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Dangerous triple-digit temperatures hit the West and South: Latest forecast
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Thirty-six million Americans are on alert for dangerously high temperatures, with the center of the heat dome over the West. On Monday, temperatures could reach a scorching 111 degrees in [Read More…]

Beloved Indiana police sergeant shot dead while responding to disturbance at hospital
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A veteran Indiana sergeant was shot and killed while responding to a disturbance at a hospital early Monday, authorities said. At about 12:50 a.m., Tell City Sgt. Heather Glenn [Read More…]

Father falls to his death in front of wife and five children on Oregon hiking trail
Corbett Fire Dept. (NEW YORK) — A 40-year-old hiker was killed over the weekend when he slipped and plummeted down the side of a mountain in front of his wife and five children near Oregon’s [Read More…]

Severe storms threaten the East for Fourth of July holiday travel
FILE photo — spxChrome/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans experienced severe weather Sunday as thunderstorms and extreme heat alerts were in effect for multiple states. Americans in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, [Read More…]

Thirty injured, two fatally, in Baltimore mass shooting: ‘It was a war zone’
Twitter/@BaltimorePolice (BALTIMORE) — At least 30 people were injured, two fatally, when a mass shooting erupted early Sunday in Baltimore, turning what had been a festive neighborhood block party into what one witness described as [Read More…]

Eight shot, two trampled in shooting at nightclub in Kansas
mbbirdy/Getty Images (WICHITA, Kan.) — Eight people were shot and two were trampled when a gunfight involving multiple patrons erupted early Sunday inside a Wichita, Kansas, nightclub, sparking a chaotic stampede for the exit door, [Read More…]

30 injured, 2 fatally, in Baltimore mass shooting: ‘It was a war zone’
Twitter/@BaltimorePolice (BALTIMORE) — At least 30 people were injured, two fatally, when a mass shooting erupted early Sunday in Baltimore, turning what had been a festive neighborhood block party into what one witness described as a [Read More…]

7 shot, 2 trampled in shooting at nightclub in Kansas
Google Maps Street View (WICHITA, Kan.) — Seven people were shot and two others were trampled when a gunfight involving multiple patrons erupted early Sunday inside a Wichita, Kansas, nightclub, sparking a chaotic stampede for the [Read More…]

High-tech 4th of July displays ditch fireworks over fire and pollution concerns
Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With the Fourth of July right around the corner, many cities are gearing up for their traditional fireworks displays with many locations opting for innovative alternatives. Pallavi [Read More…]

110 million on alert for severe, dangerous weather over holiday weekend
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Between the damaging storm threat from the Midwest to the East and dangerous heat in the West and South, more than 110 million Americans are on alert for dangerous weather [Read More…]

As acceptance rates decline, students bill themselves as admissions experts
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Kelsey Hoskin charges students $675 for an hour-long, private college admissions strategy Zoom session. And students are paying. Unlike many traditional private college admissions consultants, Hoskin hasn’t served as [Read More…]

Hollywood actors’ unions extends contract negotiations
Maria Korneeva/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) agreed Friday to an extension of the 2020 TV/Theatrical [Read More…]

New lesbian bars spark hope amid disappearing LGBTQ+ spaces
Alexander Spatari/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As LGBTQ+ spaces continue to face threats across the country, a growing crop of lesbian bars look to chart a new path. In 2020, the Lesbian Bar Project sounded [Read More…]

FBI Director Wray interviewed in lawsuit over FBI agent’s firing; Trump could be next
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — FBI director Chris Wray was deposed under oath this week by lawyers for former FBI agent Peter Strzok and former FBI lawyer Lisa Page, who are separately suing the federal [Read More…]

Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction should stand, prosecutors say
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Prosecutors urged a federal appeals court to uphold the conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell, who was found guilty of trafficking women and girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. “The Government’s [Read More…]

Agricultural fields in California’s Tulare Lake Basin could be underwater for years to come, experts say
Bill Hutchison/ABC News (NEW YORK) — Farmers in one of the most prominent agricultural communities in the country will likely be living an underwater nightmare for the foreseeable future. Central California’s Tulare Lake is filled [Read More…]

University of Buffalo football players charged in beating of miniature poodle with leather belt
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Two University of Buffalo football players have been charged after a video of them allegedly beating a miniature poodle with a leather belt was posted on social media. Blake [Read More…]

Wildfire smoke updates: Air quality alerts issued in at least 20 US states
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans are on alert for unhealthy air quality as smoke from wildfires in neighboring Canada drifts to the United States. Wildfires have burned a record of more than [Read More…]

Man accused of plotting antisemitic attack indicted by grand jury
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (PICKFORD, Mich.) — Seann Pietila the 19-year-old who allegedly subscribed to a neo-Nazi ideology, was indicted by a grand jury — and the indictment offers more details about what Pietila [Read More…]

Nearly 9,800 extra births occurred in Texas a year after the state’s 2021 abortion ban: Study
thianchai sitthikongsak/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — Nearly 9,800 extra live births occurred in Texas the year after a strict abortion ban went into effect in 2021, a new analysis found. In the study, published Thursday in the [Read More…]