ABC News (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans are on alert for unhealthy air quality as smoke from wildfires in neighboring Canada drifts to the United States. Wildfires have burned more than 17.7 million acres across Canada so far this year, with no end in sight. There are nearly 500 […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Marine veteran Daniel Penny is expected to appear in court Wednesday in connection with the chokehold death of Jordan Neely aboard a subway train. He was indicted by a grand jury on June 14, but his exact charges remain sealed until Penny appears in […]
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (SAN ANTONIO) — One year after 53 people, including six kids, were killed in an abandoned sweltering tractor-trailer near San Antonio during an alleged smuggling attempt, the Justice Department announced it has indicted and arrested four men for the incident. Riley Covarrubias-Ponce, Felipe Orduna-Torres, Luis […]
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (SAN ANTONIO) — One year after 53 people, including six kids, were killed in an abandoned sweltering tractor-trailer near San Antonio during an alleged smuggling attempt, the Justice Department announced it has indicted and arrested four men for the incident. Riley Covarrubias-Ponce, Felipe Orduna-Torres, Luis […]
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — Emergency room visits in Texas have increased from the same time last year, as the state battles extreme heat, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For the week of June 18 to June 24, the region averaged 837 heat-related visits per 100,000 […]
Scott Eisen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge seemed disinclined on Tuesday to allow former President Donald Trump to move his criminal prosecution in New York into federal court. “The act for which the president has been indicted does not relate to anything under the color of his office,” Judge […]
NASA (HOUSTON) — The idea of recycling urine to make clean drinking water might make those with even the strongest stomachs a little queasy, but NASA has managed to do just that. The federal agency announced astronauts aboard the International Space Station have been able to recover 98% of the water […]
Prince George’s County Fire (ELLICOTT CITY, Md.) — A former Maryland police chief accused of being a serial arsonist who targeted his rivals has been sentenced to life in prison. David Crawford, 71, was found guilty of eight counts of attempted murder in March following a trial in Howard County. On […]
Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A New York appellate court on Tuesday dismissed a portion of the New York attorney general’s civil lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and other members of the Trump Organization. New York Attorney General Letitia James last year sued Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump […]
Marco Piraccini/Archivio Marco Piraccini/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The remains of Julian Sands have been found after the British actor was reported missing in the mountains of Southern California earlier this year, authorities said. The 65-year-old Los Angeles resident disappeared while hiking Mount Baldy, the highest peak among […]
