ABC News (CHICAGO) — A postal worker was fatally shot in front of a residence in Chicago on Friday, officials said. The gunman approached the victim and fired multiple times before fleeing in a vehicle, police said. The National Association of Letter Carriers identified the postal worker as 48-year-old Octavia […]
ABC News (SEELEY LAKE, Mo.) — A slice of paradise in Montana is suffering economic disruption, but it isn’t a result of any political battles or environmental change. Instead, Seeley Lake’s problem lies in its lack of a centralized sewer system. The Missoula County community’s reluctance to come up with […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (KENOSHA, Wis.) — Kenosha, Wisconsin, is a picturesque community on the shore of Lake Michigan. It is known for its boats, fresh corn at the farmer’s market and the country’s oldest velodrome. However, everything changed when Kenosha burst into the national spotlight in 2020. Jacob Blake, 29, […]
Getty Images – STOCK/Allen Chen (NEW YORK) — The interior of a car is one of the most dangerous places for young children and pets during a heat wave. But everyday items can also be dangerous. Water bottles, for example, pose unique hazards when temperatures begin to climb, according to […]
Getty Images – STOCK/ilbusca (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — A funeral was held Friday for Sonya Massey, the Springfield, Illinois, woman who died after authorities say a police deputy shot her after she called 911 to report a possible intruder. Sean Grayson, the deputy involved in the shooting who has since been […]
Getty Images – STOCK/Sheila Paras (SPOKANE, Wash.) — A high-speed police pursuit that ended in a multi-vehicle crash in Washington state Friday left seven officers injured and three suspects in custody, according to officials. The crash took place near the intersection of North Oak Street and West Carlisle Avenue in […]
Getty Images – STOCK/skynesher (BATON ROUGE, La.) — Louisiana’s new law requiring all public school classrooms display the Ten Commandments will not be publicly enforced or endorsed in any way until November 15, 2024, according to a new court filing in the ongoing legal battle over the policy. Both parties […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge on Friday declined to dismiss criminal charges against former Rep. George Santos for alleged schemes that cost him his seat. The judge denied Santos’ motion to dismiss certain fraud charges, ruling he failed to meet the legal standards. The New York […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Mid-July is typically the hottest time of the year, but several regions in the United States will experience a brief respite from the heat in the coming days. The caveat? Thunderstorms with torrential rain will be the culprit for the cooler temperatures, forecasts show. Much […]
Carol Yepes/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A wave of IT outages swept across the globe Friday morning, causing thousands of flight cancellations and stalling internal and external systems across a variety of industries including hospitals, banks, stock exchanges and other institutions, as some Microsoft-based computers ceased to work. CrowdStrike — […]
