More Than 20 Missing After Raging Flash Flooding At Grand Canyon National Park More Than 20 Missing After Raging Flash Flooding At Grand Canyon National Park
More Than 20 Missing After Raging Flash Flooding At Grand Canyon National Park A frantic search is underway at one of the world’s most famous natural landmarks after violent flooding tore through its remote interior. The National Park Service said on Sunday, Aug. 30, that it was seeking information about more than 20 people who may be missing or unaccounted for at Grand Canyon National Park, carved by the Colorado River in Arizona. The hikers, backpackers, and campers may have been in Bright Angel Canyon or the Phantom Ranch area when a flash flood struck Saturday afternoon, Aug. 29. Park officials and the Arizona Department of Public Safety were continuing evacuatio…
Separate Rounds Of Downpours To Drench DMV As Unsettled Pattern Arrives: Timing Separate Rounds Of Downpours To Drench DMV As Unsettled Pattern Arrives: Timing
Separate Rounds Of Downpours To Drench DMV As Unsettled Pattern Arrives: Timing A volatile weather pattern is closing in, with a comfortable weekend giving way to a prolonged stretch of hazards. The National Weather Service says the shift will begin Sunday evening, Aug. 30, as showers and thunderstorms spread into parts of New England. The threat will expand Monday night, Aug. 31, as moisture moves along the northern edge of a heat dome centered farther south.  The National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center has placed parts of New York, northern Pennsylvania, northern New Jersey, and southern New England under a marginal risk for excessive rainfall. Mond…
Taylor Swift Drops $50K Surprise On Mom Who Nearly Died Saving Teen On I-95 Taylor Swift Drops $50K Surprise On Mom Who Nearly Died Saving Teen On I-95
Taylor Swift Drops $50K Surprise On Mom Who Nearly Died Saving Teen On I-95 Ashley Taunton isn't out of the woods yet, but Taylor Swift is helping her get there. The 42-year-old Connecticut mother who suffered critical injuries while assisting a group of teenagers on I-95 got an unexpected assist from a certain 36-year-old singer. You may have heard of her. Taylor Swift donated $50,000 to the GoFundMe campaign for Ashley Taunton, whose recovery from a July crash has gone viral. PEOPLE confirmed on Friday that the pop star had contributed to the fund, which has since jumped to more than $87,000 since it was created in July. Taylor Swift made a big donation…
Family Feud Turns Fatal As Virginia Man Is Stabbed To Death, Relative Charged: Police Family Feud Turns Fatal As Virginia Man Is Stabbed To Death, Relative Charged: Police
Family Feud Turns Fatal As Virginia Man Is Stabbed To Death, Relative Charged: Police One man is dead, and a family member is behind bars after a domestic dispute turned deadly in Northern Virginia. Ryheim Darnel Harrington, 25, is being held without bond following an investigation into an early Sunday morning stabbing that ended with Maliek Raykwon Harrington, 27, dead, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Both men are from Woodbridge. Officers were called shortly before 6:15 a.m. on Aug. 30 to a home in the 4600 block of Whitaker Place in Woodbridge where there were reports of a domestic dispute involving a stabbing. Upon arrival, officers found…
Mother, Daughter Killed By Wrong-Way Mustang Driver On I-270 In Maryland: State Police Mother, Daughter Killed By Wrong-Way Mustang Driver On I-270 In Maryland: State Police
Mother, Daughter Killed By Wrong-Way Mustang Driver On I-270 In Maryland: State Police A family trip through Maryland ended with a mother and daughter dead and two others rushed to the hospital. Musammat Shamima Begum, 46, of Burke, and her daughter, Areebah Jahin, 23, of Alexandria, were riding in a Toyota Camry on I-270 in Montgomery County on Saturday, Aug. 29, when police say a Mustang came at them from the wrong direction. It was shortly before 6:50 p.m. The Camry was heading south near Democracy Boulevard when Jose Caballero Nolasco, 32, of Germantown, allegedly drove his Ford Mustang north into the southbound lanes, according to a preliminary Maryland State Police inv…
20-Year-Old Player Dies Moments After Scoring Touchdown In College Football Season Opener 20-Year-Old Player Dies Moments After Scoring Touchdown In College Football Season Opener
