LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Lake Mead and Lake Powell, the two largest reservoirs in the United States, have fallen to their lowest storage levels ever recorded, according to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Combined storage in both reservoirs dropped to roughly 12.7 million acre-feet earlier this month, surpassing a previous record low set in March … Read more
A 78-year-old South Carolina woman is facing charges after authorities said she left a 9-year-old girl and a dog locked inside a car with soaring temperatures while she went shopping. June Cooper King has been charged with unlawful conduct toward a child following the incident, which occurred Saturday afternoon in Murrells Inlet, a town located … Read more
A 27-year-old man from Poplarville, Mississippi, is facing multiple felony charges after investigators say he sexually abused a 14-year-old girl who was residing in his family’s household, resulting in her pregnancy. His mother now faces separate charges for allegedly attempting to obstruct the investigation. Dawson James Brown was arrested last week and booked on one … Read more
A Gulfport, Mississippi woman will spend the rest of her life in prison after admitting she shot her adult son and concealed his body inside a hidden compartment in her own home for more than a year. Jeri Roby, 69, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the death of her 42-year-old son, John Gaither, and … Read more
A 13-year-old boy placed in a South Carolina foster home was allegedly murdered within hours of his arrival by two older boys who were already living there, according to state investigators. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) confirmed that the body of Daryl Martinez Lowry was recovered Monday from a lake near a residential … Read more
A Philadelphia Uber driver was left with life-threatening injuries after a gunman approached her vehicle and opened fire as she tried to drive away, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. The 38-year-old woman, identified by family as Danielle, was parked in the 2800 block of Poplar Street on June 20, waiting for a scheduled passenger, … Read more
A Maryland mother and her boyfriend are facing serious charges after investigators say they routinely confined the woman’s 4-year-old child inside a closet with no light and no food for hours at a time, according to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office. Kaylynn Nicole Moore, 28, and James Earl Stone, 27, were arrested and charged … Read more
A 41-year-old woman in Mesa, Arizona, is facing a murder charge after she allegedly killed her elderly husband and then walked to a neighbor’s house holding the weapon, according to police. Christina Copley was taken into custody following the death of her 82-year-old husband, Ed Copley, at their residence in a gated community late Saturday … Read more
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A slow-crawling line of storms unleashed more than six inches of rainfall across central West Virginia within a single 24-hour window ending early Wednesday morning, with the National Weather Service confirming a peak total of 6.71 inches near the Charleston region — one of the highest single-day rainfall readings recorded in the … Read more
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Parts of the Ohio Valley are being told to prepare for another round of dangerous flash flooding, with forecasters warning that repeated thunderstorms could unleash rainfall rates as high as three inches per hour across southern Ohio, southern Indiana, and central and eastern Kentucky. The warning came Tuesday evening through an official … Read more