Judge Kevin Mullins — Letcher County Government (WHITESBURG, Ky.) — Investigators are searching for a motive after a Kentucky sheriff was arrested for allegedly gunning down a judge in his chambers, officials said. Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Stines has been charged with first-degree murder for allegedly shooting and killing Kentucky […]
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Almagissel Schuring (NEW YORK) — NATO troops, vessels and aircraft took to the frigid North Atlantic Ocean last month to sharpen their skills for a potential future war at sea, whether in the tumultuous Atlantic or in waters closer to their […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Thunderstorms are in the forecast Saturday across parts of the central United States as a summer-like pattern continues to deliver hot temperatures and scattered severe weather. The highest risk for severe weather on Saturday is along the New Mexico-Texas border, with damaging winds, large hail […]
Jared Kofsky/ABC News (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Lisa Findley, the Missouri woman facing federal charges in connection with an alleged attempt to illegally auction off Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate, will remain locked up while her case is pending. Findley, 53, appeared in U.S. District Court in Memphis Friday afternoon for the […]
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (HARRISBURG, Penn.) — Three Mile Island, the shuttered Pennsylvania nuclear power plant that was the site of a 1979 reactor accident that remains the worst commercial nuclear power plant accident in U.S. history, is reopening to generate power for artificial intelligence. Constellation Energy will restart […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (SELMA, Texas) — A man initially interviewed as a witness at the scene of a murder has now been arrested over a year later in the apparent road rage slaying, authorities in Texas announced. Jacob Daniel Serna, 29, was arrested on Thursday for the murder of Joseph […]
KABC (IRVINE, Calif.) — Eight firefighters were hurt — including two critically — when the fire truck they were in rolled over while returning from a 12-hour shift battling the Airport Fire wildfire, one of several large blazes raging in Southern California, officials said. The truck crashed on State Route […]
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (PAWLET, Vt.) — A son has been arrested for the murder of his father, his father’s wife and her teenage son, who were found shot to death at their Vermont home, police announced Friday. The triple homicide was discovered early Sunday. Officers responded to a report […]
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Earth’s temperature continues to rise, lives could be at stake. A new study found deaths related to extreme temperatures may triple by the middle of the century, hitting minority communities the hardest. University of Pennsylvania researchers looked at the relationship between average temperatures […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (FORT BLISS, Texas) — Travis King, the U.S. Army private who ran across the border from South Korea to North Korea last year will plead guilty on Friday at a general court martial hearing being held at Fort Bliss, Texas. “He faces 14 charges under the Uniform Code […]
