Month: June 2019

Airbnb(NEW YORK) — If you’ve ever dreamed about traveling around the world but figured you’d never have the time or money, your moment has come. Airbnb has announced the ultimate adventure: Around the world in [Read More…]

amriphoto/iStock(MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa.) — Two people died Thursday after being struck by lightning at a park in Pennsylvania, authorities said. Brendan McGowan and Kaitlyn Rosensteel, both 18, were found dead below a large splintered tree [Read More…]

designer491/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The House of Representatives recently passed a bill that may complicate retirement planning options for Americans. The House passed the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019 on May [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — A storm system and cold front moved through the Northeast on Thursday, producing flash flooding and severe storms from Virginia to Massachusetts, including a tornado in southern New Jersey. A new [Read More…]

Courtesy Josh Obeidin(NEW YORK) — Josh McClatchy knew finding water would be a problem if he was to survive after getting lost in the Arkansas woods last week. He did not anticipate the ants. “When [Read More…]

WABC-TV(FAIRFIELD, N.J.) — A New Jersey mother and her son escaped near tragedy on Thursday night when she was attacked by a coyote in a neighborhood park. The mother, 37, was pushing her son through [Read More…]

Courtesy Erin Weaver via KTRK(HOUSTON) — A Texas woman who took a photo of a live alligator with a knife in its head said she and her neighbors are concerned about the animal’s well-being. The [Read More…]

Marilyn Nieves/iStock(CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand) — The Australian man accused of killing 51 people at two mosques in New Zealand earlier this year has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Brenton Tarrant, 28, appeared via video [Read More…]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Days after an artist uploaded a digitally manipulated video online appearing to show Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reciting a sinister monologue about “control[ling] the future,” a real-life panel of experts sat [Read More…]

Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — A man who was killed by U.S. Marshals in Tennessee, subsequently sparking protests that injured dozens of police officers, was wanted for stealing a car and shooting a man in Mississippi, according [Read More…]

Manakin/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday blamed Iran for the attack on two commercial tanker ships sailing in international waters in the Gulf of Oman earlier in the day. “It is the [Read More…]