Month: July 2019
50 Years Later: Astronaut Michael Collins on Apollo 11 mission
via NASA(NEW YORK) — Three men went to the moon, but only two walked on the lunar surface. Astronaut Michael Collins, the man who manned the command module during the moonwalk, reflected on the historic [Read More…]
Police: Mother, boyfriend arrested after strangling newborn in hospital
iStock(OXNARD, Calif.) — The mother of a newborn and her boyfriend have been arrested after the disturbing murder of the baby soon after she gave birth at a California hospital. Andrea Torralba, 20, and David [Read More…]
College student floats idea of ‘Area 51’ festival after joke invitation catches fire on Facebook
Sean Gallup/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — When a California college student created an event to meet aliens at Area 51, he had no idea he was setting the groundwork to entertain millions of earthlings. Matty Roberts [Read More…]
Missing 2-year-old Minnesota boy drove himself to county fair on toy tractor
Kris Allen(NEW YORK) — A 2-year-old Minnesota boy who was reported missing was quickly found at a county fair — after making the trek in on his toy tractor, his family said Saturday. Little Kenneth [Read More…]
Lufthansa, British Airways suddenly suspend all flights to Cairo as ‘precaution’
studioEAST/Getty Images(LONDON) — British Airways and the German carrier Lufthansa said on Saturday they had suspended all flights to Cairo for seven days as a security “precaution,” but offered no additional details. “We constantly review [Read More…]
Search for missing teen Emanuela Orlandi leads to recovery of bones at the Vatican
iStock/MichalLudwiczak(ROME) — Bones were collected from the depths of the Vatican Saturday, the latest effort to solve the mystery of a 15-year-old girl who vanished 36 years ago. Representatives of the family of Emanuela Orlandi, [Read More…]
Kathy Zhu, Miss Michigan 2019, stripped of her title over ‘offensive’ social media posts
iStock/JadeThaiCatwalk(NEW YORK) — A Michigan beauty queen was stripped of her title over comments she made on social media about Muslim women and black people, she said. Executives with Miss World America told Kathy Zhu, [Read More…]
Hong Kong police find large cache of explosives ahead of weekend protests, reports say
Chris McGrath/Getty Images(HONG KONG) — Hong Kong authorities seized a large haul of explosives and weapons in a raid Friday, leading to an arrest and an investigation just as the city braces for another mass [Read More…]
Flood Warning issued July 20 at 9:50AM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Nebraska…South Dakota…Iowa… Missouri River Near Greenwood Missouri River Near Verdel Missouri River At Niobrara Missouri River At Springfield
Iran seizes British, Liberian oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz
iStock(TEHRAN) — Iran’s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps have seized a British-flagged and a Liberian-flagged oil tanker traveling through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, Britain’s foreign secretary said, in what appeared to be a [Read More…]
50 years after the moon landing: How close is space travel, really?
iStock(NEW YORK) — When Americans first walked on the moon 50 years ago, the idea of space travel crystallized into a graspable future. Bolstered by a geeky shift in pop culture that launched and relaunched [Read More…]
50 years after the moon landing: How close is space travel, really?
iStock(NEW YORK) — When Americans first walked on the moon 50 years ago, the idea of space travel crystallized into a graspable future. Bolstered by a geeky shift in pop culture that launched and relaunched [Read More…]
Dangerous heat wave scorches millions in Midwest, East Coast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Several heat index readings came close to setting records across the eastern half of the U.S. on Friday, with the hottest temperatures still yet to come on the East Coast. Des [Read More…]
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 20 at 6:58AM MDT until July 20 at 7:30AM MDT by NWS
…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR EASTERN DAVISON…SOUTHEASTERN SANBORN…SOUTHERN MINER…WESTERN MCCOOK…HANSON AND NORTHERN HUTCHINSON COUNTIES… At 757 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near [Read More…]
Severe Weather Statement issued July 20 at 6:58AM MDT until July 20 at 10:00AM MDT by NWS
…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR EASTERN DAVISON…SOUTHEASTERN SANBORN…SOUTHERN MINER…WESTERN MCCOOK…HANSON AND NORTHERN HUTCHINSON COUNTIES… At 757 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near [Read More…]
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 20 at 6:23AM MDT until July 20 at 6:30AM MDT by NWS
…THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DAVISON… AURORA…JERAULD AND NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 AM CDT… The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe limits, and no longer pose an immediate [Read More…]
Severe Weather Statement issued July 20 at 6:23AM MDT until July 20 at 10:00AM MDT by NWS
…THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DAVISON… AURORA…JERAULD AND NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 AM CDT… The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe limits, and no longer pose an immediate [Read More…]
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 20 at 6:09AM MDT until July 20 at 6:30AM MDT by NWS
…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN DAVISON…AURORA…JERAULD AND NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES… At 708 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles west of [Read More…]
Severe Weather Statement issued July 20 at 6:09AM MDT until July 20 at 10:00AM MDT by NWS
…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN DAVISON…AURORA…JERAULD AND NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES… At 708 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles west of [Read More…]
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 20 at 5:53AM MDT until July 20 at 6:15AM MDT by NWS
…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR DAVISON…KINGSBURY…NORTHWESTERN LAKE…SANBORN…SOUTHEASTERN BEADLE…EAST CENTRAL AURORA…MINER…NORTHERN HANSON AND NORTHWESTERN BROOKINGS COUNTIES… At 652 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from [Read More…]