Jill Hunkler (NEW YORK) — When Jill Antares Hunkler purchased land in Belmont County, Ohio, in 2007, she never envisioned her home would be surrounded by 78 oil and gas fracking wells a decade later, she said. “I wanted to build my home where I had roots,” Hunkler, a seventh-generation […]
Kai Eiselein-Pool/Getty Images (MOSCOW, Idaho) — The suspect in the murder of four University of Idaho students, Bryan Kohberger, is in court Thursday as the judge weighs whether to change the venue for his trial. Kohberger’s lawyers hope to move the trial to a different county, arguing the local jury […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Life-threatening heat spread across the eastern half of the U.S. this week, first hitting the Midwest, then the Northeast and now the South. Chicago hit 99 degrees on Tuesday, breaking the city’s daily record of 97 degrees. Some schools in the area closed early due […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — D.C. police officer Wayne David died on Wednesday evening after he suffered an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound while trying to recover a weapon from a storm drain, police have announced. Officers were responding to reports of a suspicious vehicle when a man jumped out of […]
Courtesy of Marcellus Williams’ Legal Team (ST. LOUIS) — A county prosecutor in St. Louis, Missouri, presented DNA evidence Wednesday alleging that a death row inmate convicted of first-degree murder is innocent in a case that has drawn opposition from the state attorney general. Marcellus Williams, 55, who has maintained […]
EllenMoran/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A United Airlines flight en route to Chicago was diverted to Tennessee after experiencing “severe turbulence” Wednesday, the airline said. Seven people were injured, including one who was transported to a local hospital, authorities said. Flight UA1196 encountered “a brief period of severe turbulence” Wednesday […]
K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Pool/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — A former Nevada politician was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty on Wednesday of killing journalist Jeff German in September 2022. As the jury’s foreperson read out the guilty verdict, former Clark County public administrator […]
The water buffalo is seen in this still from a Ring camera video in Pleasant Hill, Iowa, on Aug. 26, 2024. (Courtesy Jessica Eshelman) (NEW YORK) — Police in Iowa said they have captured a “dangerous,” injured water buffalo that had been on the loose since Saturday. The Pleasant Hill […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The hottest weather of the season is spreading across the eastern half of the U.S. — with cities in the Northeast in the bull’s-eye on Wednesday — after baking the Midwest with extreme temperatures early in the week. Chicago’s actual temperature hit 99 degrees on […]
K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Pool/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — A former Nevada politician was found guilty Wednesday of killing journalist Jeff German in September 2022. As the jury’s foreperson read out the verdict, Telles looked down and shook his head. In a press conference after the verdict […]
