A powerful derecho storm moved through the Upper Midwest on Friday night, gathering up 73 damaging wind reports, according to the National Weather Service, and the same area remained under threat of more severe weather Saturday. More than 100 damaging wind reports have already come in. The threat of large hail and isolated tornadoes will…… MORE
Demonstrators calling for Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló‘s resignation gathered in streets outside the governor’s mansion again Saturday afternoon, chanting and banging pots and pans in the latest of several days of protests on the US territory. The protests are sparked in part by last weekend’s leaks of offensive private chat messages between the governor…… MORE
Linkin Park is marking the second anniversary of frontman Chester Bennington’s death by asking fans to to share their memories of the beloved rock singer on Twitter. “Remembering Chester today,” the band wrote on Twitter. “Feel free to share your favorite photo or video of Chester / LP below.” Bennington died by suicide on July…… MORE
From the sedan’s back seat, Melba Coody watched as the mesquite-lined flatland of South Texas rushed by. About a century ago, she explained, her family owned all this property, as far as the eye could see. Christine Molis, her hands on the wheel, knew that already, of course. It was a critical detail of the…… MORE
“Take the heat seriously.” That’s what the National Weather Service is warning as a dangerous heat wave reaches its peak this weekend and more than two-thirds of the US are feeling temperatures push into the triple digits. So far, one death has been attributed to the high temperatures. Former NFL player Mitch Petrus, 32, fell…… MORE
How far can a little one really go? Well, one determined Minnesota 2-year-old got himself all the way down to the county fair, according to the Chisago County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office received a call Friday night about a missing toddler, according to a Facebook post from the office. But the determined tyke wasn’t…… MORE
An Internal Affairs investigation ordered by Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw will look into his deputies’ supervision of multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who is accused of inappropriate sexual contact during his 13-month jail sentence. Sheriff Bradshaw “wants to determine if any actions taken by the deputies assigned to monitor Epstein during his work release program…… MORE
A Chicago heat wave in 1995 took the lives of hundreds of people. And now the city is facing another. In the city’s poorest neighborhoods, 739 people, mostly elderly, died when temperatures reached 106 degrees, according to CNN affiliate WGN9. While this year’s temperatures are not expected to match 1995, they will come close. On…… MORE
Rachel Langford’s phone has been ringing nonstop since 7-11, when she gave birth to a girl at 7:11 pm, weighing 7 pounds and 11 ounces. But the most exciting call came from 7-Eleven, which celebrated the news of J’Aime Brown’s birth by pledging $7,111 to her college fund. The convenience store chain previously had called…… MORE
Saturday is the anniversary of what many consider to be the greatest achievement of the 20th century. It’s been 50 years since astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to step on the surface of the moon. Buzz Aldrin followed him out of the Eagle lander while Michael Collins orbited the moon in the Columbia…… MORE
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