newsource on November 23, 2025

By Jeremiah Estrada

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    HAWAII KAI, Hawaii (KITV) — Two boaters were left stranded in the waters off of Hanauma Bay after their boat sank Saturday afternoon.

A 55-year-old man and a man in his 20s were in a 12-foot boat in the waters outside of Hanauma Bay on Saturday, Nov. 22, when it was swamped by a large wave. All of the water that entered the boat caused it to sink and left the two men without their vehicle.

The man in his 20s was able to swim to shore where he climbed up a cliffside and called 911 for help. However, the 55-year-old man drifted west.

The Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) received a 911 call at 4:06 p.m. and began to search for the distressed swimmers at the shoreline about 20 minutes later.

The other man was eventually located and rescued by someone on a jet ski. The jet ski then took him to an HFD rescue boat for further care.

HFD took him to the harbor at Maunalua Bay where Honolulu Emergency Medical Services (EMS) evaluated him for medical treatment.

EMS treated the 55-year-old man who suffered possible fatigue, hypothermia and a cut on his foot, but he declined to be taken to an emergency room. There were no injuries reported from the other boater.

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71-year-old worker pinned under equipment in cranberry bog in Massachusetts dies

CNN Newsource on November 23, 2025

By Paul Burton

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    Massachusetts (WBZ) — A 71-year-old man died in a tragic accident at a cranberry bog on Cape Cod Friday morning.

The man, who has not been identified, was working at a bog behind County Road in Bourne, Massachusetts when something went wrong just after 8 a.m.

In a statement, police said he was “operating a piece of equipment in the cranberry bogs, when it rolled over on top of him, pinning him under the equipment.” Fire officials explained that the man was using the tractor to sand the bog in preparation for next season when something went wrong. The man had been in the industry for decades.

“When the tractor that this gentleman was driving started to go down a ramp to get to the bog, it flipped over, and he was trapped. His fellow workers who were with him did their best to get him out of there and they did” State Representative Stevem Xiaros said.

Officers and paramedics rushed in and attempted CPR, but the man died. The victim’s identity has not been released.

State and local police are looking into what happened, along with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The medical examiner’s office was also called in as part of the probe.

“The Bourne Police Department’s collect thoughts are with the family, friends, and co-workers of the victim in this incident,” police said in their statement.

Xiaros said that he spoke with the owner of the cranberry bog on Friday. The bog has been in the man’s family for five generations.

“He’s just a hard-working man and he ‘s very upset and struggling with the loss of his friend,” Xiaros explained.

No other information is available at this point in the investigation.

Bourne, Massachusetts is about 57 miles south of Boston.

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Michigan correctional facilities across Michigan yield over 116,000 pounds of produce

CNN Newsource on November 23, 2025

By Nick Lentz

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    Michigan (WWJ) — Gardens at Michigan correctional facilities this year have generated over 116,000 pounds of produce, which has been donated to food pantries and other community groups, state officials said Friday.

The Michigan Department of Corrections provides gardens and horticultural programs for incarcerated individuals in at least 19 facilities across the state.

According to the agency, the gardens yielded 116,455 pounds of fresh produce this year, which was donated to food pantries, residential care facilities, churches and other organizations.

Officials said the Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater recorded 31,896 pounds of produce, the most of any facility in Michigan.

The Macomb Correctional Facility in Lenox Township donated over 6,000 pounds, including 20 pumpkins, to at least two Metro Detroit nonprofits dedicated to helping people dealing with domestic violence.

“Many months of planning go into one growing season,” said Michigan Department of Corrections Horticulture Instructor Brad Dean said in a news release.

Ellen Baron, a horticulture instructor at Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Ypsilanti, added, “Almost as soon as the last growing season ends, we are already thinking about and planning for the next season.”

The state agency said it’s donated food and helped raise funds for charities for over 10 years. Nonprofits and pantries interested in partnering with them next year are asked to call Public Information Officer Jenni Riehle at 517-241-0363.

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Horse leads police in Monroe Township, New Jersey on wild chase through neighborhood

CNN Newsource on November 23, 2025

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    NEW JERSEY (KYW) — It was a wild sight to see Friday morning in a Gloucester County, New Jersey, neigh-borhood after a horse led police on a chase through the area.

It all happened in the Hunter Woods section of Monroe Township. A horse police are calling “Seabiscuit” (to protect the identity of the horse) led them on a chase just before 8 a.m.

