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Tropical Storm Debby live updates: Flooding targets North Carolina, Virginia
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Debby is slamming the Southeast with heavy rain after making landfall in Florida as a Category 1 hurricane on Monday. At least six people have been killed in [Read More…]
Georgia school chief says state will restore public funding for AP African American studies course
PixelsEffect/Getty Images Georgia Schools Superintendent Richard Woods announced on Wednesday that the state will restore public funding for Advanced Placement (AP) African American studies to be taught in public schools after seeking “guidance and clarity” [Read More…]
Man accused of poisoning child with eyedrops after allegedly killing wife same way
Gaston County Sheriff’s Office (GASTONIA, N.C.) — A North Carolina man accused of fatally poisoning his wife with eyedrops is now being accused of attempting to poison their 11-year-old daughter with the same substance, resulting [Read More…]
Dog starts house fire by chewing portable phone battery, officials say
Tulsa Fire Department/Facebook (TULSA, Okla.) — A dog in Tulsa, Oklahoma, started a house fire after biting into a lithium ion battery, fire officials said. The Tulsa Fire Department recently released dramatic footage of the [Read More…]
NASA says Boeing’s Starliner astronauts may have to come home on different spacecraft
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The two astronauts who went up to the International Space Station (ISS) on Boeing’s Starliner may have to come home on a different spacecraft, NASA officials said during a [Read More…]
Harvard ‘failed its Jewish students’ and must face antisemitism lawsuit, judge rules
Mel Musto/Bloomberg via Getty Images (BOSTON) — Harvard University “failed its Jewish students” and must face a lawsuit over antisemitism on campus following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack against Israel, a federal judge in Boston [Read More…]
Man in ‘intimate relationship’ with Detroit neurosurgeon charged in his murder: Prosecutor
Ascension Michigan (DETROIT) — A man in an “intimate relationship” with a Michigan neurosurgeon has been charged in the doctor’s slaying, authorities announced Wednesday. Dr. Devon Hoover, 53, was found shot dead in his Detroit [Read More…]
Tropical Storm Debby live updates: More flooding expected as storm nears 2nd landfall
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Debby is slamming the Southeast with heavy rain after making landfall in Florida as a Category 1 hurricane on Monday. At least six people have been killed in [Read More…]
Tropical Storm Debby live updates: South Carolina forecast for storm’s second landfall
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Debby is slamming the Southeast with heavy rain after making landfall in Florida as a Category 1 hurricane on Monday. At least six people have been killed in [Read More…]
Newly released documents detail chaotic moments after Alaska Airlines door plug blowout
Jennifer Homendy, Chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, speaks during investigative hearing, into the blowout of a left mid exit door plug on a Boeing 737-9 MAX during Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 flight on [Read More…]
Public school educators are calling for a post-pandemic reset. Can it be done?
Stella/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Four years after the coronavirus pandemic closed much of the nation’s education system, thousands of the more than 50 million U.S. public school students and teachers are returning to school [Read More…]
Four hotel workers charged with felony murder in death of man captured being pinned down
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (MILWAUKEE) — Four hotel workers were charged with felony murder in connection with the death of D’Vontaye Mitchell, a Black man who was seen on video being pinned down outside of a [Read More…]
California rocked by 5.3-magnitude earthquake centered near Bakersfield
USGS (NEW YORK) — Kern County was hit by a 5.3-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday night, centered in Lamont, California, not far from Bakersfield, according to the United States Geological Survey. The 5.3 earthquake hit at [Read More…]
Tropical Storm Debby live updates: Storm churns in Atlantic ahead of second landfall
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Debby is slamming the Southeast with heavy rain after making landfall in Florida as a Category 1 hurricane on Monday. At least six people have been killed in [Read More…]
California rocked by 5.3-magnitude earthquake centered near Bakersfield
USGS (NEW YORK) — Kern County was hit by a 5.3-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday night, centered in Lamont, California, not far from Bakersfield, according to the United States Geological Survey. The 5.3 earthquake hit at [Read More…]
Western wildfire season continues with a vengeance as new blaze destroys homes in Southern California
Brais Seara/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. wildfire season is continuing on a relentless pace across the West as a new blaze erupted in Southern California, destroying multiple homes and leaving residents little time [Read More…]
Pakistani national charged with alleged plot to assassinate Donald Trump, other public officials: DOJ
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Pakistani national with purported ties to Iran was arrested last month on charges he plotted to assassinate former President Donald Trump and multiple other public officials, according [Read More…]
Body found during search for 5-year-old boy who wandered away from his birthday party
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (BOISE, Idaho) — A 5-year-old boy who went missing after wandering away from his own birthday party is believed to have been found dead, Idaho police said Tuesday. Matthew Glynn was last [Read More…]
Pakistani national charged with alleged plot to assassinate Donald Trump, federal prosecutors say
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Pakistani national with purported ties to Iran was arrested last month on charges he plotted to assassinate former President Donald Trump and multiple other public officials, according [Read More…]
Tropical Storm Debby live updates: Five killed as storm slams Florida, Georgia
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Debby is roaring across the Southeast after making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane Monday morning. At least five people have been killed in Florida and Georgia. Here’s [Read More…]