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Driver hits crowd, injuring seven in midtown Manhattan, NYPD says
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Seven people were injured as a car drove into a crowd in midtown Manhattan on Sunday night, police said. All of the injured had non-life-threatening injuries, according to a [Read More…]
Maui wildfires live updates: 850 missing after Lahaina fire
FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The deadly wildfires that erupted on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Aug. 8 have become the deadliest natural disaster in state history, officials said. The blazes [Read More…]
One dead, eight wounded, in Philadelphia block party shooting
kali9/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — A gunbattle erupted at a Philadelphia block party over the weekend, leaving a teenager dead and eight other people injured, according to police. The shooting unfolded early Saturday in the Parkside [Read More…]
President Biden, first lady to visit Maui and hear from survivors after devastating wildfires
Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will visit Maui on Monday to observe the damage and recovery from devastating wildfires on the Hawaiian island that started earlier this month. [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 8/20/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Toronto 10, Cincinnati 3 Chi Cubs 4, Kansas City 3 Minnesota 2, Pittsburgh 0 Milwaukee 6, Texas 2 Chi [Read More…]
‘Blue Beetle’ crawls past ‘Barbie,’ topping the box office with $25.4 million
DC Films DC Films’ Blue Beetle ended Barbie‘s four-week reign at the top of the domestic box office, despite falling short of expectations with an estimated $25.4 million debut. Blue Beetle, starring Cobra Kai‘s Xolo Maridueña [SHOW-low Mar-i-DWANE-ya] as the titular character, [Read More…]
Russian spacecraft crashes into the moon
Brais Seara/Getty Images (LONDON) — An uncrewed Russian spacecraft spun out of control during orbit and crashed into the moon, according to the country’s space agency. The Luna-25 craft lost contact with officials in Russia following [Read More…]
Tropical Storm Hilary live updates: Hilary makes landfall in Baja California, Mexico
ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — Tropical storm warnings are in effect for more than 42 million Americans in Southern California, as Hilary is expected to be the first storm of its kind to hit the region [Read More…]
Dangerous, life-threatening weather events happening simultaneously throughout US Sunday
ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — Several dangerous and potentially catastrophic weather events will be happening simultaneously over the country on Sunday, forecasts show. The events include flash flooding, extreme heat and poor air quality from wildfires, [Read More…]
Meadows told special counsel he could not recall Trump ever declassifying Mar-a-Lago docs: Sources
Chris Kleponis/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Appearing to contradict former President Donald Trump’s primary public defense in the classified documents case, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has told special counsel Jack Smith’s [Read More…]
Pence suggests Trump could still show up to debate
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Mike Pence, eager for the opportunity to debate his boss of four years, suggested former President Donald Trump might still debate in Milwaukee this week — despite sources indicating [Read More…]
Biden will see ‘complete and utter devastation’ during Maui visit: FEMA administrator
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will see the “complete and utter devastation” from the Maui wildfires in Hawaii when he visits Monday but also offer a sense of “hope,” Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator [Read More…]
‘This Is Us’ star Ron Cephas Jones dead at 66
Ron Cephas Jonas as William on ‘This Is Us’/Maarten de Boer/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images Ron Cephas Jones, the Emmy-winning actor best known for playing William Hill on NBC’s This Is [Read More…]
Border Patrol apprehensions increased in July, but remain lower than before Title 42 was lifted
Ethan Swope/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Apprehensions along the southern U.S. border last month increased from June of this year, but decreased from July 2022, when the Title 42 order was still enacted, U.S. Customs and [Read More…]
Evacuations in place as three wildfires burn in eastern Washington state
Spokane Valley Fire Department (SPOKANE, Wash.) — Evacuations are in place as three wildfires burn in eastern Washington state, officials said. The largest of the blazes — known as the Gray Fire, located in and around [Read More…]
Hilary expected to bring catastrophic, life-threatening flooding to US Southwest
ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — Tropical Storm Warnings are in effect for more than 42 million Americans in Southern California, with Hilary expected to be the first tropical storm to hit the region since Nora in [Read More…]
Asa Hutchinson urges GOP to ‘speak the truth’ on Trump ahead of debate
ABC News (DES MOINES, Iowa) — As former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson still works to make the debate stage in Milwaukee, he’s urging other Republican candidates to do more to take on former President Donald Trump, [Read More…]
Trump’s false claims about Georgia’s 2020 election long debunked
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump, facing criminal charges in Georgia, is again going on the attack about the state’s 2020 election results. On Thursday night on his social media platform Truth Social, [Read More…]
Shia LaBeouf to make stage debut in David Mamet’s new play ‘Henry Johnson’
ABC Shia LaBeouf will be taking to the stage for the first time this September, in a new production in Los Angeles from Pulitzer-winning writer David Mamet called Henry Johnson. The actor, who weathered headlines [Read More…]
NASA asks for help studying Uranus and Neptune as it prepares to capture new images
NASA (NEW YORK) — NASA is asking amateur astronomers to help the agency study the ice giants Uranus and Neptune. Next month, NASA will be observing the two planets via its New Horizons spacecraft, originally [Read More…]