WHITNEY POINT, N.Y. — Authorities in upstate New York have captured an alligator that got loose.

According to Animal Adventure Park, New York Department of Environmental Conservation crews captured the renegade reptile Saturday behind the fairgrounds in rural Whitney Point. Sightings of the alligator were first reported July 22.

Officials said the alligator is 3 feet, 3 inches long. They believe it’s someone’s pet.

The alligator will be quarantined and then placed in an exhibit at Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, N.Y. The privately owned zoo, just east of Binghamton, N.Y., is home to April the giraffe, whose birthing of a male calf was an Internet sensation this year.

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AGAWAM, Mass. — A thrill-seeking Rhode Island couple has taken the plunge at a Massachusetts amusement park, screaming, “I do,” as they plummeted 20 stories on a roller coaster.

Ashley Schiller and Thom Marchetti, of North Kingstown, were married this month on a Superman-themed roller coaster at Six Flags New England in Agawam. Immediately after the ride was over, they got back on and did it again, with a second batch of wedding guests in tow. The groom’s queasiness prevented a third trip.

Schiller is a lifelong amusement park enthusiast who once had her parents buy thick-soled shoes to meet height requirements. She said had dreamed of the moment since she was 8-years-old.

For their honeymoon, the couple visited another Six Flags, near Washington, D.C.

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HONOLULU — The U.S. Geological Survey said a magnitude-4.2 earthquake was recorded in a channel between the islands of Hawaii and Maui.

The agency said the quake was recorded at 2:01 local time Sunday about 16 miles southeast of Kaupo, Maui, at a depth of 11 miles.

Some areas experienced shaking but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

The agency said the earthquake was likely due to bending of the oceanic plate from the weight of the island and posed no significant hazard.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported that no tsunami was generated by the earthquake, which also had no apparent effect on the ongoing eruption of the Kilauea volcano.

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BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. — A San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy was identified Sunday as one of two people killed when a small plane crashed into a Southern California mountain.

The bodies of Rebecca Joan Raymond, 28, and an unidentified man were found Sunday morning after searchers found a downed plane in a remote part of Big Bear Mountain, about 95 miles northeast of Los Angeles, the sheriff’s department said in a statement.

A helicopter crew had been looking for the pair after authorities received a call Saturday that they didn’t reach their destination at Apple Valley Airport.

The two were aboard a Cessna 172 Skyhawk that had taken off from Big Bear City Airport and crashed under unknown circumstances, FAA spokesman Allen Kenitzer said.