ABC News (NEW YORK) — If the recent dry and hot weather wasn’t problem enough, another heat wave is on the way for the West Coast from Los Angeles to Seattle to start the work week. There are also 68 large, uncontained wildfires burning in the U.S., with 18 in […]
Atlanta Police Department(ATLANTA) — A very lucky passenger in a car accident in Atlanta has two police officers to thank for saving his life from an inferno consuming the vehicle. Two officers from the Atlanta Police Department may have thought they were responding to an average car accident at about […]
WABC(NEW YORK) — A baby boy was pronounced dead on Sunday after tourists found him floating in New York’s East River wearing only a diaper, police said. Tourists from Oklahoma discovered the child lying unconscious and unresponsive near the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge at around 4 p.m., according […]
iStock/Thinkstock(MONROE, N.C.) — A 9-year-old North Carolina boy running a lemonade stand was robbed by an armed suspect Saturday, police said. The boy was selling lemonade in Monroe, about 25 miles from Charlotte, when he was approached by a teen who stuck what appeared to be a handgun to the […]
Terray Sylvester/Getty Images(REDDING, Calif.) — A devastating wildfire that has burned more than 150,000 acres in Northern California has reportedly killed another victim, marking the seventh death since the blaze ignited in Shasta County last month. A spokesperson for the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) told ABC affiliate KRCR […]
The Sobel Group Inc.(SANTA FE, Texas) — As some school districts get ready to head back to school, officials continue to keep campus safety a priority in the wake of recent school shootings. From hiring additional personnel, digitally mapping out schools or arming teachers, various measures have been taken to […]
Kainoa Little/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(PORTLAND) — Four people were arrested Saturday as a conservative Patriot Prayer rally broke out into violence with opposing anti-fascist protesters and police in Portland, Oregon. The city, which had been bracing for the potential violence, mobilized a massive police presence in the area of […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) — After several days of rain, the Northeast will finally be dry and sunny on Sunday. Warmer and more humid air will move into the region from the South over the next few days. Heat is already building in the central U.S. on Sunday and will spread […]
Taos County Sheriff’s Office(Amalia, N.M.) — Police swarmed a filthy compound in rural New Mexico on Friday and rescued 11 children, ages 1-15, after an armed standoff with one of two men who are now under arrest. Lucas Morten and Siraj Wahhaj were both arrested after eight members of the […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Feeling hot lately? Well, so are sharks. And over the last decade, they’ve been changing age-old habits to keep up with the rising heat — habits that could have far-reaching consequences on the ecosystem as well as our economy, scientists have found in two different studies conducted […]
