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ABC News (PITTSBURGH) -- One person has died, two are believed to be unaccounted for and dozens are hurt following an explosion at a Pennsylvania steel plant on Monday, Allegheny County police said.The blast at the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works plant in Clairton, about 15 miles outside of Pittsburgh, trapped people under rubble, prompting a rescue operation, according to Allegheny County officials.The exact number of victims was not clear […]

ABC News (PITTSBURGH) -- Dozens of people were hurt from an explosion at a Pennsylvania steel plant on Monday, county officials said.The blast at the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works plant in Clairton, about 15 miles outside of Pittsburgh, trapped people under rubble, prompting a rescue operation, according to Allegheny County officials.The exact number of victims was not clear but many of the injuries are non-life-threatening, Allegheny County Emergency Services […]

(CLAIRTON, Pa.) -- A rescue operation is underway for people trapped under rubble following an explosion at a Pennsylvania steel plant, county officials said.It's not clear how many people are trapped from the blast at the US Steel Clairton Coke Works plant in Clairton, about 15 miles outside of Pittsburgh.Allegheny County Director of Communications Abigail Gardner said the Health Department is on site monitoring air quality and Gov. Josh Shapiro […]

The deaths of two South Carolina women are being investigated as a possible homicide after their bodies were found in a rural, wooded area on Aug. 8, according to the Sumter County Coroner's Office. Sumter County Sheriff's Office (SUMTER COUNTY, S.C.) -- The deaths of two South Carolina women are being investigated as homicides after their bodies were found in a rural, wooded area on Friday, according to the Sumter […]

Erin - Fifth Named Storm Map. ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Tropical Storm Erin is forecast to strengthen into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season by Wednesday and could become a major Category 3 hurricane by the weekend.But as of now, Erin is not expected to post a direct threat to the U.S.Long-range modeling shows Erin moving through the ocean between Bermuda and the U.S. East Coast from Aug. […]

(NEW YORK) -- Residents from the Great Plains to the southern Atlantic Coast are bracing for flash flooding on Monday after up to 14 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time over the weekend in parts of Wisconsin, prompting numerous water rescues in Milwaukee.Severe thunderstorms early Monday were moving through Kansas and northern Oklahoma, packing 60 mph winds and producing rainfall rates of 1 to 3 inches per hour.Heavy […]

(NEW YORK) -- A federal judge in New York has denied the Trump administration's motion to unseal grand jury testimony from the criminal case against Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.The Trump administration has been seeking to release materials related to the investigation into Epstein, the wealthy financier and convicted sex offender who died by suicide in jail in 2019, following the blowback it received from MAGA supporters after it announced last month that no […]

(NEW YORK) -- Extreme heat is heading to both coasts, bringing dangerously high temperatures to the Northeast, Northwest and Southwest.In the Northeast, heat alerts are in place for parts of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and upstate New York.Parts of Maine could reach record-high temperatures on Monday, with Caribou forecast to hit 95 degrees. Manchester, New Hampshire, and Burlington, Vermont, could each break daily record-high temperatures on Tuesday, potentially hitting 97 […]

A woman was killed and five other people were hurt when gunfire erupted early Sunday at a large outdoor gathering on Chicago's West Side – one of three separate shootings to occur in the same neighborhood in fewer than three hours, according to police.The shooting occurred just before 2:48 a.m. local time on North La Cross Avenue in the South Austin neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago, according to […]