Hi! My name is Dan Hampton and I'm the breaking news manager for Patch's National Desk. Send tips and/or photos to dan.hampton@patch.com.
Previously: program manager for Patch's Test Kitchens, local editor on Long Island; and senior breaking news editor. Before Patch, I worked as a news associate at The Associated Press.
All entrances to Yellowstone National Park were temporarily closed Monday amid heavy flooding, rock slides and other hazardous conditions.
Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law HB 99, allowing armed teachers in Ohio schools with 24 hours of training.
Photos posted on social media showed a small plane landed on a golf course in Lakewood on Monday.
Five marines died when an MV-22B Osprey crashed near Glamis in Imperial County, California. Two of them were identified Friday.
A delivery driver in Seattle watched as a thief stole and flipped his car with his infant daughter still inside, police say.
The Biden administration is expected to announce that the CDC will lift its COVID-19 testing requirement, according to a report.
Three more likely cases of monkeypox have been identified in San Francisco residents, bringing California's suspected total to at least 11.
A second military aircraft crashed in southern California's Imperial County in as many days. Officials say all four crew members survived.
An Alameda County resident tested positive for orthopox and is suspected to be infected with the monkeypox virus, health officials say.
Authorities say 3 died in a shooting at Columbia Machine; their names were released. A trooper and the suspect suffered gunshot wounds.
The company that produces the bottles of sriracha sauce found in pantries across the country warned retailers about a potential shortage.
The aircraft was based at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton.
A social media rumor spread that a person called a suicide hotline and threatened a mass shooting in LA. Police say it's not credible.
Officers sprang into action Wednesday when a protester with a megaphone walked toward President Joe Biden's motorcade in Los Angeles.
Eva was seriously hurt fending off a mountain lion that attacked owner Erin Wilson in Big Bar. The Belgian Malinois died three weeks later.
A military helicopter crashed in Imperial County, California, with five Marines on board. Four reportedly died.
A cow moose charged two people in Boulder County, wounding both. A deputy shot and killed the animal when it repeatedly charged again.
Health officials have now identified seven cases of monkeypox in California, five of which are in Sacramento County.
Rescuers on Wednesday pulled a person from the bottom of a 12-foot trench in Colorado Springs.
New Mexico voters cast ballots for governor Tuesday in a race featuring five Republican candidates and two Libertarians.