Officers initially tried to chase the animal and attempted to rein things in, but the horse refused to hoof it back home.

But thanks to some teamwork and some extra horsepower from other officers, the horse was safely secured and returned to its owner.

“These types of calls are not entirely uncommon for us and we do our best to protect all of our animal friends that are a part of this community,” a media release from Monroe Township Police stated.

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Man pursued romance with stolen COVID relief money

CNN Newsource on November 23, 2025

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    Colorado (KCNC) — A 63-year-old Colorado man wooed a woman he met online during the COVID pandemic with money illegally obtained from the federal government.

The Akron resident was recently sentenced to 15 months in prison and repayment of more than $228,000.

His love interest turned out to be a scammer.

William Chadwick was indicted by a federal grand jury in April on money laundering charges. He pleaded guilty in June to a single count and was sentenced Sept. 30.

According to a court document, Chadwick obtained funds from Unemployment Insurance benefits, Emergency Rental Assistance proceeds, and Paycheck Protection business loans. The latter two programs were created by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security, or CARES, Act, which was enacted in March 2020.

Two months later, according to the plea agreement in Chadwick’s case, applications for aid in Chadwick’s name began arriving at federal agencies. Through August of 2022, more than 100 applications for UI benefits alone were submitted in Chadwick’s name, all with misleading or fraudulent information. He was approved for more than $1.4 million, according to the plea agreement, and received 15 debit cards in other people’s names. He withdrew more than $81,000 from these cards through cash ATMs and bitcoin ATMs across Colorado.

He used that money, according to the affidavit, to send cryptocurrency and gift cards to the unidentified woman.

Thousands more in fraudulent funds were deposited into several bank accounts controlled by Chadwick, according to prosecutors. Chadwick also turned most of those proceeds into cryptocurrency and gift cards and also sent them to the “woman.”

“Chadwick laundered fraudulently obtained unemployment insurance funds intended for Americans that were struggling during the pandemic,” Quentin Heiden, special agent-in-charge of the Western Region of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General, said in a press release.

Prosecutors referred to Chadwick’s arrangement with the woman as a romance scam. Contacted by CBS Colorado on Friday, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Colorado, wouldn’t divulge more information about the reported scam.

The maximum sentence for the specific money laundering charge, which Chadwick pleaded guilty to, is 20 years in prison and $500,000 in restitution.

Reached at his home on Saturday, Chadwick declined to comment out of fear for worsening his sentence. Like a number of non-violent federal offenders, the serving of his sentence has been delayed by the recent government shutdown. It’s not known yet when he will have to report to prison.

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VIDEO: Police officer saves choking infant at Walmart

CNN Newsource on November 23, 2025

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    STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan (WXYZ) — A Sterling Heights police officer is being praised as a hero after saving a 5-month-old baby’s life at a local Walmart earlier this month.

Officer Edwar Talia, who has been with the Sterling Heights Police Department for seven years, was working special detail on the night of November 1 when he received an emergency call that would test his recently renewed CPR training.

“David 90, we have a child choking, report to customer service, so I rushed in there,” Talia said.

At 8:30 p.m., Talia sprinted to what he described as a scene straight from a nightmare. Baby Jameson’s mother, Bayley Simon, was nursing her son when the infant suddenly went blue and limp.

“He was like a wet noodle, there was nothing there, no movement nothing,” Simon said.

Talia, who had been re-certified in CPR training just one week prior to the incident, immediately began applying life-saving measures. He performed several back blows on the infant, being careful not to use too much force.

“I’m not going too hard, just enough to where I could feel it on the other side of my hand, obviously I don’t want to hit him too hard,” Talia said.

After several back blows, Jameson’s airway cleared and he took a deep breath. The baby then started having hiccups, which Talia recognized as a positive sign.

“I know once the baby gets hiccups, they need to burp so I grabbed baby Jameson put him over my shoulder started patting his back and he actually fell asleep on me,” Talia said.

Simon expressed her gratitude for both the bystanders who comforted her during the terrifying ordeal and Officer Talia, who gave her son another chance at life.

“I’m not necessarily sure I would still have my son,” Simon said.

For Talia, the incident represented the true meaning of his oath to serve and protect.

“We pride ourselves on serving and protecting but that day especially that was full on protection mode,” Talia said. “I just wanted to make sure baby Jameson went home alive.”

