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The devastation wrought by a monstrous fire that raged across an iconic Jersey Shore boardwalk Thursday evening was like a punch in the gut to many New Jereysites and officials who just four months ago celebrated the reopening of two beach communities ravaged by Superstorm Sandy.
A massive spill of thick molasses has turned Honolulu Harbor into a watery wasteland, with divers reporting that thousands of fish have been suffocated and environmentalists calling it a disaster.
The family of a 2-year-old boy mauled by African wild dogs at Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium shot back on Thursday at claims made in court filings by zoo officials this week that the mother's negligence led to the fatal incident. Maddox Derkosh was fatally mauled on Nov.
Here's a snapshot of some of the top stories we're following Thursday evening:Coloradans take shelter as deadly floods sweep Boulder areaScores of residents of Boulder, Colo.
Planes in U.S. airspace flew too close to each other nearly 4,400 times last year, more than double the number from the previous year, the FAA reported Thursday.In addition to the close calls, there were 18 near collisions on runways, according to the agency.
Bankruptcy is being used by corporations—and now even by entire cities—as a sword to cut themselves free from legal obligations to workers who earned their pensions and retirement health care benefits. Wednesday’s action session “Bankrupting Retirement: Retirement Security and Bankruptcy as an Employer Strategy” at the 2013 AFL-CIO Convention convened four seasoned veterans of the battle to protect workers from a bankruptcy code skewed in favor of corporations. The discussion was moderated by Brandon Rees, acting director of the AFL-CIO Office of Investment.
Flames are spreading rapidly along the boardwalk in Seaside Park at the Jersey Shore and smoke can be seen for at least 7 miles in the area.“I see thick, billowing, black smoke with ruby red flames. It’s still raging out of control," says Justin Auciello, of Jersey Shore Hurricane News.
An 18-year-old Georgia man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for fatally shooting a baby riding in a stroller during a robbery attempt at a seaside town, a judge ruled Thursday.De’Marquise Elkins, 18, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in Marietta, Ga.
Scores of residents of Boulder, Colo., sheltered in a local YMCA late on Thursday as the region washed by days of rain and now flash floods braced against the continuing storms that have already claimed three lives.
Scores of residents of Boulder, Colo., sheltered in a local YMCA late on Thursday as the region washed by days of rain and now flash floods braced against the continuing storms that have already claimed three lives.
