Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — A 65-year-old New York City woman has been upgraded from critical to stable condition after she was bitten by a shark at Rockaway Beach in Queens, hospital officials said. The woman was swimming at Beach 59th Street around 5:50 […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Rapper Tory Lanez appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom Monday, where he was set be sentenced for shooting and injuring hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion in July 2020. But after the hourslong court proceedings, the sentencing was postponed. Lanez and his attorneys are due […]
Sam Nolan (JUNEAU, Alaska) — Astonished scientists could not have predicted the severity of a glacial lake outburst flood that inundated a large portion of Juneau, Alaska, over the weekend. Now, they’re worried the unprecedented event could happen again. City officials in Juneau, Alaska, issued an emergency declaration Sunday after […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed on Monday, and more than 800,000 customers are without power across 11 states, as severe storms target the East Coast. Cities seeing major impacts at airports include Atlanta, New York, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Boston. The Federal […]
Courtesy Mary MacCarthy (NEW YORK) — A white mother who says she was accused of trafficking her biracial daughter has filed a federal lawsuit against Southwest Airlines alleging she and her daughter were victims of “blatant racism” by airline employees. According to the lawsuit, filed Aug. 3 in the District […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — Police in Montgomery, Alabama, issued four arrest warrants for suspects who attacked a Black dock worker in an altercation that led to brawl at a dock at Riverfront Park. There are four active arrest warrants and “there’s a possibility more will follow after the […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden hosted the 2022 World Series champion Houston Astros to celebrate the team’s win on Monday, and focused on their work off the field, particularly in the wake of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting. The Astros beat the Philadelphia Phillies in November to […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Over 1,200 flights have been canceled within, into or out of the U.S. on Monday and more than 5,000 flights have been delayed as severe storms target the East Coast. Cities seeing major impacts at airports include Atlanta, New York City, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and […]
Courtesy Kemar Jewel (NEW YORK) — The 17-year-old who has been charged in the Brooklyn gas station killing of professional dancer O’Shae Sibley, allegedly uttered homophobic slurs before the July 29 stabbing, according to the criminal complaint. According to the complaint, “a confidential witness … did hear that defendant and […]
Stephanie Keith/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — A federal judge in New York on Monday rejected former President Donald Trump’s counterclaim against former Elle magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll. Trump accused Carroll of defaming him with statements she made in media appearances following her successful defamation and battery lawsuit against […]
