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ABC News (NEW YORK) — Heat alerts have been issued for 26 states from Washington to Florida on Thursday, with more than 120 million on alert for sweltering temperatures — especially on the West Coast. The dangerous heat has already claimed the life of a 10-year-old boy who was hiking in Phoenix on Tuesday. The […]

Department of Land and Natural Resources (NEW YORK) — Two 19-year-old men have been arrested after being accused of illegally hunting on Oprah Winfrey’s ranch in Hawaii, officials say. The incident occurred just before midnight on June 21 in the Kula area of Upcounty Maui, according to the Department of Land and Natural resources in […]

(NEW YORK) — A 2-year-old boy was found dead Tuesday evening inside a hot car in Cobb County, Georgia, officials said Wednesday, marking the sixth hot car-related death in 2024. According to the Cobb County Police Department, the child was found unresponsive in a parked vehicle at approximately 5:36 pm. He was transported to Kennestone […]

(NEW YORK) – -Samuel Woodward, a California man accused of murdering his former classmate in 2018, has been found guilty in the hate crime case. Blaze Bernstein — a 19-year-old gay, Jewish student at the University of Pennsylvania — went missing while visiting his family in Newport Beach during winter break in January 2018. His […]

kali9/Getty Images (LYNNWOOD, Wash.) — A 13-year-old girl died Wednesday after being hit by gunfire during a fight in a mall in Lynnwood, Washington, police said. Jayda Woods-Johnson was “tragically murdered” at the Alderwood Mall, the Lynnwood Police Department said. “The suspect has been identified as a 16-year old male from Edmonds,” the department said […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Heat alerts have been issued for 21 states from Washington to Florida on Wednesday, with more than 90 million on alert for extreme weather. Several wildfires also exploded in the West on Tuesday due to dry conditions and ongoing heat. The dangerous heat is just beginning in the West, but […]

seng kui Lim/500px/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — A lawsuit filed against Northwestern University’s law school claims that its hiring practices give preference to less-qualified women and applicants of color, taking away opportunities from better qualified white men. The lawsuit, which was filed in Federal District Court in Chicago, alleges that faculty hiring practices at universities in […]

(NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.) — A New Zealand tourist was killed during a robbery at a California mall after the suspects struck her with their vehicle as they fled the scene, police said. The incident unfolded Tuesday afternoon at Fashion Island, an outdoor shopping mall in Newport Beach, police said. The woman and her husband were […]

Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — The 74-year-old woman who was pushed into an approaching train at a Bay Area Rapid Transit station has died and a man has been arrested in connection with her death, according to BART police. The woman hit her head on the train and fell […]

(PHOENIX) — A 10-year-old boy has died after he suffered a “heat-related medical emergency” during a hike in Arizona on Tuesday. Firefighters from the Phoenix, Tempe and Chandler fire departments were called to South Mountain Park and Preserve around 2 p.m. local time, according to a release from Phoenix Fire. Phoenix Police Department said officers […]