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There is barely any ice in the Great Lakes due to warm winter temperatures

Scott Olson/Getty Images(DETROIT) -- Record warm winter weather is having severe ramifications on the ice cover that typically engulfs the Great Lakes at this time of year. Just 5.9% of the Great Lakes are currently covered with ice compared to an average of about 40% for this time of year, according to the latest Great Lakes ice analysis by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Warmer winters increase the likelihood of ice-free lakes, and the upper Midwest has experienced some of […]

todayFebruary 9, 2024

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7 indicted in assault on police officers in Times Square

Mark Abramson/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Seven people have now been indicted in connection with the caught-on-camera assault on two New York City police officers, the Manhattan DA announced Thursday. The assault occurred Jan. 27 near Times Square as officers were trying to take a person into custody. Yohenry Brito, seen on video in a yellow jacket wrestling with the officers on the ground, had previously been indicted and is being held on charges of assault, obstruction and evidence tampering. […]

todayFebruary 8, 2024

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Nearly 100 beehives stolen from field in California’s Central Valley

Fresno County Sheriff's Office(FRESNO, Calif.) -- Authorities in California's Central Valley are asking residents to bee alert for stolen hives, which are a prime target this time of year, after nearly 100 were recently stolen from an open field. Ninety-six beehives valued at nearly $34,000 were stolen late last month, the Fresno County Sheriff's Office said this week. The hives had been positioned in almond orchards in the Central Valley for the region's famed almond blossom season. "This type of crime […]

todayFebruary 8, 2024

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Pell Grants offer prison inmates a chance to pursue a college education

ABC News(ELLSWORTH, Kan.) -- For the first time in decades, prison inmates are eligible for the Pell Grant, a federal financial aid program that helps low-income students receive a college education. Simon Garcia, 34, who graduated college last November from a state prison in Ellsworth, Kansas, is just one of the people whose life was changed due to a Pell Grant. “I've been in prison and incarcerated all my life, since I was 12 years old,” Garcia told ABC News. “Initially, […]

todayFebruary 8, 2024

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91-year-old man fends off violent mugger in NYC attack, search for suspect continues

New York Police Department(NEW YORK) -- Police continue to search for a violent mugger who met his match in a 91-year-old man he tried to rob on a New York City street. The victim, Hyman Silverglad, was transported to St. Luke's Hospital Medical Center with multiple injuries last week after he fought off the mugger trying to steal his wallet. The assault took place on Feb. 1 on East 86th Street between First and Second Avenues around 10:30 a.m., local time, […]

todayFebruary 8, 2024

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JetBlue planes clip one another at Boston Logan Airport

John Hudson Photography/Getty Images(BOSTON) -- Two JetBlue planes clipped each other Thursday morning while on a deicing pad at Boston Logan International Airport. The incident occurred when the two planes were on adjacent deicing pad lanes, JetBlue said in a statement. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the left winglet of JetBlue flight 777, an Airbus A321neo, struck the right horizontal stabilizer of JetBlue flight 551, which was an Airbus A321. The impact damaged one aircraft's winglet and the other […]

todayFebruary 8, 2024

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Maui Strong 808: Six months later, police review response to deadly fires

Maui Police Chief John Pelletier. (Nicco Quinones for ABC News)(NEW YORK) -- On a wind-whipped August evening, Maui police officers Calvin Dawn and Kameryn Pupunu had just wrapped up homicide training when they started to hear radio calls for evacuation in Lahaina, the historic enclave on the other side of their island. They had no way of knowing then just how desperate those calls would grow in the hours to come on that day six months ago, Aug. 8, 2023 […]

todayFebruary 8, 2024

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Woman goes missing on hike during historic Southern California storm

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A 22-year-old woman is missing after she went hiking alone in Southern California during this week's massive, multi-day storm, authorities said. Lisei Huang left for a hike in the Mount Baldy area of the San Gabriel Mountains at about 2 p.m. Sunday, and she was last heard from about two hours later, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said. She was reported missing Sunday night. Crews started searching for Huang at about 2:30 a.m. Monday, […]

todayFebruary 8, 2024

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Documents detail OceanGate’s battle with whistleblower years before fatal Titan submersible implosion

Lochridge dedicated several pages and pictures to the carbon fiber hull, demonstrating alleged porosity in the material. (Obtained by ABC News)(NEW YORK) -- Years before an OceanGate submersible tragically imploded on its way to the wreckage of the Titanic, a former employee warned company executives about the inefficiency of their hull design and the company's testing methods. The employee, who worked on the predecessor to the vessel that imploded, claimed his warnings went "dismissed on several occasions." The search for […]

todayFebruary 8, 2024

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