Clapping and raising their hands to the sky, hundreds of people clad in white gathered at an 18th-century fort in the Puerto Rican capital on Thursday to remember the thousands who died in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria as the U.S. territory struggles to recover one year after the Category… Read More
Officials prepare for record flooding in South Carolina
As rivers swollen to record levels started to recede Thursday in North Carolina, officials tried to head off potential environmental disasters and prepared for more record flooding downstream in South Carolina. Roads were still clogged with people trying to make it back to where the floods had creeped back, leaving… Read More
HORRIFIC! Multiple dead in Maryland mass shooting
Three people were killed Thursday morning in a workplace shooting at a Rite Aid distribution center in northeast Maryland, officials said. A law enforcement official with knowledge of the shooting stressed that the number of dead is based on preliminary information. The official wasn’t authorized to discuss details by name… Read More
Elizabeth Smart’s kidnapper “quietly” released from prison
A woman who helped kidnap Elizabeth Smart and stood by as the Utah girl was sexually assaulted was released from prison Wednesday amid concerns that she remains a threat 15 years after the chilling crime. Wanda Barzee, 72, quietly left the state prison in the Salt Lake City suburb of… Read More
Police: More victims of reality show doctor found
Investigators have identified three more possible victims after a California surgeon and his girlfriend were charged with drugging and raping two intoxicated women, prosecutors said Wednesday. Michelle Van Der Linden, a spokeswoman for the Orange County district attorney’s office, said prosecutors have received numerous calls since Tuesday, when the initial… Read More
Man found dead after shooting wife, killing his parents
A gunman authorities say shot at his ex-wife and then killed his parents in Pennsylvania has been found dead. Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said during a media briefing early Thursday that 59-year-old Bruce Rogal was dead after a manhunt and a police chase. Few other details are available…. Read More
Trump hands out hugs and hot dogs to the Carolinas [pics]
Eager to show heart in a moment of crisis, President Donald Trump handed out hot dogs, hugs and comforting words in the Carolinas on Wednesday as he surveyed the wreckage left by Hurricane Florence. With residents still recovering from torrential rains that left widespread destruction and injury, Trump sought to… Read More
“I’m disappointed!” Trump slams Jeff Sessions
The feud between President Donald Trump and his Attorney General Jeff Sessions escalated on Wednesday after the president said, “I don’t have an attorney general.” Trump, in an interview with The Hill, said that he’s “so sad over Jeff Sessions,” whom he has repeatedly denounced for recusing himself from the… Read More
Trump visits storm-ravaged North Carolina
The death toll from Hurricane Florence climbed to at least 37, including two women who drowned when a sheriff’s van taking them to a mental health facility was swept away by floodwaters, and North Carolina’s governor pleaded with thousands of evacuees not to return home just yet. President Donald Trump… Read More
Suspected golf slayer had urge to “kill a woman,” police say
They had both recently turned 22 and were residing in the same Iowa college town but their lives couldn’t have been more different before allegedly intersecting in the most violent way. Celia Barquin Arozamena was a top amateur golfer from Spain who was finishing her degree at Iowa State University…. Read More