(Delta, UT) — People in a tiny Central Utah town are picking up a lot pieces after a snow squall tore through. The snow squall hit Lynndyl, north of Delta, overnight Monday into Tuesday. Three homes took the brunt of the damage in the town with a population of a […]
Matthew Hatcher/Bloomberg via Getty Images (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and his wife, Fran DeWine, are visiting the train derailment site in East Palestine to get an update on the hazardous waste removal from the area. Track removal is set to begin as soon as Wednesday, nearly […]
Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The National Mall’s iconic cherry blossom trees will be making their big bloom soon. The National Parks Service announced that full bloom for its Yoshino cherry blossom trees, which comprise 70% of the cherry blossoms around the mall, is forecasted to reach peak bloom status […]
Nick Hagen/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The CEO of Norfolk Southern, the rail company responsible for the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment, has agreed to appear before a Senate committee next week, according to a source familiar with the situation. Alan Shaw will appear before the Senate’s […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — More heavy, flooding rain is slamming hard-hit Southern California as the South braces for tornadoes. In Los Angeles, where residents are still recovering from this weekend’s massive rainfall, a new flood advisory was issued Wednesday morning. Mudslides and rockslides are possible. Meanwhile, this Southwest storm […]
Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Vanessa Bryant settled her remaining claims with Los Angeles County on Tuesday for $28,850,000 over photos that members of the sheriff’s department shared after the helicopter crash that killed her husband Kobe and daughter Gianna in January 2020, according to […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — Three police officers have been shot in Kansas City, Missouri, according to the city’s mayor, Quinton Lucas. The incident occurred at approximately 9:30 p.m. when Kansas City Police department tactical officers were executing a warrant in the 2300 block of Blueridge Boulevard in […]
makenoodle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Pentagon advisory committee is recommending waiting periods and other gun restrictions for service members to help reduce suicides in the armed forces. Among the nearly 130 recommendations in a report last week from the Suicide Prevention and Response Independent Review Committee are: a seven-day waiting […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ghislaine Maxwell on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to overturn her conviction and 20-year prison sentence for helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls for more than a decade, staking her argument on claims of juror misconduct, a violation of the statute of […]
David Crespo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Domestic terrorism-related cases increased 357% from 2013 to 2021, according to the Government Accountability Office, which urged the FBI and Department of Homeland Security to do more to combat the issue. In 2013, there were 1,981 open domestic terrorism cases compared to the 9,049 […]
