One faculty member is dead following a shooting at UNC Chapel Hills that led to a three-hour-long lockdown Monday, officials said.
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Not so eco-friendly? Paper straws contain more ‘forever chemicals’ than plastic, study says
A new study found 90% of paper straws tested contained forever chemicals, or PFAS, compared to 75% of plastic straws
Trial date set for Trump’s 2020 election case
A judge has set a March 4, 2024, trial date for Donald Trump in the federal case in Washington charging the former president with trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election. (Aug. 28)
‘Rapid intensification’: How Idalia could quickly become a major hurricane before landfall
Rapid intensification is a process in which a storm undergoes accelerated growth by at least 35 mph in a 24-hour period.
Fire rescue helicopter crash caught on camera; at least two dead, others hospitalized
A fire rescue helicopter crashed near Fort Lauderdale, according to the Broward County authorities, killing at least two people and injuring more.
‘The rule of law still matters’: Republican group knocks Donald Trump after his Georgia indictment
The Republican Accountability Project, an anti-Trump Republican group, is launching a campaign targeting the former president’s Georgia indictment.
‘Joe the Plumber’, Republican activist Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, dead at 49, reports say
Samuel Wurzelbacher had recently been battling Stage 3 Pancreatic cancer, according to fundraising page created earlier this year.
Nearly 40 years after Arizona woman was killed on a hike, authorities identify her killer
Bryan Scott Bennett killed Catherine Sposito on Prescott’s Thumb Butte Trail in 1987, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said.
Tropical Storm Idalia Georgia tracker: Follow the storm’s path as it heads toward landfall
Tropical Storm Idalia is forecast to make landfall along the western coast of Florida before moving across the state and into Georgia.
Florida residents prepare for potential storm surge from Hurricane Idalia
Hurricane Idalia threatens to hit Florida’s Gulf Coast sometime Wednesday as a major hurricane.