20-Year-Old Player Dies Moments After Scoring Touchdown In College Football Season Opener A college football season opener turned from celebration to heartbreak in a matter of minutes. William Jewell College junior running back MicahJo Barnett died after suffering a medical emergency during a game on Saturday, Aug. 29, in Liberty, Missouri, the college announced. Barnett, 20, experienced the emergency on the William Jewell sideline during the NCAA Division II game against Fort Lewis College at Greene Stadium. Emergency personnel began assisting him about 20 minutes after kickoff, according to The Kansas City Star. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he was pronounced…
This Easy Habit Tied To Greater Weight Loss, Study Reveals This Easy Habit Tied To Greater Weight Loss, Study Reveals
This Easy Habit Tied To Greater Weight Loss, Study Reveals A simple daily habit may make a substantial difference for people trying to lose weight. A study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research on Thursday, Aug. 13, found that people who logged their food more frequently tended to lose more weight over six months. Users who tracked food six to seven days per week lost an average of 11.33 percent of their body weight. Those who tracked fewer than two days per week lost 6.84 percent on average. The findings came from a retrospective study of 5,132 adults using the MyNetDiary nutrition-tracking app. The participants had an average age…
TV Favorite Busy Philipps Opens Up About Major Health Ordeal TV Favorite Busy Philipps Opens Up About Major Health Ordeal
TV Favorite Busy Philipps Opens Up About Major Health Ordeal A familiar television star is opening up about a frightening medical ordeal that unfolded largely outside the public eye. Busy Philipps revealed she was diagnosed with a rare malignant brain tumor after a full-body MRI detected a mass before she developed obvious symptoms, she told People in an exclusive interview published Wednesday, Aug. 26. The 2.6-centimeter tumor was identified as a grade 2 oligodendroglioma, a slow-growing form of brain cancer. The 47-year-old Philipps underwent a roughly five-hour operation Monday, March 2, to remove the tumor from her frontal lobe. She later needed…
Will Lower Gas Prices Follow Trump's 'Biggest Oil Deal In World History'? Will Lower Gas Prices Follow Trump's 'Biggest Oil Deal In World History'?
Will Lower Gas Prices Follow Trump's 'Biggest Oil Deal In World History'? A sweeping new oil deal comes with a promise every driver wants to hear, but any payoff at the pump may be well down the road. President Donald Trump announced the agreement between the US and Venezuela on Friday, Aug. 28, saying it would expand American access to oil and eventually cut gas prices. “The United States of America has just entered into an Agreement with the Country of Venezuela on, THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY!” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. The agreement gives US interests majority control over more than 65 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves, ac…
Stormy Stretch Takes Aim At Northeast After Pleasant Weekend: Timing Stormy Stretch Takes Aim At Northeast After Pleasant Weekend: Timing
Stormy Stretch Takes Aim At Northeast After Pleasant Weekend: Timing A quiet late-summer break will not last long as a more unsettled pattern begins taking shape. Click here for a new, updated story - Rounds Of Downpours Head Toward Northeast: Here's When Threat Will Peak The National Weather Service says showers and thunderstorms will reach New England from Sunday evening, Aug. 30, into Monday, Aug. 31, as a front expands east from the northern Plains and Great Lakes. Additional disturbances moving along the northern edge of a sprawling heat dome could produce several rounds of rain and thunderstorms from Tuesday, Sept. 1, into Wednesday, Sept. 2, a…
WATCH: Bodycam Shows Tense Moments Before Fatal Maryland Park Police Shooting WATCH: Bodycam Shows Tense Moments Before Fatal Maryland Park Police Shooting
