Divers searching "gator-infested waters" after body parts found in Florida nature preserve
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Divers were searching Thursday in what a sheriff's office described as "gator-infested waters" after human body parts were discovered in a nature preserve near West Palm Beach, Florida.
The Martin County Sheriff's Office said in a statement that the Hungryland Wildlife Preserve was closed after human remains were discovered near the canal bank Wednesday night.
" A large gator did have possession of what was located last night," the sheriff's office said.
Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving more than one million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 24 people in seven states during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
Actor Richard Dreyfuss is facing backlash for allegedly sharing remarks that audience members found sexist, homophobic and generally offensive at a Q&A event over the weekend tied to a Massachusetts theater's screening of "Jaws." Dreyfuss starred in the 1975 blockbuster that was filmed in Massachusetts and screened Saturday night at The Cabot, a performing arts center in the coastal community of Beverly.
Another American who was arrested in the Turks and Caicos Islands for possessing ammunition was sentenced to time served and a $9,000 fine on Tuesday, local media reported. Tyler Wenrich was facing a potential mandatory minimum sentence of 12 years in prison for ammunition charges in the British territory.