Severe weather outbreak for April 2, 2024. ABC News (NEW YORK) — Many schools across Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana have announced closures or early dismissals as a line of severe thunderstorms brings damaging winds and a threat of dangerous tornadoes to the Ohio Valley. A tornado watch was issued TuesdayRead More →
Stephanie Keith/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two people were charged Monday for allegedly distributing the heroin and fentanyl that caused the death of transgender activist Cecilia Gentili. Cecilia Gentili was 52 when she fatally overdosed on Feb. 6 in her New York City home due to effects of fentanyl-laced heroin,Read More →
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is going on the offense in an effort to save his speakership after fellow Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a motion to oust him just months after he ascended to the position. The motion to vacate, which was raised justRead More →
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (BALTIMORE) — A cargo ship crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday morning, causing a near-total collapse of the span and halting vessel traffic into and out of the Port of Baltimore. Six construction workers believed to have fallen from the collapsing bridgeRead More →
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Powerball has climbed to $1 billion for Monday night’s drawing. “This is no April Fools’ Day joke, we have an advertised Powerball jackpot that’s hit $1 billion to kick off the month of April,” Drew Svitko, Powerball product group chair and Pennsylvania LotteryRead More →
Getty Images – STOCK (Charleston, S.C.) — Alex Murdaugh, who is already serving two life sentences for the murder of his wife and child, was sentenced Monday to 40 more years in prison for financial crimes, according to Charleston, South Carolina, ABC affiliate WCIV. Murdaugh, 55, pleaded guilty in SeptemberRead More →
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Severe weather is in the forecast for the Heartland and the Midwest, with damaging winds, large hail and even a few strong tornadoes possible. On Monday, severe thunderstorms are expected from Texas to West Virginia, with the greatest tornado threat from Oklahoma to Missouri. TheRead More →
ABC News (NEW YORK) — During police investigations, interrogations — the formal questioning of a potential suspect — are critical and can lead to a big break in the case. Historically, investigators have been taught aggressive, coercive strategies aimed at one primary goal: obtaining a confession, whether true or false.Read More →
Tents housing displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on the border with Egypt, Mar. 30, 2024. — Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. and Israeli officials will hold a virtual meeting Monday to continue to discuss the standoff over the Biden administration’s opposition to IsraelRead More →
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Police in Nashville, Tennessee, said they are searching for a man, Anton Rucker, 46, who is suspected of a shooting during an Easter brunch. One man was killed and five others were hurt “non-critically” in Sunday’s shooting, authorities said. Police later identified the manRead More →
