September 7 top stories
It is September 7. Here are today’s top stories.
Manhunt for escaped murdered into 8th day
The murderer who escaped from a prison near Philadelphia last week is still not yet caught after eight days.
The wanted man, Danilo Cavalcante, escaped from the prison by using his feet and arms to “crab walk” up a narrow outdoor corridor, where he ran across the roof and jumped a fence with razor wire.
Those who live in southeast Pennsylvania said they are on edge and are feeling frustrated that Cavalcante has not been caught yet. There are hundreds of law enforcement officers from multiple agencies that are looking for him.
Cavalcante was convicted of murdering his girlfriend in 2021 and is also wanted for murder in his home country of Brazil.
Grizzly bear who fatally mauled woman is killed
CBS News said a grizzly bear that fatally mauled a 48-year-old woman near Yellowstone National Park in July was shot and killed last weekend.
Officials confirmed that it was the same grizzly bear through genetic analysis and other identifying factors. The woman who died was Amie Adamson, a former teacher from Kansas.
Over the weekend, the bear broke into a house and took a container of dog food. The bear had a cub with her. Wildlife officials captured the cub and shot the grizzly bear, who was 10 years old. Officials said the same bear attacked a person in 2020 in Idaho. The cub may be taken to a zoo.
4 Roman swords found in Dead Sea cave
AP News said archeologists in Israel discovered four Roman-era swords in a cave near the Dead Sea. The swords were so well preserved that they still had their wooden and leather handles intact.
Researchers believe that the four swords were stashed in the cave by Jewish rebels during an uprising against the Roman Empire in the 130s.
Caves in the Dead Sea have a cool, dry and stable climate that allows things from the ancient past to be preserved for a long time — such as the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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American trapped in a 3,200 feet deep cave
An American is trapped in a cave that is over 3,200 feet deep in southern Türkyie. The man’s name is Mark Dickey. He is an experienced speleologist but became ill with gastrointestinal bleeding and is unable to leave the cave on his own.
CBS News said Turkish officials are working with an international team on a plan to go into the Morca cave and hoist him out of it. The rescue operation could take two to three weeks.
Dickey is getting medical care inside the cave and is in stable condition, but he has to stay on a stretcher when he is extracted. There are some narrow points in the cave that are being widened to make room.
Actor Danny Masterson gets 30 years on rape conviction
Actor Danny Masterson, who is known for his role in “That ’70s Show,” was sentenced to 30 years in prison for raping two women at his home in California in the early 2000s.
Masterson is 47 years old. He denied that he sexually assaulted the women, saying their encounters were consensual. Prosecutors said he drugged the women’s drinks and used his connections to the Church of Scientology to avoid consequences.
Sailors rescued after small sharks nearly sink boat
Three sailors traveling around the world in a 30-foot inflatable catamaran were rescued after the boat nearly sank due to attacks from small sharks called cookiecutter sharks in waters off the coast of Australia.
Two of the sailors are Russian and one is French. They activated an emergency beacon early Wednesday morning and were rescued by a freight ship.
One of the sailors said they believe the sharks thought the catamaran was a whale. There were between 20 to 30 cookiecutter sharks involved in the attack and some of them were able to jump and bite above thicker material on the boat’s inflatable hulls and pierce it.
Cookiecutter sharks are not considered deadly to humans, but clearly, they can cause a boat to sink. The ocean the boat was in is full of larger sharks, so the rescue averted disaster.
Australian authorities said the emergency beacon absolutely saved the three men’s lives.
That’s all the top stories for today. See you tomorrow and stay with the light.
https://apnews.com/article/israel-archaeology-antiquities-roman-27eed13d005c84d8f799cb1fe6bdf36a
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sailors-reach-land-safely-after-sharks-nearly-sink-boat-australia/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/09/07/danny-masterson-prison-sentence/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/turkey-cave-rescue-mark-dickey-american-speleologist-morca-cave/