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Active shooting incidents in the US declined by 4% from 2022 to 2023: FBI

Active shooting incidents in the US declined by 4% from 2022 to 2023: FBI

Steve Prezant/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Active shooter incidents in the U.S. declined by 4% from 2022 to 2023, according to new statistics released by the FBI on Monday. In 2023, the FBI designated 48 shootings as “active shooter incidents,” compared to 50 in 2022, according to the FBI’s 2023 […]

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Blistering heat dome scorches cities coast-to-coast as it enters second week

Blistering heat dome scorches cities coast-to-coast as it enters second week

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Cities across the heartland are expected on Monday to see temperatures close to 100 degrees, with the heat index in some locations reaching to 110. More than 60 million Americans across 21 states are under heat alerts coast to coast. The heat index is expected […]

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Pipeline surfer who appeared in “Blue Crush” killed in shark attack in Hawaii, emergency officials say

Pipeline surfer who appeared in “Blue Crush” killed in shark attack in Hawaii, emergency officials say

Tamayo Perry, left, who was killed by a shark in the water off Oahu, is seen in an undated photo released by Honolulu Emergency Services Department on Sunday, June 23, 2024. (Honolulu Emergency Services Department) (NEW YORK) — A well-known surfer and lifeguard was killed in a shark attack near […]

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Driver of vehicle sought in connection with Ohio shooting that left 10 injured turns self in, police say

Driver of vehicle sought in connection with Ohio shooting that left 10 injured turns self in, police say

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The driver of a vehicle authorities say was involved in an overnight shooting in Columbus, Ohio, that left 10 people injured has turned himself in, police said late Sunday night. “Shortly before 6:30pm this evening, an adult male turned himself in at Columbus Police […]

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Flooding in northwest Iowa leads to 250 water rescues, hundreds of properties destroyed

Flooding in northwest Iowa leads to 250 water rescues, hundreds of properties destroyed

Photography by Keith Getter (all rights reserved)/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Flooding in northwest Iowa, caused by heavy rainfall, has impacted 1,900 properties, leaving hundreds destroyed, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds told reporters Sunday. During a media briefing, Reynolds said there had been 250 water rescues on Saturday, and over 1,000 […]

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3 injured after gunmen open fire on building hosting funeral reception in Chicago suburbs: Officials

3 injured after gunmen open fire on building hosting funeral reception in Chicago suburbs: Officials

ABC (BLUE ISLAND, Ill.) — Three people were injured after multiple gunmen in a vehicle opened fire on a community center that was hosting a funeral reception in the Chicago suburbs, officials said. The shooting occurred around 3:30 p.m. local time Friday in the city of Blue Island, Illinois, located […]

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Arkansas grocery store shooting was ‘completely random,’ police say

Arkansas grocery store shooting was ‘completely random,’ police say

KATV (FORDYCE, A.R.) — The shooting at an Arkansas grocery store on Friday was “a completely random, senseless act,” Arkansas State Police Col. Mike Hagar said in a press conference Sunday. Police have not determined a motive for the attack at the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce that killed […]

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Expanding heat dome has 100 million people in 27 states bracing for extreme temperatures

Expanding heat dome has 100 million people in 27 states bracing for extreme temperatures

Daniel Slim/ Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An expanding heat dome Sunday had 100 million people across 27 states on alert for extremely high temperatures coast to coast, including America’s two largest cities. While Los Angeles is under a heat advisory with temperatures forecast to reach 90 to 100 degrees […]

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Children shot while at family gathering in Buffalo

Children shot while at family gathering in Buffalo

ABC News/ WKBW (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — A 3-year-old boy was killed and his 7-year-old sister was injured after being hit by gunfire while at a family gathering in Buffalo, New York, officials said. Police who responded to the Friday night incident rushed the boy to the hospital, where he was […]

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Dangerous rip currents persist for Atlantic and Gulf coasts following series of drownings

Dangerous rip currents persist for Atlantic and Gulf coasts following series of drownings

Martin County Fire Rescue (NEW YORK) — Dangerous rip currents are forecast to persist Sunday along much of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, where at least eight people have drowned since Thursday after being dragged out to sea by the powerful currents, officials said. The likelihood of life-threatening rip currents […]

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