ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Chris is about to become the second hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic season.It is forecast to strengthen as it meanders off the Carolinas coast on Tuesday. Rough seas and rip currents are forecast for the East Coast all week.The tropical storm had maximum sustained winds of 70 mph at 5 a.m. on Tuesday morning and was moving at just 2 mph.By tonight, Chris will finally begin […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty Monday to new sexual assault charges that could put him in prison “for a very, very long time.”Weinstein, 66, was driven to court in a private car but handcuffed before he entered the courtroom for his arraignment on new charges that include two counts of predatory sexual assault, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.A […]
Paula Lobo/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Representatives of the Miss America Organization are calling for the resignations of its board members, including chairwoman Gretchen Carlson and Regina Hopper, the president and CEO.The divide within the leadership comes just one month after Carlson, the first former Miss America to lead the Board of Trustees of the Miss America Organization, announced sweeping changes to the 97-year-old contest, including the end of the organization's […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Exactly 45 years after an 11-year-old girl's unsolved murder, police in Southern California have released new sketches of her suspected killer in the hopes of finally solving the decades-old case.Linda Ann O’Keefe, who loved piano, painting and crafts, was last seen alive on July 6, 1973, as she walked home from summer school, the Newport Beach Police Department said. Her body was found the next day in […]
Colorado Parks and Wildlife(BRECKENRIDGE, Colo.) -- Near the peak of a well-traveled mountain trail in Colorado, on the day before July 4, some hikers found a grim scene: Two mountain goats lay dead after apparent poachers shot them in the head at close range.The young, male "billy" goats were discovered around 3:30 p.m. on July 3, approximately 2.8 miles up the Quandary Peak Trail in Breckenridge, according Colorado Parks and […]
iStock/Thinkstock(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- A 2-year-old boy has died after he was found in a scorching hot car outside his Sacramento home this weekend, authorities said.The boy was unresponsive and not breathing when 911 was called shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department said in a news release on Monday.The temperature reached 98 degrees on Saturday and remained in the 90s until about 6 p.m."It is unknown how […]
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- The commander and the senior enlisted officer of a U.S. Navy SEAL team have been relieved of their duties after investigations into alleged sexual assault and sexual harassment while their unit was deployed to East Africa, officials said.Both senior leaders had been sent back to the United States in May while the allegations were investigated and could possibly face administrative punishments."The commanding officer and command master chief of […]
Scott Gorslene(WILLIAMSBURG, Va.) -- One person is dead and the pilot of a helicopter is missing after a helicopter crashed into a condo complex in the popular destination town of Williamsburg, Virginia, on Sunday.Virginia State Police said they responded to the crash in the Bristol Commons condominium complex just before 5 p.m. The crash caused the condo building to catch on fire, authorities said. Eyewitness video showed flames and thick […]
Steve and Michele Burt(NEW YORK) -- Plane passengers rarely describe air travel as a breath of fresh air, but it was literally that for one family's bulldog on a recent JetBlue flight.The French bulldog, named Darcy, was on a flight from Florida to Massachusetts on Thursday when she started showing signs of distress, according to his owner Michele Burt. The 3-year-old bulldog's tongue began to turn blue and she was […]
