Month: July 2019

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Barry hit the Louisiana coastline at a Category 1 hurricane with 75 mph winds but then returned to being a tropical storm, leaving behind massive flooding throughout parts of the state. [Read More…]

JeanUrsula/iStock(NEW YORK) — When Ali al-Nimr was 17, he says he was suddenly rammed by a Saudi Arabian government vehicle while riding his motorcycle through the eastern district of Qatif. What happened next would change [Read More…]

Courtesy Sam Bencheghib(NEW YORK) — A recent college graduate is marking his first foray into his post-education life by embarking on a cross-country trek to raise awareness of the plight of the world’s oceans. Sam [Read More…]

Courtesy Sam Bencheghib(NEW YORK) — A recent college graduate is marking his first foray into his post-education life by embarking on a cross-country trek to raise awareness of the plight of the world’s oceans. Sam [Read More…]

TeamDAF/iStock(BOULDER, Colo.) — A man was killed and his wife was injured when he was struck by lightning as they hiked in Colorado on Sunday. The couple was on the Bear Creek Trail on Flagstaff [Read More…]

Jose Jimenez/Getty Images(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — Protesters in Puerto Rico have gathered outside the governor’s mansion demanding he resign after last week’s corruption arrests and a group chat scandal that led to the resignation [Read More…]

ABC News(BATON ROUGE, La.) — Residents of Louisiana felt the full brunt of Tropical Storm Barry’s rainfall overnight as they woke to find localized flooding and tens of thousands without power across the state. First [Read More…]

Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump’s vow to launch a nationwide deportation sweep fell short of expectations on Sunday, with only a small number of operations that appeared to fall closer in line [Read More…]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The power may be back on in New York City, but a five-hour Saturday night blackout continued to cast light on a rift between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Democratic presidential [Read More…]

Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Major cities around the country are bracing for raids by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on thousands of undocumented immigrants. Federal immigration officers were initially scheduled to sweep across [Read More…]

Biotechnology Center of the TU Dresden(LONDON) — A crucial piece of evidence left behind in the abandoned World War II bunker in Greece where an American professor was found dead last week may identify her [Read More…]

Tracy Jerome Jester Jr(WASHINGTON) — An American man died while vacationing in the Dominican Republic in March, the U.S. State Department and the man’s family told ABC News this week — making him the 11th [Read More…]

ABC News(BATON ROUGE, La.) — Residents of Louisiana felt the full brunt of Tropical Storm Barry’s rainfall overnight as they woke to find localized flooding and tens of thousands without power across the state. Rain [Read More…]