Death toll from record-breaking heat wave hits 116 in Oregon
Oregon’s death toll from last weekend’s record-smashing Pacific Northwest heat wave has risen to 116.
The Phoenix Suns have never been closer to an NBA title.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A South Carolina police officer involved in the arrests of two men last month that prompted several days of protests has been fired. Prosecutors said Thursday that Jonathan Moreno of the Rock Hill Police Department also faces a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery. Moreno was one of several officers seen in a Facebook video wrestling…
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) – Tropical Storm Elsa is carving a destructive path up the East Coast after killing at least one person in Florida and spinning up a tornado in Georgia that flipped recreational vehicles, tossing one of them into a lake. One person was killed in Jacksonville, Florida, when a tree fell on a car. Elsa gained strength Thursday…
President Joe Biden on Thursday said the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan will conclude on Aug. 31, saying “speed is safety” as the United States seeks to end the nearly 20-year war.
A South Carolina man has been sentenced to a year and a half in federal prison after pleading guilty to taking part in violence that erupted last summer in Charleston following the death of George Floyd.
Fans were banned from the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics which will open in two weeks, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said after meeting with IOC and Japanese organizers on Thursday.
Oregon’s death toll from last weekend’s record-smashing Pacific Northwest heat wave has risen to 116.
Tropical Storm Elsa killed at least one person in Florida on Wednesday and injured several others at a Georgia Navy base.
Quieting the din inside Amalie Arena for just a moment, Gary Bettman looked over to the Tampa Bay Lightning and reached back into the dark days of the pandemic one last time.
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) – Investigators say Greenville County deputies chasing after someone who ran away from a traffic stop found human remains in a vacant lot. Deputies say officers using police dogs found the bones and called the Greenville County Coroner’s Office. Deputy coroners confirmed the remains were from a human and are now trying to identify the person, determine…