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Tropical Storm Chris to become hurricane, approaching East Coast

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Tropical Storm Chris is set to turn into a hurricane Monday and is forecast to bring dangerous rip currents and high surf along the East Coast.The storm -- which will become the second hurricane of the 2018 hurricane season -- is expected to move parallel to the East Coast shoreline over the next few days.The rip currents and high surf will impact beachgoers from New Jersey […]

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Police call Virginia mom’s disappearance ‘suspicious’

Virginia Beach Police Department(NEW YORK) -- A Virginia Beach woman mysteriously vanished over one week ago and police have deemed her disappearance "suspicious."Bellamy Malaki Gamboa, 39, was last seen in Virginia Beach the night of July 1."Due to the uncharacteristic behavior of Bellamy being away from her infant children and not showing up to work her disappearance is considered suspicious," the Virginia Beach Police Department said July 5.Gamboa's car -- […]

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Kidnap victim defiant in exclusive interview: ‘I’m a survivor’

iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) -- The Los Angeles actor who was a victim in an alleged kidnapping-for-ransom scheme said in an exclusive interview with “Good Morning America” that he is not a victim, but a survivor.“I think it's a state of mind,” Joseph Capone said. “Yeah, that happened. What's tomorrow?”Capone said he survived an extraordinary ordeal, during which he was stripped naked, pistol-whipped, forced into a bathtub and had a gun put […]

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1 dead, 1 missing in Virginia helicopter crash

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 […]

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Heat, fire danger lingers in western US for next several days

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Temperatures will linger at or near triple digits across much of the bone-dry West for a few more days before much-needed rain arrives.Red flag warnings are in effect across southern Oregon, northeast California and much of Nevada through 9 p.m. Sunday due to low relative humidity and the potential for gusty winds.Excessive heat warnings are in effect through 9 p.m. as well, due to the lingering heat […]

todayJuly 9, 2018 16

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Two dead in house explosion in New Jersey, officials say

WPVI-TV(NEWFIELD, N.J.) -- Two people have died in a house explosion in New Jersey on Saturday morning, officials said.The house at 329 Oakwood Drive in Newfield exploded just before 6:30 a.m., according to the Newfield Police Department. The blast happened near Fawn Drive and Hazel Avenue, which is in Gloucester County. Officials from the Gloucester County Prosecutor's office said two people died in the blast. Their identities were not known […]

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Two dead in New Jersey house explosion

WPVI(NEWFIELD, N.J) --Two people have died in a house explosion in New Jersey Saturday morning, officials said.The house at 329 Oakwood Drive in Newfield exploded just before 6:30 a.m., according to the Newfield Police Department. The blast happened near Fawn Drive and Hazel Avenue, which is in Gloucester County."The residence involved is completely leveled," according to emergency communication recorded on Broadcastify.com, which streams scanner traffic. "There's nothing left."Officials from the […]

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Wildfires spring up across western US as dry heat continues

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Three dozen large fires continue to burn in 11 states across the West on Saturday as dry air and hot temperatures have settled in.Gusty northern winds of up to 45 mph are expected in the Santa Monica mountain region, Santa Clarita Valley, Santa Barbara south coast and San Fernando Valley on Saturday.Relative humidity is as low as 7 percent in Southern California.The Holiday Fire in Goleta, […]

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Hurricane Beryl takes aim at eastern Caribbean, could miss Puerto Rico

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Beryl is churning in the Atlantic on Saturday morning and taking aim at the small islands that make up the eastern Caribbean. It appears, based on the current track, the storm will skirt just south of Puerto Rico, portions of which remain in the dark nine months after Hurricane Maria.Beryl is currently a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph.It is located […]

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