ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Idalia is taking aim at Florida where it’s forecast to make landfall Wednesday morning. Officials are urging Floridians to make preparations on Tuesday. Here are tips and resources from the Federal Emergency Management Agency: Be aware of the latest weather forecast. Make sure you […]
lonelly/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A rare blue supermoon, a type of full moon, is set to appear at the end of August. The moon will be especially big and bright and rise above the Earth’s horizon at around 222,000 miles away on the night of Aug. 30, according to […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Idalia is forecast to make landfall Wednesday morning in Florida’s Big Bend area, north of Tampa. The storm is expected to strengthen further as it nears the Sunshine State, possibly becoming a major Category 3 hurricane by Tuesday night. Here’s how the news is […]
Indian River County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — A father has been arrested following a more than two-year investigation after police determined he killed his two-month-old infant daughter by stuffing a baby wipe down her throat, police say. The incident originally occurred on May 28, 2021, when the Indian River […]
Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — The suspected gunman who officials say killed three people over the weekend at a Dollar General in Jacksonville, Florida, before turning the gun on himself had “racist writings and rants” that described a “hatred toward African Americans” and other groups, according to the FBI. […]
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 […]
A Piute County teen was sentenced to a term of 25 years to life on Aug 28, for the murder of his girlfriend in January. Francisco Daniel Aguilar pleaded guilty on June 12 to the aggravated murder of 16 year old Jacqueline Nunez-Millan, a non capitol offense because he was […]
(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 […]
