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Yoshiyoshi Hirokawa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The American Red Cross said Monday that it is experiencing an emergency blood shortage, and extreme heat may be partly to blame. In a press release, the organization said its national blood inventory fell by more than 25% since July 1. Rolling heat waves and record temperatures have impacted […]
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an attempt by the Republican attorney general of Missouri to delay former President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his criminal hush money case in New York. The court declined to hear Missouri’s lawsuit against New York. The brief order was unsigned but indicated that […]
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The ethnicity of Vice President Kamala Harris, the daughter of a Jamaican father and an Indian mother, has begun a conversation about how race fits into her political identity as she runs for president on the 2024 Democratic presidential ticket. Former President Donald Trump recently falsely asserted that Harris has […]
US Coast Guard (TAMPA, Fla.) — Veteran sailor Nathan Thomas said he and a friend survived a harrowing close encounter with Hurricane Debby off the Gulf Coast of Florida on Sunday after they lost the main sail of a sailboat he had just purchased and were suddenly adrift in 20-foot-plus waves. The 69-year-old Thomas described […]
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, tensions are escalating after the assassinations of two Hamas and Hezbollah leaders this week. Here’s how the news is developing: Remains of about 80 deceased Palestinians returned after being taken by IDF The deceased remains of an estimated 80 Palestinians — which Israeli forces took […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Debby is roaring across Florida as a tropical storm after making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane Monday morning. Here’s what to expect: On Monday, Debby will bring very heavy rain from Gainesville and Jacksonville, Florida, up to Savannah, Georgia, where more than 20 inches of rain is possible. Rain […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Debby is roaring across Florida as a Category 1 hurricane after making landfall Monday morning. A hurricane warning was issued for Florida’s Big Bend area, from near Cedar Key to Apalachicola. Here’s how the news is developing: 13-year-old boy killed by fallen tree among two confirmed fatalities A 13-year-old […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Debby is roaring across Florida as a Category 1 hurricane after making landfall Monday morning. Here’s what to expect: Flash flood warnings have been issued from Cedar Key, Florida, to Venice, Florida. More than 10 inches of rain already fell in the Tampa area and more than 1 foot […]
Riot police officers push back anti-migration protesters outside the Holiday Inn Express Hotel which is housing asylum seekers, on August 4, 2024, in Rotherham, U.K. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Violence has shaken the U.K. as riots led by far-right groups have gripped multiple cities across the country, leading to nearly 150 arrests, according […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Debby strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane as it approached Florida on Monday morning, with sustained winds up to 80 mph. Winds of 74-95 mph had been forecast in areas under a Hurricane Warning in the Big Bend region. Here’s how the news is developing: Debby makes landfall […]
