WJXX-TV(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — A 37-year-old Navy Chief Petty Officer in Florida was found dead on Monday — the same day she was to appear at a court hearing for an order of protection she sought against a man she claimed kicked her in the stomach and pulled a gun on […]
ABC News(SALT LAKE CITY) — Wanda Barzee, one of Elizabeth Smart’s former captors, is scheduled to be released from prison on Wednesday — much to Smart’s surprise and disappointment. Her release comes after the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole said it had miscalculated the time Barzee, 72, was supposed […]
@FayettevillePD/Twitter(NEW YORK) — Florence, which made landfall as a hurricane Friday, dropped about 8.04 trillion gallons of rain on North Carolina, the National Weather Service said Tuesday, citing “the unofficial, radar-estimated storm total rainfall.” At least 32 people are dead, including several young children, as a result of the storm, […]
Animal Legal Defense Fund(WASHINGTON COUNTY, Oregon) — A horse is a horse, of course, of course — even when that horse is filing a lawsuit. A judge in Oregon tossed out a lawsuit filed by Justice — a horse — against his owner over allegations of animal neglect. Washington County […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Numerous flash flood watches have been issued across the Northeast on Tuesday as the remnants of Hurricane Florence make their way into the region. Flood watches stretch from Virginia all the way to Massachusetts on Tuesday morning, including Washington, D.C.; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Albany, New York; Hartford, Connecticut; […]
iStock/Thinkstock(LELAND, N.C.) — A video of the rescue of six North Carolina dogs that were locked in a cage rapidly filling up with Hurricane Florence flood water went viral on social media. In the video, the dogs can be seen panicked, barking and standing on their hind legs against the […]
ABC News(SWANSBORO, N.C.) — North Carolina’s governor on Monday called Florence an “epic storm” and warned that some parts of his state “have not seen the worst flooding yet.” “This remains a significant disaster,” North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said at a news conference. “The next few days will be […]
ABCNews.com(GASTON COUNTY, N.C.) — Since Florence made landfall Friday morning as a Category 1 hurricane, it has taken the lives of at least 18 people, ranging in age from 3 months to 81 years. The devastating storm’s latest confirmed casualty is 1-year-old Kaiden Lee-Welch, who went missing Sunday when he […]
ABC News(NEW BERN, N.C.) — Many parts of the North Carolina coast are grappling with the damage done by Florence over the weekend. The city of New Bern, located about 240 miles east of Charlotte, was particularly hard hit. “Our city has suffered obviously one of the most devastating storms […]
ABC News(SWANSBORO, N.C.) — As rain from the remnants of Hurricane Florence starts to move out of the Carolinas, residents are waiting and watching as rivers across the two states continue to swell and threaten neighborhoods with devastating flooding. Many areas of North Carolina continue to deal with fears of […]
