Dennis Romero

An elephant escaped the confines of a traveling circus on Tuesday and roamed the streets of Butte, Montana, before being recaptured without incident, NBC Montana reported.

A California teacher died in a hiking accident on a steep and difficult mountain trail near Sedona, Arizona, this week, authorities said.

A 5-year-old boy and his 8-year-old sister were killed when an intoxicated driver crashed into a Michigan business where a child's birthday party was being held Saturday, authorities said.

Three victims were in critical condition, Memphis police said. Two people are dead and an estimated 14 others were injured, three critically, in gunfire at a block party in Memphis, Tennessee, police said.

One victim was in critical condition, Memphis police said. Two people are dead and an estimated six others were injured in a shooting at a block party in Memphis, Tennessee, police said.

Police said the five, believed to be family members, had injuries that suggested they were killed.

Police say the man punched women, sometimes in the face, on their heads, or on their backs.

A Bronx man charged with eight random punching attacks on women since February ranted to cops that he sometimes had to “check” women in order to keep them in line, officials say.

A climber who died after falling 1,000 feet in Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve was identified on Saturday as Robbi Mecus, a noted climbing enthusiast and forest ranger.