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 […]
David Crane/picture alliance via Getty Images (PERSHING COUNTY, Nev.) — A death has been confirmed at Burning Man after thousands of attendees were left mired in mud from torrential rains and were being advised to conserve food and water as all roads in and out of the desert arts and […]
Sean Rayford/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The moment Melvin Graham learned three Black people were fatally shot in a racially motivated rampage at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, he said his mind raced back to June 17, 2015. That was the day his sister and eight other congregants […]
A teen is recovering after crashing into the fence at the bottom of the Manti Temple grounds. On Sept. 1, Tristin Martinez, age 18, was travelling South on Main Street in Manti. According to Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Clay Morgan, “near 550 North Main, Tristin stated he fell asleep. He […]
