Tennessee lawmakers abruptly ended a special session on Tuesday, 29, August, 2023 that was initially touted to improve public safety in the aftermath of a deadly elementary school shooting. Still, they quickly devolved into chaos over the past week as the GOP-dominated Statehouse refused to consider gun control measures and instead spent most of their … Read more
Tropical Storm Idalia slammed western Cuba on Monday, 28, August, 2023, and was projected to build into a major hurricane as it made its way toward Florida’s Gulf Coast, where officials ordered evacuations and encouraged inhabitants to brace for a Wednesday landfall. Idalia was churning about 80 miles (130 kilometers) off the western edge of … Read more
Tropical Storm Idalia, which is expected to make landfall in the southeastern United States as the first major hurricane of the Atlantic season in 2023, threatened much of Florida’s Gulf Coast, spurring evacuations and hurried preparations across the state’s storm-scarred peninsula. Residents rushed to grocery stores and gas stations as Hurricane Idalia, a Category 4 … Read more
A man was shot to death in North Portland early on Monday, 28, August, 2023 and a 19-year-old male was arrested on murder charges. After responding to a complaint regarding a shooting, police discovered the man dead at 1:30 a.m. near 5100 N. Vancouver Ave. They quickly apprehended Issac Henderson, who neighbors said lived in … Read more
A suspect has been arrested following a shooting at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill on Monday, 28, August, 2023 afternoon that killed a faculty member and forced students and others to shelter in place for hours as police searched for the gunman. Shots were fired at the school’s Caudill Laboratories at 1:02 … Read more
A faculty member was slain by a shooter at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday, 28, August, 2023. UNC Police received a 911 call concerning shots fired at the Caudill Labs building on campus just after 1 p.m. EDT, UNC Police Chief Brian James at a news conference on Monday evening. … Read more
A masked white guy with at least one firearm with a swastika fatally shot three Black individuals inside a Florida business on Saturday, 27, August, 2023 in an incident with an obvious racial intent. The shooting inside a Dollar General in a predominantly Black neighborhood killed two men and one woman and was racially motivated. … Read more
Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to become a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico, prompting storm surge and hurricane warnings for parts of Cuba and the Florida Gulf Coast. The National Hurricane Center issued a storm surge watch for the Gulf Coast from Chokoloskee to Indian Pass on Sunday afternoon, as well as a hurricane … Read more
Three US Marines died in an aircraft crash off the coast of northern Australia on Sunday, 27, August, 2023 while transporting troops during a normal military exercise. Five others were “transported to Royal Darwin Hospital in serious condition,” according to a press release. They were among 23 Marines on the MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft when … Read more
Unpredictable winds continued high heat, and ultra-dry conditions fuelled wildfires in western Louisiana on Saturday 27, August, 2023 prompting officials to order further homes to evacuate late into the evening. Crews tackled a wildfire in central #Louisiana late on Saturday as heat and dry conditions fueled dozens of fires across the state. 17 parishes in … Read more