As the temperature dropped Saturday evening, most of the City of Griffin were still without power. A non-profit based in metro-Atlanta stepped up to the join the disaster relief response.
In video footage captured by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), three men can be seen in choppy waters holding onto the drink cooler while wearing life jackets
The crash was reported at noon on Thursday and the FAA said the airplane crashed on a golf course.
BEIJING (Reuters) -China said on Friday an "airship" that is flying over the United States is for civilian meteorological and other scientific purposes and voiced regret that it strayed into U.S. airspace. U.S. officials said on Thursday that a Chinese spy balloon has been flying over the United States for a couple of days, in what would be a brazen act just days ahead of a planned trip to Beijing by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. In a statement late on Friday, China's foreign ministry also said that it would continue to maintain communications with the United States to properly handle the unexpected situation.
Laura Mireles, Community Information Manager for the City of Pasadena, Texas, says many animals are looking for a forever home after the shelter was destroyed by a large tornado in late January. Mireles estimates the damage to the animal shelter is around $1 million.
Local officials in East Palestine, Ohio, have ordered roughly 2,000 residents, about half the town's population, to evacuate their homes after a Norfolk Southern train derailed and caught fire. A Norfolk Southern train traveling from Illinois to Pennsylvania derailed around 9 p.m. Friday, ignited, and prompted a response from over 50 fire departments across three states, according to East Palestine Mayor Trent Conaway. In an interview with ABC News early Saturday morning, Conaway said residents living in a one-mile radius of the fire have been asked to evacuate or shelter in place voluntarily.
The U.S. Coast Guard made a heroic rescue Friday after waves caused a boat to capsize off the Pacific Northwest coast.
Caught on Camera: Fire crews rescue cat from Santa Fe house fire
“Talk about arriving in the nick of time!”
Three fishermen clung to a cooler for hours after their boat capsized. The trio donned life jackets and grabbed the only object still floating to stay together in the impressive swells. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority's rescue aircraft shot video of the men bobbing in the surf and waving to the rescue crews.
Hundreds of thousands of Texans remained without power as utility crews worked to fix power lines and poles downed or iced over by storms this week. More than 300,000 customers had no power Thursday afternoon, with most of the outages concentrated in central and northern Texas communities, according to tracking site PowerOutage.us. Austin Energy, the city’s community-owned electric utility, said around 150,000 customers in the state capital were without power.
About 16,000 claims had been filed statewide stemming from the storm, which is relatively small in the immediate wake of a big weather event.
RumbleRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) lamented this week about how little she was getting paid as a member of Congress, claiming that her low Congressional salary had made her “life miserable” as she “made a lot more money” before stepping into public service.The MAGA firebrand, who fashions herself as a populist concerned about the plight of everyday Americans, recently appeared on investigative journalist turned professional troll Glenn Greenwald’s podcast. While ostensibly there to talk ab
BSG, Mandalorian star and Big Bang guest star Katee Sackhoff dropped trou and hopped into a bathtub, for a good cause.
Police said the suspect called 911 to report that he had shot someone he thought was breaking into his house. But even the suspect’s attorney admitted there was no evidence the victim was involved in any criminal activity.View Entire Post ›
"I wish you could know how much I’ve hated feeling braced for news of your death," Steve-O tells his freind.
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Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Marjorie Taylor Greene took to Twitter to trade words and accusations, following a resolution that removed Rep. Ilhan Omar from her committee.
The Senate minority leader previously said he had no hard feelings toward the men, but his actions said otherwise.
"It's very difficult with what we have, because what we have was not meant to shoot down balloons," a former naval aviator told Insider.
Two House Republicans blurted out what they really thought about Thursday's vote to oust Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar in what they thought was private.