Watch: Bodycam Shows Tense Moments Before Fatal Maryland Park Police Shooting What began with reports of an armed man near the Potomac ended with a gunshot, a frantic rush into the water and officers trying to save a Maryland man as their body cameras rolled. Nearly a month after 30-year-old Alex Charles was fatally shot by a Maryland-National Capital Park Police officer, the Maryland Attorney General's Office has released body-worn camera footage showing the tense encounter unfold at Fort Washington Park in Prince George's County. The shooting happened shortly after 6 p.m. on Friday, July 31, after officers were called to the park for reports of a shooting and a man…
Pirro Disappointed With Sentence For 'Brutal' DC Ambush That Ended With Victim Stripped: DOJ Pirro Disappointed With Sentence For 'Brutal' DC Ambush That Ended With Victim Stripped: DOJ
Pirro Disappointed With Sentence For 'Brutal' DC Ambush That Ended With Victim Stripped: DOJ Gregory Grooms waited more than three hours outside his victim's apartment before springing a violent ambush. Now he will have five years in prison to think about that choice. The 27-year-old District resident was sentenced to five years in prison in DC Superior Court in connection with an attack in August 2024, according to the US Attorney's Office. "After this defendant and his accomplice spent hours lying in wait for their victim, they ambushed him at gunpoint, repeatedly pistol-whipped him, forced him to strip, and paraded him naked through his apartment building,” US Attorney Jeanine P…
21-Year-Old Man Identified By Police As Victim In Fatal Quadruple Shooting 21-Year-Old Man Identified By Police As Victim In Fatal Quadruple Shooting
21-Year-Old Man Identified By Police As Victim In Fatal Quadruple Shooting A burst of Friday afternoon gunfire has left a 21-year-old DC man dead and police searching for answers. Cortes Lilly, of Northeast DC, has been identified as the man killed in the quadruple shooting that broke out at approximately 1:42 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, in the 6200 block of Dix Street NE, the Metropolitan Police Department announced Saturday. Four men were found shot when officers reached the scene. Lilly was unconscious and not breathing. The other three men were conscious and breathing, police said. Three were taken by ambulance to area hospitals, while Lilly was airlifted by fi…
$7.5M Heist: Hacker Hijacked Charity Emails To Pull Off Elaborate Maryland Scam, Feds Say $7.5M Heist: Hacker Hijacked Charity Emails To Pull Off Elaborate Maryland Scam, Feds Say
$7.5M Heist: Hacker Hijacked Charity Emails To Pull Off Elaborate Maryland Scam, Feds Say He didn't need a gun to pull off a multimillion-dollar heist. A Nigerian national who infiltrated employee email accounts and helped redirect more than $7.5 million from two charities, including one in Maryland, will spend eight years in federal prison for the elaborate cyber scheme. Olusegun Samson Adejorin, 32, was sentenced on Friday, Aug. 28, to 96 months behind bars, followed by three years of supervised release, after a federal jury found him guilty of a wide-ranging scam following a six-day trial, according to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland. The scheme ra…
Reported Explosion Rocks Annapolis ZIPS Cleaners Before Occupant Puts Out Fire Reported Explosion Rocks Annapolis ZIPS Cleaners Before Occupant Puts Out Fire
Reported Explosion Rocks Annapolis Zips Cleaners Before Occupant Puts Out Fire What sounded like an explosion ended with a much better outcome in Maryland. Firefighters were called to ZIPS Cleaners in the 1900 block of West Street in Annapolis on Saturday, Aug. 29, for a reported explosion and commercial building fire, according to the fire department. By the time crews from the Annapolis Fire Department arrived, the danger had largely passed. Firefighters determined that a dry-cleaning machine malfunctioned, causing a sudden pressure release involving the machine and an adjacent dryer. An occupant inside the business quickly grabbed a portable fire extinguisher and…
Daycare Teacher Assaulted Two 2-Year-Old Boys In Northern Virginia, Police Say Daycare Teacher Assaulted Two 2-Year-Old Boys In Northern Virginia, Police Say
