ABC News (PORTLAND, Ore.) — Unrelenting heat waves are still pounding the Northeast and Pacific Northwest — but cooler weather is on its way for East Coast residents. Heat is a silent killer. On average, more people die from heat than any other severe weather, including tornadoes, hurricanes or flooding, according […]
Michael Reaves/Getty Images (SURFSIDE, Fla.) — At least 18 people are dead and 145 others remain unaccounted for after a 12-story residential building partially collapsed in South Florida’s Miami-Dade County last week, officials said. The massive search and rescue operation marked its seventh day on Wednesday as crews continued to carefully […]
Tim de Waele/Corbis via Getty Images (PARIS) — After a four-day search, a woman was arrested Wednesday as part of the investigation into a large crash at the Tour de France earlier in the week, according to the Brest prosecutor’s office. “A woman was arrested in the Finistère today and […]
HILDALE, Utah (AP) — Zion National Park has reopened with modified operations after a flash flood swept through portions of southern Utah. Park officials urged visitors on Wednesday to exercise caution and to expect delays as clean up efforts continue and damage is assessed following Tuesday’s flood. The National Weather […]
Michael Abbott/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Andrea Constand, the woman at the center of Bill Cosby’s 2018 sexual assault trial, has called the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s decision to overturn the comedian’s conviction “disappointing” and “of concern.” In a joint statement with her attorneys Dolores Troiani and Bebe Kivitz, Constand noted […]
Rutherford County Sheriff’s Dept. (MURFREESBORO, Tenn.) — An intense around-the-clock search for a missing 6-year-old Tennessee girl involved multiple law enforcement agencies, drones and airplanes equipped with thermal imaging, but ended when a deputy dog sniffed out the child allegedly being hidden in a rural shed by her father, authorities said. […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Trump’s namesake company expects to face criminal charges by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office as soon as Thursday, sources told ABC News. The Trump Organization and its longtime chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, are expected to face charges of tax fraud, the […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — “Smallville” actress Allison Mack was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison and ordered to pay a $20,000 fine after she pleaded guilty to blackmailing women and subjecting them to sexual humiliation after recruiting them into a subgroup of NXIVM, a cult-like group that […]
jetcityimage/iStock (NEW YORK) — The NCAA Division I board adopted an interim policy on Wednesday that would temporarily “suspend amateurism rules” related to athletes’ ability to make money from their name, image and likeness. The policy will go into effect on Thursday. “This is an important day for college athletes […]
Thomas De Wever/iStock (LOS ANGELES) — A boy is undergoing surgery after suffering a shark bite at a Boy Scouts camp at Catalina Island in Southern California, officials said. The Boy Scouts said the camper was canoeing when he suffered a non-life-threatening bite Wednesday morning. The Los Angeles County Fire […]
