Death Toll From Storms Rises To 14
FRANCONIA, Va. (AP) — The death toll from the storms that devastated the eastern U.S. has risen to 14. Spokeswoman Corinne Geller of the Virginia State Police says the state medical examiner has...
View ArticleAt Least 22 Dead After Storms Cut Power In East
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of people in a swath of states along the East Coast and farther west went into a third sweltering day without power Monday after a round of summer storms that killed more...
View ArticleUtility Crews Making Headway, But Not Fast Enough
WASHINGTON (AP) — Utility crews are struggling to catch up with a backlog of millions of people without electricity for a fourth hot day. Meanwhile, frustration is growing. Adding to the urgency of the...
View ArticleSandy Gone, Caribbean Mourns 58 Dead, Cleans Up
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Caribbean death toll from Hurricane Sandy rose again sharply on Saturday, even as the storm swirled away toward the U.S. East Coast. Officials said the hurricane system...
View ArticleD.C. On Pace For Fewer Than 100 Homicides In 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — The crack epidemic that began in the 1980s ushered in a wave of bloodletting in the nation’s capital and a death toll that ticked upward daily. Dead bodies, sometimes several in a...
View ArticleNTSB: Amtrak Engineer Wasn’t Talking Or Texting On Cell Phone
WASHINGTON (WJZ) — Investigators looking into the cause of last month’s deadly Amtrak crash answer a big question about the engineer’s actions. For the first time, they are revealing what they’ve...
View Article517 More COVID Deaths Added To Maryland’s Total After They Were Previously...
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Maryland Department of Health’s Vital Statistics Administration revised the state’s COVID-19 data Thursday to include 517 more coronavirus-related deaths over the past year. Now...
View Article‘Every One Of Those Deaths Is Unnecessary,’ Expert Says Of Rising COVID-19 US...
(CNN) — With a first-of-its-kind antiviral pill against COVID-19 potentially headed towards distribution, the health care community may soon have another tool to combat a virus that has claimed the...
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