Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — A smoky haze is currently blanketing the San Francisco Bay Area due to wildfires burning in the northwest, creating unhealthy air quality for sensitive groups. The smoke stemming from
Omar Rawlings/Getty Images (BOSTON) — Boston College has indefinitely suspended its men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs over what it said was hazing, the university announced Wednesday. The suspension comes after university administrators “determined that hazing had
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WILMINGTON, Del.) — A federal magistrate judge on Wednesday denied Hunter Biden’s effort to avoid appearing in person at his arraignment on federal gun charges, ordering him to appear at a
Mark Makela/Getty Images (WEST CHESTER, Pa.) — Officials in Chester County, Pennsylvania, admitted Wednesday that there were failures in official communications following convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante’s escape from their county prison on Aug. 31. During the first public
Scott Olson/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The Fulton County district attorney’s office has secured pro-Trump attorney Lin Wood as a witness in its Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and 18 others, according to a court
KABC (LOS ANGELES) — The suspected gunman in the fatal shooting of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murder with special circumstances. Kevin Salazar, 29, was arrested on Monday in
ABC News (NEW YORK) — New York City police seized fentanyl and weapons on Wednesday during a search of a house in Queens where a 10-year-old lives, officials said. Police executed a search warrant and found more than
Charles O’Rear/Getty Images (OKLAHOMA CITY) — After 48 years, a man who says he was wrongfully convicted of murder has officially had his case dismissed. Glynn Simmons was 22 when he was convicted of first-degree murder in the
WTVD (PITTSBORO, N.C.) — A North Carolina man has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of his 34-year-old wife, who was found in Jordan Lake last month, according to the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office. Omar
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Andrew Lester, the Kansas City man charged in the shooting of Ralph Yarl after the teenager mistakenly went to the wrong house, pleaded not guilty during his arraignment on Wednesday morning after
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Protesters flooded the street outside a former senior living facility in Staten Island, temporarily blocking a bus carrying asylum-seekers, after local leaders said they learned it was slated to house New York
Courtesy DEA and the US Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York (NEW YORK) — A New York City day care operator allegedly deleted more than 20,000 messages between her and her husband sent from
ftwitty/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Three of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case will try to have their cases removed to federal court Wednesday. For the third time, a federal judge is set
Birmingham Police Department (NEW YORK) — Johnny Mims, a band director at Minor High School in Alabama, is accusing Birmingham police of using excessive force against him after he was shocked with a stun gun three times
Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — From Texas to California, communities along the southern border are dealing with an increase of migrants entering shelters, according to officials. In a statement provided to ABC affiliate KVIA-TV on
Boulder Police/Twitter (BOULDER, Colo.) — A suspect police say was trying to hit people with his truck in a Boulder, Colorado, park Tuesday morning has been charged with attempted murder. Boulder 911 received its first emergency call
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden is expected to enter a plea of not guilty when he is arraigned on federal gun charges, his attorney wrote in court filings Tuesday. It’s the first
Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Temple University acting president JoAnne A. Epps died suddenly after falling ill at a memorial service at the university Tuesday afternoon, the school announced. She was 72. Epps became unwell while
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (TENNESSEE COLONY, Texas) — A Texas man convicted of murdering two elderly women and suspected of killing nearly two dozen people total was found dead in his prison cell Tuesday following an attack by his cellmate,
George Family Photo (MONT BELVIEU, Texas) — A Black Texas high school student has been facing an in-school suspension (ISS) for weeks because school officials said that his dreadlocks violated their dress and grooming code. Darryl George, a
Tamir Kalifa for The Washington Post via Getty Images (LAHAINA, Hawaii) — West Maui, an area devastated by wildfires that ravaged the historic town of Lahaina less than two months ago, is set to reopen for visitors on
Birmingham Police Department (BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — Police have released body camera footage involving the arrest of an Alabama high school band director who was shocked with a stun gun after officers say he refused to comply with orders
nazarethman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A kilogram of fentanyl was stored on top of children’s play mats used for napping at the New York City day care where a 1-year-old boy died from exposure to the drug,
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The gun used in the ambush killing of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy appears to have been purchased legally, without raising any red flags regarding the suspected gunman’s mental health,
Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images (ORLANDO) — A delivery driver was dropping off a package at a Florida home when she was bitten by a highly venomous eastern diamondback rattlesnake, authorities said. The woman was
Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Costco shoppers with an early craving for fall vegetables should check their fridge or freezer for pre-cut butternut squash that the big box retailer recently recalled due to possible E. coli
gio_banfi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The 150-year-old banyan tree that was heavily damaged in the Maui wildfire in August is beginning to sprout new leaves, a sign of hope and progress amid the ongoing recovery efforts in
RapidEye/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rudy Giuliani owes nearly $1.4 million to the law firm that defended him during numerous criminal, civil and Congressional investigations, the firm, Davidoff Butcher & Citron LLP, said in a new lawsuit
amphotora/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Washington, D.C., police have arrested a suspect in connection to the Mother’s Day killing of 10-year-old Arianna Davis. On Monday, D.C. police said they had arrested Karon Gregory, 19, and charged him with
Rewind (NEW YORK) — Researchers have found a new way to store thousands of years’ worth of carbon dioxide and prevent it from being released into the atmosphere, furthering efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions from several
