Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office(FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz.) — A 92-year-old woman was charged with murder for allegedly shooting her son after he threatened to move her into an assisted living facility, authorities said. Anna Mae Blessing allegedly pulled two pistols from her robe at about 10 a.m. Monday fired one several […]
iStock/Thinkstock(FAIRPLAY, Colo.) — Searing temperatures and drought conditions throughout much of the American West has caused many communities to ban traditional Fourth of July fireworks displays. The heatwave across much of the West, where wide swaths have been charred by wildfires and the mercury has risen to triple digits in […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A protester picked a patriotic location to demonstrate Wednesday by climbing the Statue of Liberty. According to the U.S. Parks Police, the female protester is scaling the statue. Liberty Island, where the statue is located, is being evacuated and all visitors are being taken off the […]
KTRK-TV(ROCK ISLAND, Illinois) — Two men are dead and five others were injured after a large tree branch fell on them during Fourth of July celebration fireworks, officials said. Residents were gathered on the lawn of the Rock Island, Illinois courthouse Tuesday night to watch the fireworks for the Fourth […]
Texas Medical Center(HOUSTON) — A Houston couple who welcomed quadruplets early last month brought their babies home swaddled in patriotic style. These little bundles were decked out in stars and stripes ahead of their first Fourth of July celebration. The Agi children were born to parents Linda and Thomas on […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — At 5 years old, Joseph Livingston faced a brutal third-degree burn. The cause: consumer fireworks. He was celebrating Labor Day in Columbia, Md., with his neighbors back in 2016. One of the neighbors was playing with fireworks when a sparkler went off, striking Joseph. He suffered first-, […]
iStock/Thinkstock(SATELLITE BEACH, Fla.) — Whitney Prieto was diagnosed last September with stage 2B triple negative breast cancer. She was 35, early in her pregnancy with twins and said she had no family history or genetic mutations that could make her especially susceptible to the serious disease. Prieto said that she […]
iStock/Thinkstock(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) — A girl swimming at a popular resort town in South Carolina was injured in what was an apparent shark attack on Monday. Cristy Torres, who was at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Monday celebrating her husband’s birthday, filmed video of the girl being treated for a […]
Bolivar Herald-Free Press/Jill Way(PLEASANT HOPE, Missouri) — A fireworks retailer in Missouri went up in flames on the eve of Fourth of July. Firefighters responded to a major fire at AM Pyrotechnics in Pleasant Hope, Missouri, on Tuesday night, according to Springfield, Missouri, ABC affiliate KSPR. According to the affiliate, […]
Diane Palmer(HONOLULU, Hawaii) — A Navy corpsman’s mom hopes her missing son is still alive after he vanished following a night on the town with a few Marine buddies, taking in a state fair and having drinks at a popular bar, ABC News has learned. Seaman Shaun Palmer, 24, who […]
