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Marc Bruxelle/iStock (ARAB, Ala.) — Four people, including a 4-year-old, have died in devastating flooding in Alabama. Up to 13 inches of rain fell — with rates as high as 5 inches per hour — in Jefferson and Shelby counties, which includes Birmingham and hard-hit Pelham. A 4-year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman died as […]

(JOPLIN, Mont.) — A survivor of last month’s Amtrak train derailment in Montana said he “hung on for dear life” to a restroom handicap bar as the car he was in toppled on its side and skidded along a gravel embankment. Justin Ruddell said during a news conference on Thursday that he suffered two broken […]

(AUSTIN, Texas) — Hours after a federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of the most restrictive abortion law in the country, some Texas clinics have resumed providing abortions after a so-called fetal heartbeat is detected. Under SB8, physicians are banned from providing abortions once they detect electrical activity within the cells in an embryo. That can […]

Ivan Cholakov/iStock (WASHINGTON) — A U.S. Navy nuclear-powered attack submarine collided with an unknown submerged object this weekend while traveling through international waters in the Pacific Ocean, according to the Navy. The Navy describes the submarine as being in “safe and stable” condition and said it is making its way to port for a damage […]

(NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 708,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.8 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns […]

(NEW YORK) — The U.S. Marshals have located and fingerprinted the Los Angeles Dodgers fan seen on camera during a televised 2016 home game who they said closely resembled a long-missing and most wanted fugitive. But they have determined he is not their man. The identification came just 48 hours after the U.S. Marshals went […]

(NORTH PORT, Fla.) — A massive search is continuing in Florida for Brian Laundrie, the boyfriend of Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old woman who went missing on a cross-country trip and who authorities confirmed as the body discovered in the Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming. The search for the 23-year-old Laundrie is centered around North Port, […]

iStock/Juliana Vilas Boas (NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio treated his New York Police Department-provided security detail like a “concierge service” that drove around his son, staff members and guests even when he was not in the car and helped his daughter move out of her apartment, the city’s Department of […]

Marc Bruxelle/iStock (ARAB, Ala.) — More than 10 inches of rain pounded northern Alabama over the last 24 hours, leaving some neighborhoods underwater. A 4-year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman died as a result of the flooding in Marshall County, located in northern Alabama, the county coroner’s office said. In Hoover, near Birmingham, crews have […]

(ATLANTA) — A Georgia State Patrol trooper’s use of force is under review after he was caught on video allegedly stomping on a suspect lying on the ground. Video of the confrontation was shared on Twitter and sparked public outrage over the alleged use of force. Georgia State Patrol confirmed to ABC News the video […]