The officer called the experience both a first and hopefully a last in his seven-year career with the department.

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Deputies rescue older woman who fell, became trapped on roof

CNN Newsource on November 23, 2025

By Christa Swanson

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    Colorado (KCNC) — Deputies came to the rescue earlier this week when an older Colorado woman fell and became trapped on the roof of a host home for patients with dementia and Alzheimer’s.

Arapahoe County deputies were called to the scene in the 6500 block of S. Lisbon Street on Thursday to find the 69-year-old woman lying on her back with her legs dangling over the edge of the roof. She was bracing herself on the gutter as two caretakers on ladders, afraid she would fall, held her in place.

Deputies climbed onto the roof and pulled her back from the edge before helping her back inside through a nearby window. Authorities said the caretakers were hanging Christmas lights when the woman opened the second-story window and walked out onto the roof, where she slipped and fell.

The sheriff’s department said the woman was not injured.

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Deputies rescue older woman who fell, became trapped on roof

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By Christa Swanson

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    Colorado (KCNC) — Deputies came to the rescue earlier this week when an older Colorado woman fell and became trapped on the roof of a host home for patients with dementia and Alzheimer’s.

Arapahoe County deputies were called to the scene in the 6500 block of S. Lisbon Street on Thursday to find the 69-year-old woman lying on her back with her legs dangling over the edge of the roof. She was bracing herself on the gutter as two caretakers on ladders, afraid she would fall, held her in place.

Deputies climbed onto the roof and pulled her back from the edge before helping her back inside through a nearby window. Authorities said the caretakers were hanging Christmas lights when the woman opened the second-story window and walked out onto the roof, where she slipped and fell.

The sheriff’s department said the woman was not injured.

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Morgan Geyser missing after leaving group home, cutting off monitoring bracelet

CNN Newsource on November 23, 2025

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    MADISON, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Madison police say Morgan Geyser, the 22-year-old who was granted a conditional release to a group home in connection to the Slender Man case, is now missing.

In a Facebook post, police say Geyser cut off her Department of Corrections monitoring bracelet and left a group home, on Sat. Nov. 22nd.

She was last seen in the area of Kroncke Dr., at around 8:00 p.m. with an adult acquaintance.

Madison police say if you see Geyser, call 911.

Morgan Geyser, who, along with a friend, stabbed a classmate in 2014 when they were 12, was granted her conditional release by a Waukesha County judge back in March.

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Santa Cruz woman aims for 2028 Paralympics in table tennis

CNN Newsource on November 22, 2025

By Jacquelyn Quinones

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    SANTA CRUZ, California (KSBW) — A 78-year-old Santa Cruz resident is determined to compete in the 2028 Paralympics in Los Angeles, aiming to become the oldest Paralympian and medalist in table tennis.

Cyndi Ranii, who ranks 23rd in the world for women in wheelchairs in table tennis, has been wheelchair-bound since 2005 due to transverse myelitis, which left her with no feeling or motion below the chest.

“Virtually overnight, I went from playing golf and being very active at work and at home to being in the emergency room with really terrible back pain,” Ranii said.

After her diagnosis, she immediately sought rehabilitation and was introduced to wheelchair sports, eventually finding joy and recovery in table tennis.

“One thing really great about wheelchair athletics, at least for me, when I’m playing wheelchair table tennis, I don’t have any feeling like I’m in a chair, like I have any disability at all,” she said.

Ranii has been competing in tournaments for about ten years, including the Parapan American Games, where she has won several medals.

She is now pushing harder to qualify for the Olympic Games, which requires participating in the World Championship in 2026 in Thailand and the Pan American Games in 2027 in Chile.

Ranii practices regularly with friends, including Liz DeFrancesco, whose late husband was a fellow competitor.

“Sebastian was in the USA Hall of Fame of table tennis for all athletes, wheelchair and able-bodied, and so I feel like continuing to play, I always feel his spirit,” DeFrancesco said.

Despite the challenges, Ranii remains committed to her training.

“I practice every day if my health is good… sometimes there’s ups and downs at my age and with my situation. I sometimes have health setbacks, but the focus is always getting strong again, getting stamina back again, getting practice going again,” she said.

Ranii needs to reach the top 16 in world rankings to qualify for the Paralympics, and she plans to continue competing and training over the next two years.

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