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Henrietta Fire District (PITTSFORD, N.Y.) — Five people, including an infant, are injured after a FedEx semitrailer rolled over a bridge in Pittsford, New York, Thursday morning, according to officials. The terrifying incident took place before 8:30 a.m. on an I-90 bridge near exits 45 and 46 above Pittsford Mendon Center Road, Henrietta Fire Chief […]
Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 570,000 people in Gaza are on the brink of experiencing famine levels of hunger amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, according to a United Nations official. About one-quarter of the population — 576,000 people — are “one step away from famine” and facing a “grave […]
2023 Unprovoked Shark Attacks Globally — ABC News, Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File (NEW YORK) — Ten people died from unprovoked shark attacks globally in 2023, a slight uptick over the five-year average, according to a Florida-based database that tracks the rare events. After investigating 121 alleged shark-human interactions worldwide last […]
Displaced people line up to receive food cooked in large pots and distributed for free during the war near the tents in which they live on January 20, 2024 in Rafah, Gaza. (Ahmad Hasaballah / Stringer/Getty Images) (GAZA) — More than half a million people in Gaza are currently facing “catastrophic hunger” amid the ongoing […]
bymuratdeniz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For many people, the holiday season is a time of holiday feasting, from dinners to cocktail parties and special desserts. Amid all the celebrating, some people like Julie Kelly, a 41-year-old from North Carolina, are opting to hit pause on the medications they take to help them lose weight, drugs […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Six people were killed in a multi-vehicle crash on an Ohio highway Tuesday morning, officials said. Five vehicles — including a charter bus carrying Ohio high school students — were involved in the crash, which occurred on Interstate 70 in Etna shortly before 9 a.m. local time, officials said. More […]
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A week after a powerful Category 5 hurricane hit Acapulco, Mexico, at least 58 people are still missing, according to the Mexican government. Among the missing are 18 foreign nationals, including 11 Americans. Hurricane Otis is the strongest hurricane on record to hit Mexico’s Pacific Coast, making landfall with winds […]
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (SDEROT, Israel) — An Israeli fighter jet roared overhead as it dropped a bomb near where Lena Beseiso and her family were hunkered down in the war-torn Gaza Strip. The 57-year-old Palestinian-American citizen, who has been trapped there for weeks, is now no stranger to the sound of explosions, but the thunderous bang […]
Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — People with HIV are at increased risk of being reinfected with the virus that causes COVID-19, according to new federal data. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Chicago Department of Public Health followed adult residents in Chicago from their first reported […]
makenoodle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A student was shot and killed on Tuesday just blocks from his high school, according to police. The student’s death marks the 200th homicide in the District of Columbia this year, according to police statistics. The number of homicides in the nation’s capital has risen 28% since 2002, according to […]