Man dies after slipping and falling off edge of the Grand Canyon: Sheriff’s office
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(GRAND CANYON, Ariz) — A 65-year-old man died after slipping off the edge of the Grand Canyon and falling more than 100 feet, authorities in Arizona said.
The incident occurred at Guano Point on the canyon’s western rim on the Hualapai Reservation, according to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff’s office said it responded to assist the Hualapai Nation in a technical recovery Thursday afternoon.
A search and rescue crew located the man approximately 130 feet down into the canyon on a pile of rock fragments, according to the sheriff’s office.
Technical rope technicians used ropes to recover the body, which was then transported to the Mohave County Medical Examiner’s Office, authorities said.
The Hualapai Nation Police Department, Hualapai Nation Fire and Grand Canyon West security also assisted in the recovery, the sheriff’s office said.
The name of the man was not released.
Guano Point is known for its dramatic viewpoints of the Grand Canyon from the western rim.
ABC News has reached out to Grand Canyon Resort Corporation, which manages the Grand Canyon West area, for comment.
(NEW YORK) — Amazon has announced that it will cut an estimated 14,000 jobs from its corporate workforce as it focuses on “reducing bureaucracy, removing layers, and shifting resources,” according to the company.
Beth Galetti, senior vice president of people experience and technology at Amazon, announced the organizational changes on Tuesday, saying that those affected would be informed later in the day.
“Last year, [Amazon CEO Andy Jassy] posted a note about strengthening our culture and teams — explaining how we want to operate like the world’s largest startup, the importance of having the right structure to drive that level of speed and ownership, and the need to be set up to invent, collaborate, be connected, and deliver the absolute best for customers,” Galetti said in the announcement on Tuesday.
“The reductions we’re sharing today are a continuation of this work to get even stronger by further reducing bureaucracy, removing layers, and shifting resources to ensure we’re investing in our biggest bets and what matters most to our customers’ current and future needs,” Galetti continued.
Galetti said that the people affected in the reduction of the estimated 14,000 roles — about 4% of their workforce of an estimated 350,000 people — would be supported in the coming weeks and months.
“We’re working hard to support everyone whose role is impacted, including offering most employees 90 days to look for a new role internally (the timing will vary some based on local laws), and our recruiting teams will prioritize internal candidates to help as many people as possible find new roles within Amazon,” Galetti said.
“For our teammates who are unable to find a new role at Amazon or who choose not to look for one, we’ll offer them transition support including severance pay, outplacement services, health insurance benefits, and more,” Galetti continued.
Amazon said that they would continue hiring in “key strategic areas while also finding additional places we can remove layers, increase ownership, and realize efficiency gains.”
“What we need to remember is that the world is changing quickly,” said Galetti. “We’re convicted that we need to be organized more leanly, with fewer layers and more ownership, to move as quickly as possible for our customers and business.”
“I don’t know of any other company with the breadth of Amazon, the number of exciting bold bets we’re making, and all the ways we can make customers lives better and easier around the world,” Galetti continued.
(NEW YORK) — For the second time in less than a week, Villanova University was the scene of an active shooter hoax report on Sunday, prompting police to clear buildings at the Pennsylvania campus before investigators determined the incident was not legitimate, officials said.
The false call came in at around 11 a.m. and was directed at Austin Hall, a student dormitory on the campus in Radnor, Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia, authorities said.
“Law enforcement has confirmed the call to be false. Officers are working to clear the campus and restore normal operations,” the Radnor Police Department said in a social media post around 11:39 a.m. local time.
It was the second time in four days that Villanova had been targeted in what authorities described as a “swatting incident,” a fake report intended to prompt a large law enforcement response. On Thursday, Villanova University received a report of a possible shooter at its law school but the report was later determined to be a hoax after university officials issued an alert warning of an active shooter on campus.
Thursday’s incident, which came as the school was celebrating its orientation mass to welcome new students, caused “panic and terror” to ensue on campus, Villanova President Rev. Peter Donohue said in a statement to the school community.
The incident caused a large-scale response from local and federal police as officers in tactical gear conducted a sweep of the law school’s Scarpa Hall as students and faculty were ordered to shelter in place.
“Mercifully, no one was injured, and we now know that it was a cruel hoax – there was no active shooter, no injuries and no evidence of firearms present on campus,” Donohue said in a statement to the school community following Thursday’s incident. “While that is a blessing and a relief, I know today’s events have shaken our entire community.”
Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said his office and the FBI are investigating Thursday’s incident, adding, “We’re going to work to try to get to the bottom of who might have done this.” There was no immediate response from Stollsteimer’s office following Sunday’s incident.
After Thursday’s incident, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro noted that swatting is illegal and said that he had directed Pennsylvania State Police to “use every tool at our disposal to find the person or people who called in this fake threat and hold them accountable.”
Another unfounded active shooter scare occurred earlier Thursday at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga.
Around 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, a 911 call came in “indicating that there was an active shooter” at the campus, the school said. State, county and federal agencies responded and members of the school community were advised to “Run. Hide. Fight.”
After several areas of the campus were cleared, there was no evidence of any shooting or injuries reported, the university said.
The Chattanooga incident is also under investigation by multiple agencies, including the FBI, the school said.
(NEW YORK) — A 14-year-old boy was arrested after he allegedly sparked panic by opening fire near a high school football game in Kentucky, causing players to run off the field to seek cover, according to police.
The shooting in Mayfield, Kentucky, erupted during the fourth quarter of the annual “Battle of the Birds” football game between Mayfield and Graves high schools, authorities said.
A livestream video taken by the Red Helmet Sports Network captured the sound of multiple shots being fired and the panic that ensued, as players ran off the field at Mayfield’s War Memorial Stadium and sought cover while spectators in the stands appeared to duck and look around to see where the shots were coming from.
On Sunday, the Mayfield Police Department announced that a 14-year-old boy from Fulton, Kentucky, had been arrested in the shooting that occurred in the parking lot of War Memorial Stadium and left an 18-year-old boy with gunshot wounds to his upper torso.
The victim, identified as Jordan Riley of Farmington, Kentucky, was airlifted to an out-of-state hospital, where he was in stable condition on Sunday, according to the Mayfield police.
“The investigation revealed that the shooting occurred following a physical altercation between the victim and another juvenile, during which the suspect discharged his weapon,” the Mayfield police said in a statement.
The teen suspect was charged with first-degree assault and was being held on Sunday at a juvenile detention center, according to police.
A motive for the shooting remains under investigation, and police urged anyone who witnessed the crime or has information about it to contact the Mayfield Police Department.
The Kentucky State Police, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are assisting in the investigation.
