Alex Wong/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A Long Island mother whose teenage daughter was allegedly killed by MS-13 gang members died after she was hit by a vehicle just before a memorial for her daughter. Evelyn Rodriguez was struck by an SUV about 4:10 p.m. Friday on Ray Court Street near […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Image (WILMINGTON, N.C.) — Florence’s dangerous flooding “is only going to get worse,” North Carolina’s director of emergency management warned Saturday as massive amounts of rain devastate the state. “We have never seen flash flooding like this in our state,” state Transportation Secretary Jim Trogdon added at a […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Police have issued an arrest warrant for a white man who flashed a gun when he tried to stop a group of four black college students from entering an apartment complex earlier this month. Police in Tallahassee, Florida, issued the warrant Friday for the arrest of Donald […]
iStock/Thinkstock(BOSTON) — A man has died after he “was bitten by what is believed to be a shark” in the waters of a Cape Cod beach Saturday, the Wellfleet Police Department said. The incident happened about noon when the man was swimming at Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, police […]
NOAA/Getty Images(WILMINGTON, N.C.) — The total extent of devastation from Florence, which has turned from a hurricane into a tropical storm, remains unknown as rain and flooding continue to wreak havoc in the Carolinas. But there have been seven storm-related deaths since Florence, then a Category 1 hurricane, made landfall […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW BERN, N.C.) — As North Carolina residents navigated rising floodwaters that in some places could double the 20 inches that have fallen so far, neighboring South Carolina was bracing overnight for the brutal wallop of widespread flash flooding, whipping wind and relentless rainfall that crept across the border into […]
iStock/Thinkstock(FORT WORTH, Texas) — An undercover Fort Worth, Texas, police officer shot in the head in a firefight with a group of armed robbers died late Friday evening, officials said at a midnight press conference, which was posted to the police department’s Facebook page. Hull, a 17-year veteran of the […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WILMINGTON, N.C.) — As North Carolina continued to reel in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence making landfall, Gov. Roy Cooper said first responders were working hard to evacuate people near rivers. “This storm is slowly and painfully grinding across our state. Our main worry is water and flooding. […]
iStock/Thinkstock(DETROIT) — A 17-year-old girl was smiling and laughing after she allegedly stabbed a classmate to death at a Michigan high school, prosecutors said in court Friday, according to ABC Detroit affiliate WXYZ-TV. Tanaya Lewis was charged with one count of first-degree murder in the stabbing that killed a 16-year-old […]
ABC News(NEW BERN, N.C.) — Hurricane Florence pummeled North Carolina, making landfall Friday morning with storm surges and wind gusts before contributing to at least five deaths. Authorities have confirmed those storm-related deaths, including a mother and her infant child who died after a tree fell on their home in […]
