Even as parts of the East Coast were still recovering from destruction wrought by the remnants of Hurricane Debby, the next Atlantic front was developing Monday into a potential tropical storm and quickly moving west. Potential Tropical Cyclone Five was taking shape 645 miles east-southeast of Antigua and was headed west-northwest at 25 mph, the … Read more
At least one person was killed and two were injured after a house in Maryland exploded Sunday morning, according to the Harford County Fire and EMS Association. The fire department was initially dispatched to the home in Harford County for a gas leak outside at around 6:42 a.m. As they approached the scene, they were … Read more
Ken Baker was expecting a check to arrive in the mail at his new house — part of a settlement after his Paradise, California, home burned in the 2018 Camp Fire. But that check won’t reach its destination. “The address it’s supposed to go to is no longer,” Baker said. In a painful deja vu, … Read more
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign on Saturday said that it had been hacked by an Iranian group in June, “which coincides with the close timing of President Trump’s selection of a Vice Presidential nominee,” Steven Cheung, a spokesperson for the Trump campaign, told NBC News. The hack was first reported by Politico and NBC News … Read more
Debby finally moved out of the U.S. on Saturday after the storm spent the better part of week unleashing tornadoes and flooding, damaging homes and taking lives as it moved up the East Coast after first arriving in Florida as a hurricane. Debby’s last day over the U.S. before blowing into Canada inundated south-central New York and … Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The former Illinois deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey last month will remain jailed, a judge ruled Friday, rejecting his request to be released on bail to accommodate his medical needs, which include treatment for colon cancer. Also Friday, amid mounting pressure, Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell announced he would resign, saying … Read more
PARIS — Rapper Travis Scott has been arrested following an alleged fight involving a security guard and his own bodyguard at a luxury hotel in central Paris, French authorities said on Friday. “I can confirm that on August 9, 2024, police officers were called to the George V hotel and arrested the rapper nicknamed Travis … Read more
New body camera video released Thursday by Butler Township from the day a man attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump shows the moment police encountered the shooter before he opened fire on the Pennsylvania crowd and includes a police officer saying he warned the Secret Service about the building vulnerability. In one of the videos, … Read more
DHAKA — Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus returned home to strife-torn Bangladesh on Thursday, to lead a new interim government after weeks of tumultuous student protests forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to neighboring India. The South Asian nation’s only Nobel laureate and a harsh critic of Hasina, Yunus, 84, arrived in … Read more
Members of the main U.S. transportation regulator grilled Boeing executives Wednesday over the company’s workplace safety culture and allegations of retaliation linked to two employees who were sidelined over a January mishap involving a Boeing 737 Max 9 in which a door plug detached mid-flight. Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, or … Read more