Daycare Teacher Assaulted Two 2-Year-Old Boys In Northern Virginia, Police Say Two children were allegedly assaulted by a 61-year-old daycare teacher in Northern Virginia, according to police. Alexandria resident Wafa Abdelhafiz Abdalla, an educator at the Faz Creative Education Learning Center in the 1700 block of Old Meadow Road in McLean, was arrested this week following an investigation into alleged assaults on children. Detectives from the Fairfax County Police Department determined that Abdalla forcefully pushed a 2-year-old boy to the floor and struck another 2-year-old boy in the head with an open hand while working as a teacher at the daycare. Abdalla was ar…
Firefighters Extinguish Maryland Electrical Fire, Return Hours Later To Raging Blaze Firefighters Extinguish Maryland Electrical Fire, Return Hours Later To Raging Blaze
Firefighters Extinguish Maryland Electrical Fire, Return Hours Later To Raging Blaze They thought they had put the fire out. Hours later, a Maryland home was engulfed in flames. The strange sequence began shortly after 9 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, when a resident on Walnut Lane in Elkton reported smoke inside the attic, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal. Firefighters arrived at approximately 9:08 p.m. and found a small, smoldering fire involving the home's electrical system. Crews quickly extinguished it, secured power to the three-story home, and eventually cleared the scene. Then, less than eight hours later, came another 911 call. At 4:55 a.m. on Saturday, A…
Payouts Set To Start In $115M Privacy Class-Action Settlement: What To Know Payouts Set To Start In $115M Privacy Class-Action Settlement: What To Know
Payouts Set To Start In $115M Privacy Class-Action Settlement: What To Know A long-awaited payout from a major privacy case is about to begin, but only people who filed claims before the deadline can receive money. Payments from Oracle’s $115 million class-action settlement will begin on Monday, Sept. 21, according to the official Oracle Data Privacy Settlement website. The distribution should be completed by Monday, Dec. 7. The appeals process was fully resolved on June 22, clearing the way for payments. The settlement resolves claims that Oracle improperly captured, compiled, and sold people’s online and offline data without their permission. The lawsuit allege…
CDC Map Shows Massive Cyclospora Surge Across 48 States, DC CDC Map Shows Massive Cyclospora Surge Across 48 States, DC
CDC Map Shows Massive Cyclospora Surge Across 48 States, DC A foodborne parasite surge that has already sickened thousands of Americans is still growing as health officials investigate several potential sources. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 17,180 laboratory-confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis acquired in the US have been reported since Friday, May 1.  Cases have now been identified in 48 states and Washington, DC, according to data updated Tuesday, Aug. 25. The only states not reporting cases are Delaware and Hawaii. That compares with 1,180 cases reported during the entire period from May 1 through Aug. 31 of last year. …
These Everyday Habits Could Be Relationship Dealbreakers, Survey Finds These Everyday Habits Could Be Relationship Dealbreakers, Survey Finds
These Everyday Habits Could Be Relationship Dealbreakers, Survey Finds A new survey is revealing the relationship habits many Americans say can go too far, with some behaviors falling into a gray area before a breakup ever happens. Talker Research surveyed 2,000 Americans about what counts as cheating in 2026 and found that emotional connections, secret communications, and online activity can be viewed as relationship breaches. The survey, conducted online from July 1 to July 6, 2026, found that 15 percent of Americans who are married or in a relationship admit they have romantic feelings for someone outside their relationship. Gen Z respondents were the most…
Bret Baier Rebuts Trump After President Slams Fox News Bret Baier Rebuts Trump After President Slams Fox News
Bret Baier Rebuts Trump After President Slams Fox News A Fox News anchor wasted little time answering President Donald Trump after the president took aim at the network and one of its reporters. Bret Baier delivered a point-by-point rebuttal during “Special Report” on Thursday, Aug. 27, minutes after Trump criticized Fox News correspondent Jonathan Hunt in a Truth Social post about the network’s Iran coverage. “Jonathan Hunt of Fox News did a particularly inaccurate report on the Failing Islamic Republic of Iran,"  Trump wrote. "I don’t want to meet, they do. In fact, they are begging to make a deal. Bret Baier should straighten out his fl…
