Teen Boy Who Died in Avalanche While on Spring Break Is Identified as Son of Former Olympic Swimmer

A GoFundMe page for Illinois high school freshman Aleksas Beiga has already raised $52,000 to support his family The American teenager who died in an avalanche in Switzerland on Monday while on spring break has been identified as Illinois high school student Aleksas Beiga. Beiga, a 15-year-old freshman at Naperville Central High School, died during … Read more

2 hikers hit by avalanche in Italian Alps are dead, rescuers say

ROME — Two hikers on snowshoes were killed by an avalanche in the Italian Alps near Switzerland, a rescue service said Sunday. The avalanche occurred around noon on Sunday at the 2,200-meter (7,200-foot) level in the Formazza valley in the Piedmont region, said Federico Catania, a spokesperson for Italy’s alpine rescue service. The force of … Read more