ABC News (WASHINGTON) — After a week of record-breaking extreme heat across the nation, science educator Bill Nye told “This Week” co-anchor Martha Raddatz that the extreme heat and flooding making headlines is “a taste of the new normal.” “The latest research is that there’s not a turning point orRead More →

ABC News/ WKBW (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — A 3-year-old boy was killed and his 7-year-old sister was injured after being hit by gunfire while at a family gathering in Buffalo, New York, officials said. Police who responded to the Friday night incident rushed the boy to the hospital, where he wasRead More →

Martin County Fire Rescue (NEW YORK) — Dangerous rip currents are forecast to persist Sunday along much of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, where at least eight people have drowned since Thursday after being dragged out to sea by the powerful currents, officials said. The likelihood of life-threatening rip currentsRead More →

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — At least 10 people were injured in a shooting in Columbus, Ohio, police said, adding that they were searching for a suspect and a vehicle that may have been involved. “The vehicle is believed to be a white, 4-door Honda Civic with tinted windows,”Read More →

Google Maps Street View (WEST HAVEN, Conn.) — Two children are recovering in a Connecticut Intensive Care Unit after police officers stopped their father from allegedly trying to drown them at a West Haven beach early Saturday morning, according to investigators. A West Haven Police Department patrol officer spotted anRead More →

Seattle Fire Department (SEATTLE) — A public bus crashed into a building in Seattle on Saturday evening, injuring 11, including one critically, officials said. The Sound Transit bus ran into the building at the intersection of 5th Avenue and Terrace Street in downtown just before 7 p.m., the Seattle FireRead More →

ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 100 million Americans across 18 states are under heat alerts from coast-to-coast. The I-95 corridor between New York City and Washington, D.C., is scorching this weekend, with an Extreme Heat Risk for New York on Saturday and for the entire corridor on Sunday.Read More →

ABC News (ATLANTA) — At an invite-only event in downtown Atlanta, hip-hop fans from across the country came together for a unique voter outreach event. The Black Male Voter Project, an organization dedicated to increasing civic engagement among Black men, partnered with some of the biggest names in the battleRead More →

ABC (CHICAGO) — A teenager now faces murder charges after a 7-year-old boy was fatally shot in the chest in a random act of gun violence in Chicago, police announced Friday. The victim, Jai’mani Amir Rivera, had just left his apartment and was on the sidewalk Tuesday afternoon when shotsRead More →

ABC (BLUE ISLAND, Ill.) — Three people were injured after multiple gunmen in a vehicle opened fire on a community center that was hosting a funeral reception in the Chicago suburbs, officials said. The shooting occurred around 3:30 p.m. local time Friday in the city of Blue Island, Illinois, locatedRead More →