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After weekend of wildfire evacuations, Greece expects hot and dry conditions to continue
George Pachantouris/Getty Images (LONDON) — Mass evacuations continued over the weekend in Rhodes, the popular tourist destination, as wildfires swept toward other villages, cities and tourist destinations throughout Greece. About 19,000 residents and tourists left [Read More…]
Investigation launched after video shows Ohio police dog attacking suspect with his hands up
Video showing a police dog attacking and biting a suspect who had his hands up and was on his knees during a July 4, 2023, incident was released on July 21, 2023, by the Ohio [Read More…]
Coast Guard rescues two from capsized boat off Georgia coast
A Coast Guard aircrew saves two men Sunday morning after their boat capsized off the coast of Jekyll Island in Georgia, in this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Savannah. — U.S. [Read More…]
Woman found dead after suspected bear encounter near Yellowstone, wildlife officials say
File image of Yellowstone National Park. — STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont.) — A woman was found dead after what authorities say was “an apparent bear encounter” near Yellowstone National Park. The woman’s body [Read More…]
Separate boat crashes in Cape Cod and the Ozarks leave one dead, 13 injured, authorities say
PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Separate boat crashes in Massachusetts and Missouri over the weekend have left multiple people injured and at least one person dead. A 17-year-old girl was killed and five other [Read More…]
Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff to announce USAID In Samoa
Official White House Photo by Katie Ricks (WASHINGTON) — When second gentleman Doug Emhoff lands in Samoa on Monday he will announce the administration’s commitment to provide more funding from the United States to the [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 7/23/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Detroit 3, San Diego 1 Philadelphia 8, Cleveland 5 Texas 8, LA Dodgers 4 LA Angels 7, Pittsburgh 5 [Read More…]
Watching TV as a kid linked to high blood pressure and obesity as an adult: Study
TravelCouples/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The amount of time that young people spend watching screens — instead of physical activity like sports, hikes or gardening — could be linked to health issues in adulthood, according [Read More…]
‘Barbie’ tops box office with record-setting $155 million debut
Warner Bros. Warner Bros.’ Barbie scored the biggest domestic opening of the year with an estimated $155 million, surpassing The Super Mario Bros. Movie and every Marvel movie this year. The Margo Robbie–Ryan Gosling-led film also broke the first-weekend record [Read More…]
Sending F-16s to Ukraine in fight against Russia would take ‘months and months’: Blinken
Henry Nicholls – WPA Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday cautioned that deliveries of the F-16s that Ukraine has long sought in its fight against Russia could take “months and months” [Read More…]
US surpasses 400 mass shootings so far in 2023: National gun violence website
Bill Hutchinson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A shooting that erupted in a Houston park over the weekend that left a pregnant woman dead and four other people injured marked the 400th mass shooting in the United [Read More…]
Alabama Republicans spark another legal fight by not creating 2nd majority-Black district
ilbusca/Getty Images (MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — Setting the stage for another legal battle in their state, Alabama’s Republican-led Legislature on Friday passed a new congressional map with just one majority-Black district and a second district that has [Read More…]
3 injured in shooting outside Philadelphia bar, police say
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Three people have been hospitalized after a shooting took place outside a bar in the Grays Ferry neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Saturday evening. All three people who were shot were [Read More…]
Severe heat forecast: Where scorching temperatures will persist over the next week
ABC News (NEW YORK) — An unrelenting heat dome continues to hover over the western United States this weekend, prompting heat alerts for tens of millions of residents. Heat advisories and warnings were issued for 40 [Read More…]
‘The Earth is screaming at us’: Gov. Inslee calls for climate action amid record heat
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The record-high temperatures recorded around the world show “the climate change bomb has gone off” and Americans must push “further and faster” for solutions — including voting against “climate deniers” like former [Read More…]
‘I worry’ about ‘price’ to get soldier Travis King back from North Korea, McCaul says
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul said Sunday that he’s concerned North Korea will demand concessions from the United States in exchange for releasing American Travis King, the soldier who last [Read More…]
Mike Pence ‘not interested in trading insults’ with Trump as he tries to win New Hampshire
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NORTH CONWAY, N.H.) — An independent voter at a meet-and-greet in New Hampshire on Friday told former Vice President Mike Pence that he was concerned with his place in the polls — and [Read More…]
Four dead in Oklahoma triple murder-suicide, including 10-month-old
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (VERDIGRIS, Okla.) — An Oklahoma mother killed her three children, including a 10-month-old, and then shot herself in an apparent triple murder-suicide, authorities said. The Verdigris Police Department went to investigate [Read More…]
Pregnant woman killed, four others injured in shooting at Houston park
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images/STOCK (HOUSTON) — A pregnant woman was shot and killed after a fight broke out at a Texas park early Saturday, her family told ABC Houston station KTRK. Four other people were struck by [Read More…]
‘People are hungry for more choices’: Inside the Green Party’s push for 2024
Paul Marotta/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With the 2024 presidential election heating up, debates over the role of third parties are beginning to simmer — and Democrats fear the Green Party could offer voters an enticing [Read More…]