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(NEW YORK) — Five thousand miles long, 400 miles wide, and over six million tons, a massive bloom of seaweed is drifting toward Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists at the University of South Florida, with the help of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been tracking the bloom of sargassum, a type […]
(WASHINGTON) — Following a series of close calls involving commercial flights, aviation leaders are set to meet Wednesday to discuss the incidents and work to identify patterns and factors fueling risks to the industry. The Federal Aviation Administration announced the safety summit last month as part of a review of the nation’s aerospace system, looking […]
Gaj Rudolf / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least one hiker is dead and one still remains missing after a group of three were reported missing in Utah on Monday, officials say. The incident occurred on Monday morning when the Kane County Sheriff’s Office in Utah received a call from a spouse informing them […]
Joseph Sohm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Marshals on Tuesday issued a wanted poster for Roy McGrath, an ex-chief of staff to former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan who is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars while working for a state agency. The Marshals are “now seeking to apprehend the former Maryland governor’s […]
(NEW YORK) — A cryptocurrency linked to former Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon and Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn has caught the attention of federal prosecutors in New York, who have started looking into it, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. News of federal prosecutors’ interest in the Bannon and Epshteyn-fronted cryptocurrency comes on […]
Leon Neal/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden let it slip on Monday evening that former President Jimmy Carter has asked Biden to deliver his eulogy, according to pool reporters present at the closed-door event. At a private reception for the Democratic National Committee in Rancho Santa Fe, California, Biden revealed Carter’s request seemingly off the […]
(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — Four people are dead after a gunman opened fire at two homes in Alabama, authorities said. A 28-year-old man is accused of fatally shooting two people in a Birmingham home before killing two more in a nearby suburb, according to police. Around midnight, St. Clair County deputies responded to a home in Ragland, […]
(WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Mike Pence and former President Donald Trump have in recent days exchanged sharp words over the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, escalating a conflict between the two erstwhile partners. Pence, speaking Saturday at the Gridiron Dinner in Washington, denounced his former boss over the insurrection. “History will hold Donald Trump accountable […]
(SANTA FE, N.M.) — The special prosecutor in New Mexico who investigated the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust” announced Tuesday she is stepping down. The decision comes weeks after Alec Baldwin’s attorney moved to disqualify the special prosecutor, Andrea Reeb, claiming in a motion filed last month that as a […]
Mario Tama/Getty Images (LOS ALTOS, Calif.) — A student suffered a minor head injury after a redwood tree fell on an elementary school in the San Francisco Bay area on Tuesday, school officials said, as the latest atmospheric river brings severe weather to California. The redwood tree fell around 12:30 p.m. local time at Oak Avenue […]
