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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. […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Beryl made landfall northeast of the resort town of Tulum on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 2 storm early Friday. Beryl was packing maximum sustained winds of 110 mph when it came ashore, weakening to 100 mph an hour after landfall. The hurricane hit Mexico after it left […]
Former President Donald Trump stands with Sen. Marco Rubio during a rally at the Miami-Dade County Fair and Exposition in Miami, FL, Nov. 6, 2022. — Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is said to be among the top candidates former President Donald Trump is considering as his pick for vice president, […]
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 New York City’s Lower East Side on Thursday night, police said. The driver of a gray Ford F-150, Daniel Hyden, 44, struck multiple pedestrians in the park at […]
United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (NEW YORK) — This story has been corrected to specify that the power adapters are being recalled. Hatch, a popular sleep aid device company, has recalled more than 900,000 Rest 1st Generation sound machine adapters due to a shock hazard. “In partnership and compliance with the Consumer Product Safety […]
KLH49/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The economy appears to be holding steady, with the arrival of the Labor Department’s latest jobs report. Employers hired 206,000 workers in June, making for 42 consecutive months of growth, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Still, the unemployment rate ticked higher to 4.1%, reaching that […]
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Constitutional Convention of the UNITE HERE hospitality union in New York City, June 21, 2024. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met for lunch on Wednesday — likely their first one-on-one interaction since the president’s lackluster debate performance. However, […]
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON) — On the Fourth of July, Americans across the country will be taking much of the day to relax and take a break with family. But in the UK it’s Election Day. The British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak scheduled elections for the Fourth of July and it’s shaping up […]
Getty Images – STOCK (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 […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Beryl has weakened to a Category 3 storm on Thursday, but not before leaving flooding and widespread damage on the island of Jamaica late Wednesday. Beryl’s center passed just 45 miles south of Kingston, Jamaica, as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 140 mph. Beryl was the first […]