Month: September 2018

ABC News(NEW BERN, N.C.) — Many parts of the North Carolina coast are grappling with the damage done by Florence over the weekend. The city of New Bern, located about 240 miles east of Charlotte, [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(BRISBANE, Australia) — Australian authorities have ordered a review into the handling of strawberries after they say fruit containing sewing needles turned up in supermarkets across the country. Annastacia Palaszczuk, premier of Queensland state, also [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Brit Morin is the force behind the popular digital media and e-commerce company Brit + Co., a go-to destination for millennial women looking for DIY tips and other information on health, [Read More…]

ABC News(SWANSBORO, N.C.) — As rain from the remnants of Hurricane Florence starts to move out of the Carolinas, residents are waiting and watching as rivers across the two states continue to swell and threaten [Read More…]

Amazon(SEATTLE) — Amazon is investigating reports that employees have offered to disclose private sales data and delete negative consumer reviews in exchange for cash. An Amazon spokesperson told ABC News on Monday that the company [Read More…]

Webb County Sheriffs Office(WEBB COUNTY, Texas) — An arrest warrant for a suspected serial killer reveals new details of how a Texas woman managed to fight off a Border Patrol agent who allegedly killed four [Read More…]

Ronald Smith from Aliquippa(PITTSBURGH) — A camel ended up getting loose and running wild at a circus in Pittsburgh on Sunday, dragging one rider on a harrowing experience and injuring six children. The six children [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW BERN, N.C.) — Florence weakened to a tropical depression Sunday, but that is cold comfort to residents in North Carolina who have seen over 2 feet of rain and are now battling major-river flooding [Read More…]

Mark Wilson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — As Florence continues to move through the Carolinas, the head of the U.S. Coast Guard said the slow moving nature of the storm is exacerbating flooding worries. “My biggest concern is [Read More…]

Scott Eisen/Getty Images(BOSTON) — Residents of three neighborhoods north of Boston racked by fires and explosions caused by overpressurized gas lines last week will be allowed to return home Sunday morning. Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker [Read More…]

NOAA/Getty Images (WILMINGTON, N.C.) — The total extent of devastation from Florence, which has turned from a hurricane into a tropical storm, remains unknown as rain and flooding continue to wreak havoc in the Carolinas. [Read More…]

Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Ten years after the financial crisis caused millions of Americans to lose their jobs, houses or both, the head of the nation’s largest bank said he knows many people remain [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW BERN, N.C.) — Florence weakened to a tropical depression early Sunday, but that was cold comfort to residents in North Carolina who have seen over 2 feet of rain and are now battling major-river [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW BERN, N.C.) — Florence weakened to a tropical depression early Sunday, but that was little consolation to residents in North Carolina who have seen over 2 feet of rain and are now fearing major [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(WILMINGTON, N.C.) — Five people were arrested for looting after a group broke into a Dollar General store in Wilmington, North Carolina, following Hurricane Florence. The arrests came after police shared on Twitter they were [Read More…]