Month: August 2018

iStock/Thinkstock(MONROE, N.C.) — A 9-year-old North Carolina boy running a lemonade stand was robbed by an armed suspect Saturday, police said. The boy was selling lemonade in Monroe, about 25 miles from Charlotte, when he [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(MONROE, N.C.) — A 9-year-old North Carolina boy running a lemonade stand was robbed by an armed suspect Saturday, police said. The boy was selling lemonade in Monroe, about 25 miles from Charlotte, when he [Read More…]

Terray Sylvester/Getty Images(REDDING, Calif.) — A devastating wildfire that has burned more than 150,000 acres in Northern California has reportedly killed another victim, marking the seventh death since the blaze ignited in Shasta County last [Read More…]

The Sobel Group Inc.(SANTA FE, Texas) — As some school districts get ready to head back to school, officials continue to keep campus safety a priority in the wake of recent school shootings. From hiring [Read More…]

Kainoa Little/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(PORTLAND) — Four people were arrested Saturday as a conservative Patriot Prayer rally broke out into violence with opposing anti-fascist protesters and police in Portland, Oregon. The city, which had [Read More…]

ABC News(LOMOK, Indonesia) — A magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked Indonesia’s popular tourist island of Lombok on Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The powerful quake struck at a depth of 10.5 kilometers [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — After several days of rain, the Northeast will finally be dry and sunny on Sunday. Warmer and more humid air will move into the region from the South over the next [Read More…]

Taos County Sheriff’s Office(Amalia, N.M.) — Police swarmed a filthy compound in rural New Mexico on Friday and rescued 11 children, ages 1-15, after an armed standoff with one of two men who are now [Read More…]

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for ACM(WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.) — Purdue University has dropped the name of Papa John’s founder, John Schnatter, from a building at the school and offered to return a multimillion-dollar donation from the [Read More…]

(CARACAS) — Several drones armed with explosives were detonated near Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas Saturday in what a government officials termed an “attempt against the president.” Maduro, who was unharmed, was speaking at [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) —  Feeling hot lately? Well, so are sharks. And over the last decade, they’ve been changing age-old habits to keep up with the rising heat — habits that could have far-reaching consequences on [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(CROSBY, Texas) — The owners of the Houston-area chemical plant that suffered explosions and fires due to Hurricane Harvey, releasing potentially noxious fumes into the air, was indicted by a grand jury on Friday. Arkema [Read More…]