President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited a Washington, DC middle school Monday to welcome students back on the first day of the 2023-2024 school year. (Aug. 28)
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First couple visits DC public middle school to welcome back students
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited a Washington, DC middle school Monday to welcome students back on the first day of the 2023-2024 school year. (Aug. 28)
One faculty member dead following shooting and hours-long lockdown at UNC Chapel Hill
One faculty member is dead following a shooting at UNC Chapel Hills that led to a three-hour-long lockdown Monday, officials said.
Tropical Storm Idalia tracker: Follow the storm’s path as it heads toward Florida
Tropical Storm Idalia is forecast to become a major hurricane before it reaches Florida’s Gulf Coast Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said.
Fire rescue helicopter crashes into building in Florida; 2 dead, 2 hospitalized
A rescue helicopter crashed southwest of the Pompano Beach Airpark in the Miami metropolitan area, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office is reporting.
‘The wrong home’: South Carolina student fatally shot, killed outside neighbor’s house
Nicholas Anthony Donofrio of Connecticut was fatally shot by a neighbor after he tried to enter the wrong home in Columbia.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis booed at vigil honoring victims of Jacksonville shooting
Ron DeSantis was booed while he spoke at a vigil on Sunday honoring the three Black victims of a shooting at a store in Jacksonville, Florida.
Idalia now a Category 1 hurricane on its trek toward Florida’s Gulf Coast: Live updates
Hurricane Idalia is expected to rapidly intensify and strike Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday with powerful winds and potent storm surge. Updates,
Ron DeSantis booed at a vigil honoring three Black men killed in Florida shooting
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was booed at a vigil for Black men killed in a shooting at a Dollar General. The sheriff said it was racially motivated.
Video shows rest of old I-74 bridge over Mississippi River removed by explosives
The Iowa DOT used controlled explosives to remove the remaining parts of the old I-74 bridge, which connects Iowa and Illinois over Mississippi River.