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Record heat heading to Northeast: What to expect

Record heat heading to Northeast: What to expect

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Record heat is moving from the Southwest to the Midwest and Northeast, where temperatures could approach 90 degrees in some areas this week. On Tuesday, at least one dozen cities from Phoenix to Billings, Montana, broke or tied record high temperatures. Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, […]

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Students are chronically absent across the country. COVID seems to have made it worse.

Students are chronically absent across the country. COVID seems to have made it worse.

Stella/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Kimberly Dukes is up as early as 4 o’clock some mornings, driving around Atlanta in her Ford Expedition, knocking on families’ doors. The executive director of the local group Atlanta Thrive, better known as “Momma Dukes,” said she takes as much time as she can […]

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Louisville shooting updates: Dramatic body camera footage released

Louisville shooting updates: Dramatic body camera footage released

avid_creative/Getty Images (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — Five people were killed and eight others were injured in a mass shooting at a bank in Kentucky’s largest city on Monday morning, according to police. The suspect was killed by officers responding to the scene at Old National Bank in Louisville, police said. Here’s […]

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Over 2,000 Indiana residents ordered to evacuate after fire ignites at recycling plant

Over 2,000 Indiana residents ordered to evacuate after fire ignites at recycling plant

KeithBinns/Getty Images (RICHMOND, Ind.) — More than 2,000 residents are under an evacuation order after a large fire broke out Tuesday afternoon at an Indiana recycling plant, officials said. Any resident within a half-mile radius of the Wayne County plant has been ordered to evaluate due to the “large industrial fire,” […]

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Pennsylvania man accused of killing his mother after drugging her iced tea with fentanyl

Pennsylvania man accused of killing his mother after drugging her iced tea with fentanyl

Falls Township Police Department (FALL TOWNSHIP, Pa.) — A Pennsylvania man accused of drugging his 72-year-old mother with fentanyl and fatally shooting her has been charged with her death, according to prosecutors. On Monday, Buck County prosecutors charged 28-year-old Sean Rivera with criminal homicide, kidnapping, aggravated assault and other crimes for […]

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Forbes ’30 Under 30′ honoree’s charity accused of mistreating refugees, sued for fraud

Forbes ’30 Under 30′ honoree’s charity accused of mistreating refugees, sued for fraud

Master Sgt. Donald R. Allen/U.S. Air Force (NEW YORK) — Late last year, a former Afghan refugee who has been widely celebrated for his humanitarian work evacuating Afghans and Americans from Afghanistan after the United States’ withdrawal, landed a coveted spot on the Forbes “30 Under 30” list — branding […]

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Louisville shooting live updates: Dramatic body camera footage released

Louisville shooting live updates: Dramatic body camera footage released

avid_creative/Getty Images (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — Five people were killed and eight others were injured in a mass shooting at a bank in Kentucky’s largest city on Monday morning, according to police. The suspect was killed by officers responding to the scene at Old National Bank in Louisville, police said. Here’s […]

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Federal government proposes even water cuts across lower Colorado River basin states

Federal government proposes even water cuts across lower Colorado River basin states

Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Federal officials are proposing a plan to cut water allotments to states dependent on the Colorado River system to combat dwindling water levels on one of the country’s most important bodies of water. The U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation released a draft […]

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Louisville shooting: What to know about 5 killed and cop critically injured days after graduating academy

Louisville shooting: What to know about 5 killed and cop critically injured days after graduating academy

Louisville Metro Police Department (LOUISVILLE) — Authorities have identified the five people who were killed in a mass shooting at a bank in Kentucky’s largest city on Monday morning. Joshua Barrick, 40; Deana Eckert, 57; Thomas Elliott, 63; Juliana Farmer, 45; and James Tutt, 64, and were all gunned down […]

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Workplaces are the most common mass shooting site, data shows

Workplaces are the most common mass shooting site, data shows

xu wu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The shooting in a Louisville, Kentucky, bank on Monday is the latest workplace-related mass shooting to take place in the United States over the last 60 years, according to gun violence data. The Violence Project, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research center that’s funded by the […]

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