Bill Pugliano/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Renowned civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson delivered a powerful eulogy on Saturday at the funeral of a 21-year-old black man who was shot to death by police inside an Alabama shopping mall on Thanksgiving night. “Today, you find yourselves in the midst of a storm,” […]
Haverstraw Police Dept./Facebook(NEW YORK) — A dog named Toto was lost for three days — but not with Dorothy in the Land of Oz. This Toto was lost in a storm drain in Rockland County, New York. But this story — just like classic “The Wizard of Oz” — seems […]
Bettmann/Getty Images(SAN FRANCISCO) — Nearly three decades ago, then-President George H.W. Bush was touring the San Francisco Bay Area and was “deeply moved” by what he saw. A magnitude 6.9 earthquake on the evening of Oct. 17, 1989, had caused widespread damage. Some 12,000 homes and 2,600 businesses were damaged […]
Patrick Smith/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The death of former President George H.W. Bush drew an immediate outpouring of condolences from around the country and the world. His son, the 43rd president, sent an immediate statement on behalf of George H.W. Bush’s children. “Jeb, Neil, Marvin, Doro, and I are saddened to […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A major storm developing in the central U.S. is bringing ongoing severe weather across the south, a flash flood threat to parts of the Gulf Coast and a major winter storm in the Northern Plains and upper Midwest. There was one reported tornado in eastern Oklahoma […]
Cynthia Johnson/Liaison/Getty Images(HOUSTON) — George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st president of the United States, has died at age 94. His death was announced by his family Friday night on Twitter. The president’s health had been in decline in recent months. “George Herbert Walker Bush, World War II naval aviator, […]
Kaufman County Jail (DALLAS) — An ex-Dallas police officer accused of killing an unarmed man in his apartment has been indicted on a murder charge, records showed Friday. Amber Guyger, who is white, allegedly mistook the apartment for hers when she shot Botham Jean, who was black, in his home […]
NOAA(NEW YORK) — A massive earthquake, — registering 7.0 magnitude according to the U.S. Geological Survey — rocked Anchorage, Alaska Friday, sending debris crashing to the ground, damaging buildings and causing “major infrastructure damage,” officials said. The quake happened about 7.5 miles north of the city, the USGS reported, and […]
Michael Francis McElroy/Getty Images(LAS VEGAS) — A Frontier Airlines plane bound for Tampa was forced to return to Las Vegas after an engine malfunction, according to the airline. On Friday morning, a section of the engine cover, called a cowling, came loose and separated from the aircraft, Frontier Airlines said. […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — All three people on board a corporate jet have died after the plane crashed in a rural, wooded area of southern Indiana, the Indiana State Police said Friday. The crash took place shortly before 11:30 a.m. local time in Clark County, just north of Louisville, Kentucky. The […]
