As part of a pandemic project suggested by his wife, Jack Epstein began last month going through his papers that were taking up space in their attic.While cleaning out old letters from readers of his budget travel book on Latin…
Natalie Rise was a registered nurse in Idaho who loved her job as a home health care worker before she decided to stay at home with her special-needs twins, according to her brother, Daryl Rise.But her science-based training to become…
Police in Florida resumed their search Tuesday for Brian Laundrie, the fiancé of Gabby Petito, who has been missing for almost a week.Investigators are searching for Laundrie on the Venice side of the Carlton Reserve, a 25,000-acre nature reserve near…
Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty Monday to a recently reinstated sexual assault charge in California.Last month, a Los Angeles County judge dismissed one of the 11 charges against him after his defense team argued that the statute…
While the tropics continue to pump out storms, the US coast has been spared during the last week.Nicholas has dissipated, but lingering moisture is still pumping into the Southeast, bringing pesky showers that won't seem to go away."Over 15 million…
Standing in the sweltering Texas sun, Jameson Tilus held both of his children in his arms…
A boy was taken into custody Monday after a school shooting in Newport News, Virginia, that left two people wounded and two others injured, police said Monday afternoon.The shooting occurred Monday morning at Heritage High School. A male and female,…
One of two Houston police officers shot while executing a search warrant has died, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said Monday.The other officer is in stable condition, Turner said during a news conference at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston.A possible suspect…
Northern California is bracing for critical fire weather conditions as firefighters struggle to contain at least 10 large wildfires burning across the state.A level two of three critical risk for fire weather is in effect through Monday night for a…
The FBI searched the family home of Gabby Petito's fiancé, Brian Laundrie, in Florida for hours…
This year's busy tropical season continues as more activity ramps up in the Atlantic.Tropical Depression Seventeen intensified into Tropical Storm Rose Sunday afternoon, about 370 miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands, says the National Hurricane Center.The other active storm…
The second half of hurricane season is here and there have already been 17 named storms to keep hurricane hunters busy. But have you ever noticed hurricane hunters' flight patterns shown by meteorologists on TV look like random, odd shapes?Those…
On a warm September afternoon, Mona Scott sat on the front porch while her home baked like an oven. As she ran a frozen water bottle across her forehead and arms, Scott told CNN her air conditioning broke 10 days…
Remember: diversify, rebalance and stick to your plan.
Authorities looking for 22-year-old Gabby Petito, who was reported missing by her family after she had been traveling with her…
Nearly 20 fires are currently burning in Washington and Oregon, but a little relief could be coming soon in the form of rain. An atmospheric river event is taking shape, which will bring lots of moisture and rain to the…
Millions are under flash flood watches Thursday as Post-Tropical Cyclone Nicholas lingers over the central Gulf Coast, threatening to dump even more rain in the upcoming days.Nicholas initially made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in southern Texas early Tuesday…
Tropical Depression Nicholas has stalled and is threatening to bring dangerous flash flooding along the central Gulf Coast over the next few days -- including in Louisiana, which still is staggering from the devastation of last month's Hurricane Ida.Nicholas dropped…
Heat already kills more Americans than any other weather-related disaster, according to the National Weather Service -- and climate change is making these extreme events even more dangerous.The Northwest's record-breaking heat wave in June, which scientists say would have been…
As Tropical Depression Nicholas ambles across Texas, Houston residents are being asked to stay home Tuesday night and people in Louisiana, including some still trying to recover from Hurricane Ida, are being told to prepare for a lot of rain.Though…
(CNN) — When someone you love dies, the world as you’ve known it is totally upended. One way people cope, psychologist Sherry Cormier said, is by trying to find some sort of certainty. This need for structure is probably one…
The Illinois House is scheduled to return to Springfield Thursday to try again at passing an elusive energy regulation overhaul days after the governor’s office announced support for a new proposal.
The Illinois House is scheduled to return to Springfield Thursday to try again at passing an elusive energy regulation overhaul days after the governor’s office announced support for a new proposal.
Here are some of the stories of the victims — and of those who narrowly escaped Ida.
