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Zenobillis/iStock (NEW ORLEANS) — Ida, which became a Category 1 hurricane Friday afternoon, is forecast to strengthen into a Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph winds before landfall in Louisiana late Sunday. The latest forecast track has Ida coming ashore in southeast Louisiana on Sunday late afternoon/early evening. Ida will be a tropical storm nearing …
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (KABUL, Afghanistan) — Thirteen American troops were among the nearly 200 people killed in an attack at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan on Thursday. A detonation set off by an ISIS-K suicide bomber near the airport’s Abbey Gate amid evacuation efforts killed at least 170 Afghans, including several children, as well as …
Animaflora/iStock (WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) — A Florida police officer was supported by his fellow officers as he was flown out of the state for COVID-19 treatment due to a lack of availability in local hospitals, according to his wife. Police officers lined the tarmac Wednesday as their colleague, West Palm Beach police officer Anthony …
ABC (GALVESTON, Texas) — Hospitals across the state of Texas are once again finding themselves buckling under the pressures of an overwhelmed health system, with an average of more than 1,700 patients a day currently streaming into emergency rooms across the state. “I feel like the surge came on quicker than we were expecting,” Dr. …
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Ida, which formed Thursday, is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane before targeting Louisiana this weekend. Ida is set to hit the Cayman Islands and Cuba as a tropical storm on Friday morning, delivering up to 20 inches of rain. Tropical storm warnings are in effect for both …
Prathaan/iStock (MINNEAPOLIS) — A Minnesota judge is considering whether to drop charges against an alleged drug dealer after his lawyer claimed Minneapolis law enforcement officers destroyed critical evidence in a panic prompted by a blaze and takeover of another police department precinct during a 2020 protest over the murder of George Floyd. An attorney for …
Samuel Corum/GettyImages (WASHINGTON) — Seven U.S. Capitol Police officers are suing former President Donald Trump, his campaign, his associate Roger Stone, and members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, alleging that “their unlawful efforts culminated in the Jan. 6 mass attack on the United States Capitol.” The lawsuit, filed on Thursday in federal court, …
CatLane/iStock (NEW YORK) — Ron Ehrenberg was ready to give up. The professor at the Industrial and Labor Relations and Economics School at Cornell University had been looking for a kidney transplant for two years, testing every friend and family in hopes of finding a potential donor. With no one meeting the requirements, Ehrenberg, who …
deepblue4you/iStock (NEW YORK) — At least two children have died in hot cars this week as a heat wave blasted the U.S. On Tuesday afternoon, a 4-year-old boy died in East Manchester Township, Pennsylvania, the York County Coroner’s Office said. After the family wasn’t able to find the boy around the home, they discovered him …
Drazen Zigic/iStock (NEW YORK) — Teachers are gathering in more than 115 cities this weekend to “teach truth” in protest of the anti-race education and anti-critical race theory legislation being proposed across the country. In Philadelphia, teachers, students and activists are gathering at the home of George Washington to tell the stories of enslaved people …
