Per Breiehagen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A relaxing day at a Florida beach turned nearly catastrophic last week when a beachgoer was impaled by a venomous stingray. Kristie Cataffo-O’Brien was cooling off in knee-deep water in Bahia Beach, Florida, when two barbs from a stingray penetrated her back. The barbs […]
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Philadelphia 6, LA Angels 4 Texas 4, NY Mets 3 Toronto 6, Washington 3 Pittsburgh 5, Kansas City 0 AMERICAN LEAGUE NY Yankees 4, Detroit 1 Baltimore 9, Chi White Sox 0 Minnesota 10, […]
(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — The president of a historically Black college in Jacksonville said Monday that he is convinced a group of students and a security officer thwarted a potential campus massacre by the same gunman who is alleged to have killed three people in a racially motivated attack at a […]
ABC News (LAHAINA, Hawaii) — Maui Electric confirmed Monday that downed power lines were the cause behind a morning fire near Lahaina on Aug. 8, however the company maintains they had shut off the power before another fire began in the same area and later engulfed the island. The utility […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Sixty years ago, thousands gathered on the National Mall in Washington, DC, to advocate for the civil and economic rights of Black people. “250,000 people came to Washington, DC. They came together to say, enough is enough. We are sick and tired of being sick and […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (CHAPEL HILL, N.C.) — A University of North Carolina faculty member was killed Monday afternoon after a suspect opened fire on the Chapel Hill campus, prompting a lockdown for three hours, the school and police said. The shelter-in-place alert went out around 1:02 p.m., following reports of […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (CHAPEL HILL, N.C.) — The University of North Carolina was under lockdown after police received reports of an “armed and dangerous” person on or near the Chapel Hill campus Monday afternoon. Several police officers were on the scene and going through the campus throughout the afternoon. The […]
PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (POMPANO BEACH, Fla.) — Two people were killed when a Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue helicopter crashed into a small apartment complex in Pompano Beach, Florida, on Monday morning, officials said. Three people were on board the helicopter at the time, one of whom was killed, according […]
Greg Bajor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — From New York City to London in just 90 minutes? NASA is exploring the potential of a supersonic jet that one day could do just that. Transatlantic jetliners currently travel at about 600 miles per hour, according to the federal space agency. But NASA’s […]
danilovi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the wake of the wildfires that decimated Lahaina, Maui police set up a roadblock on Highway 30 that barred everyone but first responders to the historic beachside town. Then, about five days later, officials opened up the road to everyone each day from 6 […]
