Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images (MIAMI) — Weather-related delays and panic-buying have led to a gas shortage in South Florida. Over 55% of gas stations in Miami/Fort Lauderdale and over 34% of gas stations in West Palm Beach were without fuel as of Thursday morning, according to GasBuddy, a gas-tracking database. “We ask […]
First Coast Guard District/Twitter (HAMPTON, N.H.) — The U.S. Coast Guard said it found three unresponsive people in the waters off New England Thursday evening, a day after four people went missing after they set sail on a fishing trip. The Coast Guard said it’s still searching for the fourth passenger […]
First Coast Guard District/Twitter (HAMPTON, N.H.) — The U.S. Coast Guard is searching the waters off New England for four people reported missing after they sailed for a fishing trip Wednesday. Michael Sai and three unidentified passengers departed Hampton, New Hampshire, in a 17-foot white center console boat, according to the […]
amphotora/Getty Images (DADEVILLE, Ala.) — Five people, including three teenagers, have been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting at a birthday party in Alabama over the weekend where four victims were killed and 32 others were injured. The most recent arrest was 19-year-old Willie George Brown Jr. of Auburn. The […]
minemero/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As air travel soars, the number of guns found at airport checkpoints is up, with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reporting a more than 10% increase in recovered firearms for the first quarter of 2023 compared to the same time last year. TSA said officers intercepted 1,508 […]
Tetra Images/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Florida officials are apologizing and pledging to remove the company responsible for sending Florida residents emergency alerts on their cellphones after much of the state was woken up to an alarm at 4:45 a.m. on Thursday. Officials said the alert, which included wording that it […]
John Lamparski/Getty Images (SANTA FE, N.M.) — Charges against Alec Baldwin have been dropped in the fatal on-set “Rust” shooting, according to sources familiar with the matter. Baldwin, 65, had been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter after fatally shooting cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, on the New Mexico set of […]
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — An investigation into the death of a man whose family claims he was “eaten alive by insects and bedbugs” in an Atlanta jail has led to “sweeping changes,” according to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Patrick “Pat” Labat said in a statement Monday that he’s asked […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — If former President Donald Trump opts not to attend his trial next week in which he stands accused of defaming and battering writer E. Jean Carroll, a federal judge ruled Thursday that his lawyer can make no mention of the “burdens” that might spare New […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Senator Mike Lee is enjoying a high approval rating among conservative voters, though other Uthans aren’t as happy with his job performance. A new Deseret News-Hinckley Institute of Politics poll shows the Republican senator is supported by 47-percent of the 801 voters surveyed. Around 44-percent […]
