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Christian Dauphin/Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — Two teenage sisters drowned Friday night after they got lost in the waters off Coney Island beach in Brooklyn, New York, according to police and witnesses. The unidentified 17- and 18-year-old victims allegedly went back into the water around 8 p.m. after beach crowds headed for cover […]

Claiborne County Sheriff Department (HAZLEHURST, Miss.) — Police in Mississippi said Saturday they caught two murder suspects who escaped from a jail early Friday morning. Tyrekennel Collins, 24, and Dezarrious Johnson, 18, were found in an abandoned home Saturday around noon by officers, following a 33-hour manhunt, according to police. The suspects, who escaped from […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Beryl remains a tropical storm with winds of 60 mph as it churns in the Gulf of Mexico as of Saturday morning, but it is expected to strengthen before hitting Texas on Sunday with potential Category 1 strength. The land interaction from Beryl’s time over the Yucatan Peninsula did a […]

NOAA (NEW YORK) — If you’re heading to the beach this summer, it’s important to be aware of the dangers of rip currents. Here’s what you need to know about rip currents and how to stay safe: A rip current, which flows out toward the ocean, can quickly pull a swimmer away from the shore. […]

(NEW YORK) — Evacuation orders have been issued due to a wildfire in central California, the latest among more than a dozen blazes burning in the state amid a scorching heat wave. The French Fire near Yosemite National Park in Mariposa County has burned more than 840 acres since erupting Thursday and was 5% contained […]

(NEW YORK) — In an encore 20/20 airing July 5 at 9 p.m. ET, the show, which originally aired in 2022, revisits the case of Laura Day, who was convicted of murder in the 2012 death of her 6-year-old stepson. In 2013, Laura Day was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison […]

(SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas) — Four people are believed to have been injured by the same shark while in waters off the southern coast of Texas on the Fourth of July, officials said. Texas Game Warden Capt. Chris Dowdy told Weslaco, Texas, ABC affiliate KRGV that four separate incidents involving the shark, including two bites, […]

kali9/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Three people are dead, and seven others have been injured after a suspected drunk driver plowed his vehicle into a park on the Lower East Side of New York City, police said Thursday night. The 44-year-old driver, a man from New Jersey, was driving the grey Ford F-150 when he […]

(NEW YORK) — Two military service members — U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Isaac Weissend and Marine Corps veteran Dalton Stone — have been reunited with the dogs they handled in service overseas. Weissend and Stone first connected while serving in Japan with one another as military dog, or K-9, handlers. They built a strong bond […]

Getty Images – STOCK (SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas) — A man was attacked by a shark on the Fourth of July while in the waters off South Padre Island in Texas, police said. The South Padre Island Police Department said it received a call reporting a “severe” shark bite to the leg at around 11 […]