'Make Me Look Fancy': Woman Who Livestreamed WWII Memorial Vandalism In DC Indicted, Feds Say 'Make Me Look Fancy': Woman Who Livestreamed WWII Memorial Vandalism In DC Indicted, Feds Say
'Make Me Look Fancy': Woman Who Livestreamed WWII Memorial Vandalism In DC Indicted, Feds Say Melissa Farris apparently wasn't interested in keeping a low profile. Three days after livestreaming her own arrest near the National Mall, the 41-year-old Kentucky woman allegedly returned to federal property in DC with spray paint, turned the World War II Memorial into her canvas, filmed herself doing it, and later asked her social media followers to help spread the footage. Now she's been indicted. A federal grand jury returned charges against Farris, of Elizabethtown, accusing her of destruction of a veterans' memorial and destruction of government property in connection with the Aug. …
'Two Dead Bodies': Chilling Video Looms Large In Virginia Teen Murder Conviction 'Two Dead Bodies': Chilling Video Looms Large In Virginia Teen Murder Conviction
'Two Dead Bodies': Chilling Video Looms Large In Virginia Teen Murder Conviction What was first described as a deadly home invasion in Virginia looked very different by the time a jury saw the video. Tyler Chase Butler was convicted in Spotsylvania County Circuit Court in connection with the murder of 18-year-old Michael Bosworth Jr. in May last year. All over a TikTok prank. The verdict followed a three-day trial that filled in the chaotic moments before and after Butler fired 10 shots outside his home in the River Club subdivision. Bosworth and two friends had been out pulling a late-night prank, banging and kicking on a neighbor's garage door before running away, a…
Where Is Carolyn Taylor? Search Presses On Five Days After Virginia Woman, 81, Vanished Where Is Carolyn Taylor? Search Presses On Five Days After Virginia Woman, 81, Vanished
Where Is Carolyn Taylor? Search Presses On Five Days After Virginia Woman, 81, Vanished Five days later, the search isn't letting up for an 81-year-old woman who vanished after going for a walk in Virginia. A large law enforcement presence remained in the Lincoln Road area of Purcellville on Friday, Aug. 28, as the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office continued searching for Carolyn Taylor, who hasn't been seen since Sunday morning. Taylor was last spotted at approximately 10:40 a.m. on Aug. 23 in the 18000 block of Foundry Road, according to the sheriff's office. The search in Loudoun County is intensifying. Loudoun County Sheriff She had left for a walk and never returne…
Former Maryland Teacher Sexually Abused, Exploited Student While On School Staff: Sheriff Former Maryland Teacher Sexually Abused, Exploited Student While On School Staff: Sheriff
Former Maryland Teacher Sexually Abused, Exploited Student While On School Staff: Sheriff A former educator in Maryland who preyed on a student is facing a host of charges following his arrest, authorities announced. Chance Michael Hogue was taken into custody following a weeks-long investigation into reports of sexual abuse involving a child in Wicomico County. According to the sheriff's office, detectives developed evidence that Hogue sexually abused and exploited the victim during the time he was employed by Wicomico County Public Schools. The victim was a student at Wicomico High School, where Hogue was employed as a teacher. Investigators determined that Hogue began …
Arson Charges For Man Who Torched Himself In Google NYC Building: NYPD Arson Charges For Man Who Torched Himself In Google NYC Building: NYPD
Arson Charges For Man Who Torched Himself In Google NYC Building: Nypd A 63-year-old Brooklyn man has been charged with arson after setting himself on fire in the lobby of a Manhattan building housing Google offices, authorities said. John Butch, of Brooklyn, was charged with arson, criminal mischief, and reckless endangerment following the incident on Friday, Aug. 28, according to the NYPD. Police responded to multiple 911 calls reporting a man who had set himself on fire inside 315 Hudson St. in Hudson Square just before 3 p.m., authorities said. Responding officers found Butch with burns throughout his body, police said. He was taken by EMS to New York-Pre…
