FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images Officials say the wildfires that erupted on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Aug. 8 have become the deadliest natural disaster in state history. The blazes spread rapidly due to very dry conditions stemming from a drought combined with powerful winds. Much of the historic […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (BROOKHAVEN, Miss.) — Judge David Strong, Jr. declared a mistrial on Thursday in the case involving a father and son charged with attempted murder for shooting at D’Monterrio Gibson — a Black FedEx driver in Brookhaven, Mississippi — the driver’s attorney confirmed to ABC News. The judge’s […]
Courtesy of Mohamed Hacham & Ray (MELVINDALE, Mich.) — A Michigan police officer is being hailed as a hero for his quick actions to save the life of a 3-year-old boy who was choking. Mohamed Hacham was getting ready to take a nap Monday before his shift with the Melvindale […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Hilary is heading toward Southern California where it is forecast to bring heavy rain, flash flooding, mudslides and gusty winds. The greater Southwest area, including Las Vegas, could also see flash flooding from this very rare event. Hilary is gaining strength in the Pacific […]
Melissa Bagley is seen in an undated photo provided by the Everett Police Department. — Everett Police Department (EVERETT, Mass.) — A Massachusetts family’s outing to the White Mountains of New Hampshire turned tragic when a 10-year-old boy slipped into a swift river and his mother drowned after she jumped […]
Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House will be helping Hawaii residents recover from the deadly wildfires for “as long as it takes,” President Joe Biden said in a recorded video message aired on ABC News’ Good Morning America on Thursday. “Already from the darkness and […]
FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Officials say the wildfires that erupted on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Aug. 8 have become the deadliest natural disaster in state history. The blazes spread rapidly due to very dry conditions stemming from a drought combined with powerful winds. Much […]
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Texas woman was arrested last week for allegedly threatening to kill the judge assigned to oversee former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case in Washington, D.C., according to court records. Abigail Jo Shry allegedly made a call to D.C. District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s […]
Whisker Labs CEO Bob Marshall (ABC News) (NEW YORK) — Maui’s first reported wildfire last week may have been caused by damaged power lines, according to newly released research conducted by a power monitoring company. On Aug. 7, more than an hour before Maui authorities said the first fire erupted […]
Heather Roberts/ABC News (MOSCOW, Idaho) — The financial costs to the community continue to climb in the aftermath of the killing of four Idaho college students last fall. Nine months after the King Road quadruple homicide rocked North Idaho, the University of Idaho has already blown through the $1 million […]
