(Zion National Park, UT) — Zion National Park is lifting campfire restrictions. The park announced this week that it’s scaling back fire restrictions that had been in place for months, after recent rains and this week’s forecast for more storms and cooler weather. The new rules allow campfires at the […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two former Proud Boys leaders who had been convicted of seditious conspiracy for their actions during the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol were sentenced on Thursday, with the judge handing down one of the longest sentences yet for someone charged in the Jan. 6 […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A former top organizer for the Proud Boys who was convicted of seditious conspiracy and other felonies stemming from his leadership role in the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol was sentenced on Thursday to 17 years in prison. Joseph Biggs, a U.S. army veteran, was […]
Fulton County Sheriff’s Office via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Harrison Floyd, the only one of the 19 defendants in Fulton County DA Fani Willis’ election interference case to be held overnight after surrendering to authorities last week, has been released from Fulton County Jail, according to the inmate database. Placed […]
Jeremy Hogan/Getty Images (SUMTER, S.C.) — South Carolina authorities said they are investigating a possible connection between accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann and a woman who has been missing since 2017. Julia Ann Bean was last seen alive on May 31, 2017, in Sumter County. Her daughter reported […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Franklin, which is churning near Bermuda, is bringing huge waves and dangerous rip currents to the entire East Coast ahead of Labor Day weekend. Tropical Storm Jose and the remnants of Hurricane Idalia are also contributing to the rip currents. A rip current, which […]
WPVI (PHILADELPHIA) — An investigation is underway in Philadelphia to identify a suspect in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy, whose body was found in a dumpster, according to police. The grisly discovery was made in West Philadelphia, according to Philadelphia Police Department officials. The body of the victim, […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Idalia made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region Wednesday morning as a powerful Category 3 hurricane — the strongest hurricane to ever make landfall in Florida’s Apalachee Bay. Idalia weakened throughout the day and is now a tropical storm moving through Georgia and the Carolinas. […]
ABC News (KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — Andrew Lester, the Missouri man who is charged in the shooting of teenager Ralph Yarl, is set to appear in a Kansas City courtroom on Thursday morning for a preliminary hearing after the judge ordered the evidence in this case to be partially sealed. […]
kali9/Getty Images (PEORIA, Ill.) — Six people have been hospitalized and two are currently in critical condition after a shooting on the south side of Peoria, Illinois, on Wednesday night, according to the Peoria Police Department. Officers responded to the scene at about 9 p.m. Wednesday evening after two shot […]
