OLIVE, N.Y. — A quiet Sunday morning on Route 28 in the Town of Olive, outside Kingston in New York’s Hudson Valley, turned deadly when two vehicles collided head-on, killing a 19-year-old former Long Island lacrosse player and a 72-year-old medical supplies executive. New York State Police said Peter B. Bonenfant and Philip F. Jacobus […]

BULLITT COUNTY, Ky. — A routine school bus ride turned frightening Monday when a bus carrying 28 students from Lebanon Junction Elementary School overturned on Wilson Creek Road. A day after the crash, one of the young passengers, fifth grader Samuel Holcomb, opened up about what happened inside the bus as it suddenly veered off […]

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — An ordinary lunch with her daughter turned into a life-changing nightmare for 81-year-old Cristina Vargas, whose life was forever altered when a vehicle crashed into her outside a Boyle Heights restaurant. Cristina was eating lunch with her daughter, Gabriela Vargas, at Los Cinco Puntos Mexican Deli on July 7 when a […]

BROOKLYN, New York — Michael Ahern and his wife expected their $30,000 wedding reception at The Box House in Greenpoint to be the beginning of a happy new chapter. Instead, the newlyweds and dozens of their guests allegedly spent the days afterward battling repeated episodes of vomiting and diarrhea. A new lawsuit claims food served […]

MINNESOTA — The Land of 10,000 Lakes is facing an increasingly serious water problem, with drought conditions spreading across much of the state and experts warning residents not to take the water supply for granted. About 88% of Minnesota is experiencing abnormally dry or drought conditions, according to state officials. Nearly half of the state […]

EMERALD ISLE, N.C. — A routine fishing trip at a popular North Carolina pier turned into a medical emergency for a 12-year-old boy when a fishing weight suddenly struck him directly in the eye. Jayden Singletary was fishing at Bogue Inlet Fishing Pier in Emerald Isle on Aug. 15 when the freak accident happened. According […]

SOUTH FLORIDA — Wildfires continued to burn across parts of the Florida Everglades on Sunday as firefighters worked to contain several separate blazes in areas spanning Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Collier counties. The Florida Forest Service was responding to multiple fires as dry conditions and wildfire activity created challenging conditions across portions of South Florida. […]

BOCA RATON, Fla. — A young Florida pilot is describing herself as “incredibly fortunate” after she was forced to make a dramatic emergency landing in the Atlantic Ocean and swim back to shore. Faith Tenkley, 23, had been flying toward the Bahamas on Saturday to pick up her parents when the flight suddenly turned into […]

MANTUA TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Amazon packages could soon be arriving from above for residents in parts of South Jersey, with the company preparing to launch a new drone delivery operation in Gloucester and Camden counties this fall. According to local officials, Amazon plans to begin drone deliveries around mid-October, bringing a new type of delivery […]

HEWLETT, N.Y. — A New York family is mourning the sudden loss of a mother of four after a tragic crash sent her SUV into her family’s swimming pool. Allison Rahmani, 40, died on Friday, Aug. 21, after losing control of her GMC while in the driveway of a residence on Elinor Road in Hewlett, […]