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About 7 a.m. Wednesday, police began letting residents back into the Florida Keys. There’s a one in four chance that those returning to their homes won’t be able to live in what is left. 90% of homes

The two US Navy destroyers involved in deadly collisions this past summer both had records of failing to fulfill key training requirements.The USS Fitzgerald had expired training certification for multiple key warfare mission areas in June, and

Floridians are returning home Tuesday to find the extent of the damage to their homes from Irma. Florida and it’s residents now face a long road to recovery as wide spread power outages and food shortages plague

Irma hit land in south Florida Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane. The storm has already knocked out power to nearly 3.6 million customers across Florida and over 100,000 in Georgia.  Atlantic hurricane season 2017: What you

Monday is the 16th anniversary since  nearly 3,000 people were killed when four hijacked planes hit the trade center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field on Sept. 11, 2001. The commemoration begins with a moment of silence

Several major Western U.S. cities have been hit hard by wildfires this summer. The 2017 season is on track to being among the worst fire seasons in over a decade, despite how snowy the past winter was.

Irma has since been downgraded from Category 5, will still be regarded as the most powerful in the Atlantic in recorded history with 185 mph winds. Though Irma has lessened to 150 mph winds, the hurricane will

Jasmine Block, 15, of Alexandria, Minn., had been kidnapped for almost a month when she swam across a lake to escape from her abductors. She made it safely across the lake before running onto a property to

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is prepping for huge state evacuations ahead of Hurricane Irma. The  Category 5 storm just plowed through the Caribbean, leaving the island absolutely decimated. While it’s possible by the time it reaching Florida,

A video of a Utah nurse being forcibly arrested when she refused to let police officers draw blood from an unconscious crash victim has gone viral. Her brutal arrest was caught on body-camera video, and expedited the

Late Tuesday, the now Category 5 storm, Irma, was almost upon the Caribbean islands with 185 mph sustained winds. It’s much too early to tell if the storm will make landfall on the US, but even a

Joel Osteen, already under fire for not opening his megachurch to Harvey victims, told parishioners on Sunday that Hurricane Harvey survivors should not have a “poor old me mentality.” Osteen eventually opened his Lakewood Church officially opened

Over the weekend, Hurricane Irma has strengthened into an “extremely dangerous” Category 5 storm, set to hit the Caribbean islands Wednesday before possibly hitting the US later on this week. Irma was churning Tuesday morning with maximum

A judge on Thursday reportedly denied bond for white nationalist Christopher Cantwell, who was  involved with the violent protests in Charlottesville, Va., earlier this month. He had become internet famous after posting a video of himself crying,

An American man, Szuhsiung Ho, aka Allen Ho, has been sentenced to two years in jail for illegally helping China develop its nuclear power program for nearly 20 years. Ho did not obtain explicit permission to share

Reports of “explosions and black smoke” came at 2 a.m. local time Thursday at the Arkema chemical plant in Crobsy, Texas.  The plant had lost refrigeration due to the floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey.  Certain chemicals they produce

South Carolina law states that in order for DUI prosecutors to seek full charges, video needs to be recorded as soon as an officer sees a suspected drunk driver to the moment the suspect is arrested and

A man was shot in the head by a Texas homeowner Friday has died.  Police said the initial account appeared that the homeowner fired at a would-be burglar, but after investigation that doesn’t appear to be accurate.

After a devastating few days in Houston, the death toll during Harvey has risen. As of Wednesday morning, Hurricane Harvey has claimed at least 18 fatalities in the Houston area. Death toll from Harvey rises to at

A jury found Glenna Duram guilty of killing her 46-year old husband and was sentenced to life in prison Monday. Martin Duram’s pet parrot, Bud, mimicked some of his last words from the night of the murder,

Widely believe that Harvey didn’t happen because of global warming, they also haven’t determined yet whether the storm was made worse by global warming. Warmer air and water mean wetter and possibly more intense hurricanes in the

On Friday President Trump directed the military not to move forward with an Obama-era plan that allows transgender individuals to be recruited into the armed forces. Civil rights groups filed two lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s controversial ban, saying

Tropical Storm Harvey is causing some of the worst flooding Houston has ever seen, as federal engineers on Monday were forced to release water from area reservoirs in hopes of controlling the rushing currents. Harvey is lingering

Hurricane Harvey has  potential to be the most powerful hurricane to hit the U.S. mainland in more than a decade. Harvey is set to hit land late Friday or early Saturday on the central Texas coast where

U.S. President Donald Trump will begin a major push next Wedjesday with a speech in Missouri to convince the public of the need for tax reform. The President has shifted gears and his entire agenda will be

Florida is scheduled on Thursday to put to death an inmate by injection that includes a drug never before used in a U.S. execution.Mark James Asay, 53, would be the first Florida inmate executed since January 2016. 

A Powerball ticket sold in Massachusetts will have won more than $750 million on Wednesday. The ticket matched all six number draw, but has still gone unclaimed to one of the largest in the lottery’s history. Powerball

Tuesday millions of people ogled the skies using eclipse viewers, but happens now with the glasses? Another eclipse will cross America in 2024, or you can donate them to other parts of the world, who will experience

Investigators are looking into a sexual assault allegation by a female trainee against a drill sergeant at For Benning which uncovered more possible cases. A number of U.S. Army drill sergeants at Fort Benning, Georgia, have been