Khat's Going On? Nearly 2,400 Pounds Seized In Wild Run Of Busts At Dulles, BWI Airports Khat's Going On? Nearly 2,400 Pounds Seized In Wild Run Of Busts At Dulles, BWI Airports
Khat's Going On? Nearly 2,400 Pounds Seized In Wild Run Of Busts At Dulles, BWI Airports At this point, khat smugglers seem determined to keep DMV airport officers busy. Another 764 pounds of the leafy stimulant turned up in passenger luggage at Washington Dulles International Airport on Thursday, Aug. 20, leading to two arrests and pushing a remarkable recent run of seizures at Dulles and BWI to nearly 2,400 pounds, according to US Customs and Border Protection. CBP officers assigned to Dulles International Airport discovered 764 pounds of khat, a controlled substance, in the suitcases of two men arriving from overseas. CBP This time, two men allegedly arrived separate…
Turtle Abuse In New York Draws Outrage, Animal Was Left To Die In Cage Turtle Abuse In New York Draws Outrage, Animal Was Left To Die In Cage
Turtle Abuse In New York Draws Outrage, Animal Was Left To Die In Cage A turtle was brutally abused and left to die on Long Island until it was rescued by a local animal agency, officials said. The turtle was trapped inside a cage that had been secured with zip ties and submerged underwater at Geiger Park in Deer Park, the Suffolk County SPCA said Friday, Aug. 28. Town of Babylon park rangers found the turtle while responding to a complaint about e-bikes in the park and pulled the cage out of the lake, the SPCA said. The turtle also had a fishhook stuck in its mouth, which was then tied to the cage, preventing the animal from escaping, officials said. It was …
Multiple Patients Hospitalized After Possible Mercury Spill In Maryland (DEVELOPING) Multiple Patients Hospitalized After Possible Mercury Spill In Maryland (DEVELOPING)
Multiple Patients Hospitalized After Possible Mercury Spill In Maryland (Developing) Something potentially hazardous sent multiple people to the hospital in Maryland on Friday afternoon. Baltimore County firefighters responded to the 8600 block of Tower Bridge Way in Lutherville for a reported hazardous materials incident involving a possible mercury spill on Aug. 28, according to the department. Multiple patients were transported from the scene for evaluation and decontamination, fire officials said. Exactly how many people were taken to the hospital and their conditions, were not immediately disclosed. Officials also have not said what led to the possible spill, how…
$80K Discovery Lands Maryland Man Behind Bars After Months-Long Drug Probe: Sheriff $80K Discovery Lands Maryland Man Behind Bars After Months-Long Drug Probe: Sheriff
$80K Discovery Lands Maryland Man Behind Bars After Months-Long Drug Probe: Sheriff More than $80,000 worth of drugs are off the streets, and a suspected dealer is behind bars following a months-long investigation in Maryland. Aberdeen resident Kevin G. Scott Jr., 35, is facing a host of charges following a probe into reports of illegal narcotics being distributed from an apartment complex in June, according to the Harford County Sheriff's Office. Detectives identified Scott as the primary suspect during the investigation and developed probable cause to search him and his home, the sheriff's office said. On Tuesday, Aug. 25, members of the Harford County Task Force execut…
Woman Found Dead In Maryland Home Was Asphyxiated; Man Now Charged With Her Murder: Police Woman Found Dead In Maryland Home Was Asphyxiated; Man Now Charged With Her Murder: Police
Woman Found Dead In Maryland Home Was Asphyxiated; Man Now Charged With Her Murder: Police What began as a medical emergency in Maryland is now a murder case. Jason Timothy Simpson, 28, of Cecilton, was arrested Thursday morning, nearly 10 weeks after 28-year-old Ashley Silverman was found dead inside a home on West Main Street, Maryland State Police announced Friday. The case dates back to around 1:45 a.m. on June 18, when troopers from the Maryland State Police North East Barrack were called to the 100 block of West Main Street for a report of a person in medical distress. Inside, they found Silverman. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Simpson was also at the residence w…