ABC News (NEW YORK) — A flood watch is in effect from Redding in Northern California to San Diego in Southern California as a storm slams the state with rain and wind. Two to 5 inches of rain is forecast in lower elevations, while up to 8 inches of rain […]
This series of images compares the desert basin before flooding (left) with its more-waterlogged state following each major storm. In both August 2023 (middle) and February 2024 (right), a shallow lake several kilometers across fills in the low-lying salt flat. CREDIT: NASA Earth Observatory (NEW YORK) — An ancient lake […]
CREDIT: Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A suspect was taken into custody Monday in connection with a double homicide at the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs, according to police. The two victims were found shot dead in a dorm room on Friday, police said. The shootings appeared to […]
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A group of cyclists saved a fellow rider’s life by fighting off a cougar that attacked her over the holiday weekend on a suburban Seattle trail, according to authorities. The scary wildlife-human encounter happened Saturday near Fall City, Washington, about 25 miles southeast of […]
(Iron County, UT) — A southern Utah woman is recovering after crashing her car and sleeping in her vehicle overnight. The Iron County Sheriff’s Office says the woman crashed into a yard Saturday night and was found in her car the following morning. She had told first responders she wasn’t […]
mphotoi/Getty Images (INDIANAPOLIS) — One person was killed and five others were injured in a mass shooting at a Waffle House in Indianapolis early Monday, police said. Officers were dispatched to the scene around 12:40 a.m. and found five people with gunshot wounds, according to Indianapolis police. Those five victims […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) — Classes at the University of Colorado were canceled for a “day of healing” Monday as investigators continued to work to identify a suspect in the fatal shooting of two people on Friday in a dorm room on the Colorado Springs campus, authorities said. […]
Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A New Jersey woman is on a mission to bring the HBCU experience to students who might not know about or realize the many historically Black colleges and universities serving students today. Eleise Richards, an alumna of Howard University, started in 2016 with a […]
Audrii Cunningham is seen in this undated photo released by Texas Police following her disappearance. — Polk County Sheriff’s Office via Facebook (LIVINGSTON, Texas) — Authorities are searching for an 11-year-old Texas girl who vanished Thursday and police say a person of interest in the case has been taken into […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Some 37 million people are on alert for flooding from Sacramento in Northern California to San Diego in Southern California. The Santa Barbara Airport closed Monday morning due to flooding. More than 2.5 inches of rain fell in Santa Barbara before dawn and more is […]
