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ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Hawaii is on alert for Tropical Storm Hone while extreme heat is expected to expand from the South to the Midwest, leaving 25 million Americans under heat alerts this weekend.A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the Big Island of Hawaii as Tropical Storm Hone passes by to the south of the islands.While it won’t be a direct hit, the storm is still close […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was hospitalized with a case of West Nile virus and is now recovering at home, a spokesperson said.Fauci is expected to make a full recovery, the spokesperson told ABC News in a statement.West Nile virus is the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the continental United States, according to […]

(NEW YORK) -- The two astronauts who went up to the International Space Station (ISS) on Boeing's Starliner will have to come home on a different spacecraft, NASA officials announced Saturday.Astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams, who performed the first crewed test flight of Starliner, will return in February 2025 on the Space-X crew 9, according to NASA.The Boeing Starliner will return in a separate flight uncrewed, NASA […]

(NEW YORK) -- The Florida state attorney has filed charges against former deputy Eddie Duran in the shooting death of United States Air Force Sr. Airman Roger Fortson who was killed in his own home.Duran was charged with one count of manslaughter with a firearm, which carries a maximum sentence of 30 years. The court will be issuing a warrant for Durant's arrest on Friday.The deputy, who shot Fortson in […]

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo.) -- Two bodies were found in the rubble of a Missouri home that was completely leveled in an explosion early Friday morning. The bodies are believed to be the residents of the home.The explosion was so powerful it blew open doors in neighboring houses and could be felt miles away. Nothing was left standing in the house after the explosion, according to the Clay […]

(MEMPHIS) -- A second former Memphis police officer federally charged in connection with the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols has pleaded guilty, weeks before the trial is set to begin, court filings show.Emmitt Martin III is one of five former officers indicted last year on federal civil rights, conspiracy and obstruction offenses in connection with Nichols' death.After initially pleading not guilty to the charges following the indictment, Martin pleaded guilty […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (BUTLER, Penn.) -- At least five U.S. Secret Service officials involved in the planning of Donald Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, where a gunman attempted to kill the former president, have been placed on administrative leave, according to two sources familiar with the situation.The officials are still working but not allowed to be involved in anything operational including the security planning, the sources told […]

(NEW YORK) -- Joseph Emerson, a former Alaska Airlines pilot, calls it the biggest mistake of his life.Emerson was inside an Alaska Airlines cockpit last October when he raised his arms and pulled two large red levers that could have shut down both engines, at 30,000 feet. He calls the incident the worst 30 seconds of his life.Ten months later, he is now grateful for those moments: They've saved his […]

NYPD (NEW YORK) -- Two burglars swiped memorabilia from St. John’s University men's basketball coach Rick Pitino's office on the New York City campus, according to police.Items including a basketball and bullhorn were taken during the break-in Tuesday evening in Queens, according to police.The suspects fled on a moped, the NYPD said.The unidentified suspects remain at large. Both were captured in footage from a university camera that was released by […]