Author: Megan Forrester

Crews in North Carolina are “overwhelmed” with water rescues and search efforts on Monday after Chantal, then a tropical storm, made landfall a day earlier, causing record-breaking flooding in the central part of the state and at least one death, officials said. While the storm has dissipated as of Monday morning, Chantal — the third […]

A possible sighting of Travis Decker — the dad accused of murdering his three daughters over a month ago — is being investigated in the wake of a family saying they may have spotted the fugitive father in Idaho late last week, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. Paityn Decker, 9; Evelyn Decker, 8; and […]

The night that devastating flooding obliterated parts of Texas, Stuart Gross said he was awakened by nearby screams as raging waters swept up homes and citizens. The Ingram, Texas, resident told ABC News he has lived near the Guadalupe River for more than 45 years and has seen other floods, but “this was the biggest.” […]

An Oklahoma doctor has been arrested for allegedly murdering her 4-year-old daughter while on vacation in Florida and staging the death as a drowning, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office. Dr. Neha Gupta, a pediatrician from Oklahoma, was arrested on Monday and faces a first-degree murder charge. She is accused of smothering her daughter, Aria […]

A 9-year-old girl has died in after she was intentionally left alone in a hot car while her mom was at work, according to Harris County, Texas, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. The girl’s 36-year-old mother left the child unattended in a white Toyota Camry on Tuesday from approximately 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. while she worked […]

Sean “Diddy” Combs was found guilty of two of the five charges he faced in his racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking trial on Wednesday, marking the end to a 10-week trial. The jury found Combs guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution — one each for his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura and […]

As the manhunt for Travis Decker — the father accused of killing his three daughters near a Washington state campground — reaches the one-month mark, DNA found at the scene of the crime now links the murders to the fugitive father, according to the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office. Paityn Decker, 9; Evelyn Decker, 8; and […]

A man in Texas is now in custody after allegedly posing as a U.S. Marshal during an attempted burglary outside a liquor store last month, according to the Houston Police Department. Jonathan Prince, 39, was arrested on Saturday after he allegedly tackled and attempted to rob the owner of La Sultana Liquor Store on June […]

A North Carolina landscaper was arrested for throwing a “large, unauthorized” house party while the homeowners were away on vacation, according to the Union County Sheriff’s Office. Michael Brown, 37, was arrested Saturday after he “took it upon himself to invite several hundred people” to a home where he had previously been hired for lawn […]

Twenty people were injured by a reported lightning strike while swimming at a beach in South Carolina, officials said. The incident occurred at approximately 5 p.m. on Tuesday, when multiple agencies responded to a “reported electrocution” due to lightning at Dominion Beach Park near the Lake Murray Dam in Lexington County, South Carolina, officials said […]