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(NEW YORK) -- As parts of the Midwest continued to experience catastrophic flooding overnight and into Monday, dangerous heat and humidity are expected to set in this week.Overnight, a flash flood emergency was declared in central Illinois for catastrophic flooding as rain fell at rates of 2 to 3 inches per hour. The area in and surrounding Brownstown, Illinois, seems to have taken the brunt of the rapid rainfall that made streets […]

(SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.) -- Nearly two dozen whales have died in the San Francisco Bay Area in recent months, according to animal rescue groups.A total of 19 gray whales, two unidentified baleen whales and one minke whale have died in the Bay Area region so far this year, according to the California Academy of Sciences.At least seven of the gray whale deaths have been determined to be suspect or probable vessel […]

Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) -- An investigation has been opened after a cellphone video that appears to show sheriff’s deputies punching and beating a Black man during a traffic stop went viral on social media, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office."We are aware of a video circulating on social media showing a traffic stop represented to be from February 19, 2025," the sheriff's office said in a […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Attorneys for Harvard University and the American Association of University Professors asked a federal judge Monday to prevent the Trump administration from withholding federal funds from the school.Lawyers for university are seeking a motion for summary judgment to prevent the administration from withholding federal funding if the school does not comply with its list of demands.At a hearing Monday, the government argued that its grant contracts with Harvard include language saying the […]