Author: T. Michelle Murphy

Several dozen wildfires burning in Canada have led local authorities to declare states of emergencies, forced thousands of people to evacuate — and are expected to send smoke drifting down into the United States. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe declared a state of emergency for the Canadian province on Thursday amid a spate of wildfire outbreaks […]

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Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer last week, his office said in a statement on Sunday. The news came after it was revealed that a “small nodule” was detected during a “routine physical exam,” a spokesperson for the former president told ABC News on May 13. His prostate cancer diagnosis is “characterized […]

Two people are dead and one person was seriously injured following a plane crash in Alaska on Monday, the Alaska Department of Public Safety told ABC News. No details have been released as to what caused the crash. “The Alaska State Troopers are on scene of a plane crash in Nanwalek,” the Alaska DPS said […]

Four minors are dead after a vehicle crashed into a building hosting an after-school camp in Chatham, Illinois, officials told ABC News. They ranged in age from 4 to 18 years old, according to a statement from the Illinois State Police. Multiple others were injured in the incident, which took place shortly after 3 p.m. […]

Harvard University is suing President Donald Trump’s administration for threatening to withhold federal funding if the school did not comply with its list of demands. Harvard University President Alan Garber announced the lawsuit in a letter published to the school’s website on Monday, saying, “Moments ago, we filed a lawsuit to halt the funding freeze […]

The United States Coast Guard has suspended its search for five missing people after a boat capsized near St. Lucie Inlet in Florida on Sunday. “The decision to suspend a search is always difficult and never taken lightly,” Chief Warrant Officer Edgardo Insignares, a Coast Guard Sector Miami search and rescue mission coordinator, said in […]

The United States Coast Guard is searching for five missing people after a boat capsized near St. Lucie Inlet in Florida on Sunday. Four individuals were rescued from the scene, while another person was found deceased, the Coast Guard said. One of the passengers said that the boat capsized on Friday, according to the Coast […]

The doctor who is accused of trying to kill his wife on a Hawaii hiking trail pleaded not guilty on Monday during a court appearance via video conference. Gerhardt Konig’s not guilty plea is “a substantive response to the allegation that he tried to kill his wife,” his attorney, Thomas Otake, said in a statement, […]

Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, went into lockdown after a shooting took place on campus Sunday evening. The incident, which took place in the Ulysses S. Jones Hall dormitory, left at least one person injured and taken to the hospital, according to ABC affiliate WBRZ. Their condition is unknown. In this screen grab from […]