Mount Fuji climber rescued twice after going back for lost phone
A student airlifted from near the peak of Mount Fuji returned to the slope and was rescued for a second time just four days later, authorities said.
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A student airlifted from near the peak of Mount Fuji returned to the slope and was rescued for a second time just four days later, authorities said.
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South African authorities say an American pastor who was abducted at gunpoint last week has been rescued after a shootout that killed three of his suspected captors. CBS News' Nicole Valdes has more.
The child walked seven miles through rough terrain, officials said. Mountain lions were spotted in the area he passed through.
The roof of the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo collapsed on a crowd, killing at least 184 people and leaving many others injured or trapped under rubble.
Search and rescue crews went door-to-door in the hardest-hit areas after extreme flooding slammed the South and Midwest, killing at least 20 people, over the weekend. Parts of Kentucky and Arkansas got up to 16 inches of rain over the past few days. CBS News' Dave Malkoff has more.
Remarkable rescue stories from Myanmar's earthquake ruins are keeping hope alive, but aid agencies say time is running out fast, and the need for help is vast.
The earthquake death toll in Myanmar is rising fast as rescue and recovery efforts are hampered by badly damaged infrastructure.
Officers questioned four Chinese men who were found removing 32 files from containers behind the collapsed building, a police official said.
Rescue crews are searching for survivors after a powerful earthquake killed at least 154 people across Myanmar and Thailand. CBS News' Tina Kraus has the story.
Some good Samaritans helped rescue a man and two children following a plane crash in Alaska's Kenai Peninsula on Monday. CBS News' Elise Preston reports.
Maximo Napa was rescued in his small fishing boat after being spotted by an Ecuadoran vessel off the coast of northern Peru.
Video of the operation showed a naval boat rescuing Mockus from his vessel in rough seas, then hoisting him onto the warship.
Officials in India say more than 40 construction workers are missing after an avalanche hit their camp in Uttarakhand state.
A 15-year-old boy was trapped for hours after falling into a narrow rock crevice in Southern California. Elise Preston reports on the effort to free the teen and spoke to the San Bernardino first responders who helped pull him out.
The stranded father and son found a backpack of supplies left behind by a previous hiker, rescuers said.
Gripping footage of an air rescue operation shows helicopter crews hoisting three backcountry skiers from a mountain in Washington state.
As crews battle ongoing wildfires in the Los Angeles area, Pasadena Humane has taken in roughly 800 displaced animals. Public relations and communications manager at Pasadena Humane Kevin McManus joins "The Daily Report" to discuss their work.
A rescue team in South Africa has finished a recovery operation to find more than 200 miners trapped in an abandoned gold mine. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay reports.
Hundreds of volunteers came together at the Pasadena Humane Society to help save animals displaced by the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area. CBS News Los Angeles' Josh Sanders reports on the efforts.
California officials on Wednesday held a news conference to provide updates on the brush fires raging in the Los Angeles area. The Pacific Palisades fire, the Eaton fire and several other blazes have destroyed homes, schools and businesses. The fires are also responsible for several deaths. Authorities urged those in evacuation zones to leave, described first-responder efforts and outlined ways to help.
A hiker who got lost in Australia's Snowy Mountains has shocked police by surviving on a couple muesli bars and foraged berries.
A strong earthquake killed more than 100 people in Tibet and left many others trapped in the autonomous region of western China, state media say.