Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (WASHINGTON) — The remains of a Tuskegee pilot have been identified, 79 years after he went missing during World War II, according to the Defense Department. Second Lt. Fred L. Brewer Jr. was piloting a single-seat P-51C Mustang nicknamed “Traveling Light” in late October 1944 out […]
David Crane/picture alliance via Getty Images (PERSHING COUNTY, Nev.) — A death was confirmed at the Burning Man festival over the weekend after thousands of attendees were left mired in mud from torrential rains and were advised to conserve food and water, as all roads in and out of the […]
Kali9/Getty Images (ROSENBERG, Texas) — Nearly two dozen people were injured after a vehicle crashed into a Denny’s restaurant in Texas, police said. The vehicle plowed through the building’s wall late Monday morning, according to the Rosenberg Police Department. Police said they received multiple 911 calls about the incident at […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The last holiday weekend of the summer is bringing scorching temperatures to a large portion of the U.S. Seven states — from Texas to Minnesota to New Jersey — are under heat alerts Monday. Regions from the Great Plains to the Great Lakes and the […]
Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The three-day Electric Zoo music festival at Randall’s Island in New York City encountered troubles on each day of the event, causing chaos and upsetting fans, leading some angry attendees to storm the gates on Sunday night. Day One The first […]
Julie Jammot/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Burning Man attendees are expected to begin leaving the festival on Monday after a downpour and massive flooding left them stranded over the weekend. The festival, held in the Black Rock Desert in northwestern Nevada, garnered more than 70,000 people last year, […]
Kern County Fire Department (NEW YORK) — A driver who plunged off a 100-foot cliff in a remote area of Southern California and spent five days “immobilized” in their wrecked pickup truck, was rescued this weekend by firefighters who formed a human pulley system to pluck the victim from the […]
–UPDATE– Both US Highway 6 and 191 have reopened as of Monday afternoon. Two Utah highways were closed on Sunday due to mudslides. Both lanes of US Highway 6 are closed from Soldier Summit to Helper due to the washout of a culvert. UDOT said there is no estimate of […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The last holiday weekend of the summer will bring scorching temperatures to a large portion of the U.S. Regions from the Great Plains to the Great Lakes and the Northeast will experience record heat starting Sunday and will last for the next several days. The […]
Grant Faint/Getty Images (BATON ROUGE, La.) — The largest wildfire in Louisiana history that has destroyed tens of thousands of acres was caused by arson, state officials announced. The Louisiana State Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) said it concluded its investigation into the wildfires in Beauregard Parish and found […]
