Wavebreak Media/Thinkstock(LAS VEGAS) — Surveillance video shows an iPhone exploding and catching fire in a Las Vegas store. In the video from Friday, an employee of the unidentified store is seen working at a desk, with the phone to the left. A cloud of smoke appears before visible flames shoot […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Mother’s Day weekend is off to a stormy start across the Midwest and Northeast. A disturbance will spark a round of severe weather on Saturday from Illinois to New Jersey with nearly 35 million people at risk for severe weather. The main — and most-widespread — threat […]
iStock/Thinkstock(SALT LAKE CITY) — Utah has yet to officially add a ballot initiative allowing residents to vote for allowing medical marijuana, but one of the state’s biggest institutions is coming out against it. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) issued a memorandum prepared by the church’s regular […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — After a fatal crash in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board has launched its fourth active investigation into Tesla. While three of the investigations are looking into the vehicle’s Autopilot function, the latest crash is focused on the post-crash fire; specifically how first […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — YouTube has installed a new feature that will allow viewers to curb the indulgent habit of binge-watching. The video sharing company has rolled out its “take a break” reminder, which users can customize to appear every 15, 30, 60, 90 or 180 minutes, according to the YouTube […]
ABC News (PALMDALE, Calif.) — A teenager who’s accused of shooting a fellow student at a high school in Palmdale, California, is in custody, after law enforcement authorities acting on reports of an active shooter swarmed the campus, which is about 60 miles north of Los Angeles, authorities said. The […]
iStock/Thinkstock(GARDENA, Calif.) — In Gardena, California, the Peters family is on a blossoming journey that they are encouraging others to embark on this Mother’s Day. For four years, Thomas Peters and his wife, Sharis, were foster parents to siblings Miles, Jasmine and Jade. And, in 2014, the couple adopted the […]
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The commander and the senior enlisted officer of a SEAL Team currently deployed to Africa are being investigated for allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment, officials said. Both senior leaders have been sent back to the United States while the allegations are investigated. “A commanding officer and […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum may lose a few of the famed president’s key artifacts — such as a stovepipe hat Lincoln purportedly wore and the bloodstained gloves he wore on the night he was assassinated — as the foundation that supports the museum aims […]
Amy Beth Bennett-Pool/Getty Images(FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.) — Zachary Cruz, the younger brother of the Parkland, Florida, shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz, will be moving to Virginia for a year for a fresh start following his brother’s alleged deadly rampage on Valentine’s Day. Zachary Cruz had petitioned the court to move to […]
