SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA — A California man has been arrested on a murder charge months after his wife was found dead at the bottom of a steep embankment in a case that was initially believed to be an accidental fall. According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, Gordon Abas Goodarzi, 66, was taken…
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO — A New Mexico mother will spend more than a decade in prison after her 16-year-old special needs daughter died severely malnourished, weighing just 40 pounds, with doctors discovering maggots crawling from her body, prosecutors said. According to the Bernalillo County District Attorney’s Office, Doraelia Espinoza pleaded no contest to reckless abuse…
NORTH BAY VILLAGE, FLORIDA — A Florida man will spend more than four decades behind bars after authorities say he caused a horrific high-speed crash that killed a mother and her two teenage daughters, trapping the children inside a burning vehicle as flames consumed it. According to court records, Julius Bernstein, 27, was sentenced Friday…
UNITED STATES — A dangerous and fast-moving severe weather outbreak is unfolding across southeast Alabama, southwest Georgia, and the Florida Panhandle, with multiple confirmed tornadoes, destructive straight-line winds, and intense thunderstorms moving northeast as of mid-afternoon. Radar and warning data show a well-organized line of severe storms stretching from the Florida Panhandle into southeast Alabama,…
ARKANSAS — A fresh surge of arctic air is expected to push into the state late this week, setting the stage for dangerously cold wind chills across Arkansas early Saturday morning, January 31, according to the latest European (ECMWF) model data. Forecast guidance shows apparent temperatures plunging well below zero, even in areas that may…
UNITED STATES — A major January winter storm is intensifying across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, with heavy snowfall rapidly expanding across Pennsylvania, New York, and New England, while a dangerous ice storm corridor sets up from North Carolina through Virginia and Maryland. Updated forecast maps show two distinct high-impact zones, each capable of causing prolonged…
KANSAS — A prolonged winter storm impacted much of Kansas from January 23 through January 25, delivering light, fluffy snow over an unusually long duration and producing impressive snowfall totals across north-central and northeast Kansas. While snowfall rates remained light for much of the event, the persistence of the snow — combined with dangerously cold…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Dangerous winter weather conditions are rapidly deteriorating across Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, as persistent sleet and increasing freezing rain turn roads and sidewalks into hazardous, nearly impassable surfaces. As of 3:49 p.m. Sunday, transportation officials warned that travel conditions have worsened significantly, with roads becoming difficult to impassable across much of…
UNITED STATES — A dangerous winter ice storm continues to disrupt large portions of the South and Southeast, with nearly one million customers without power as of early evening. While some local areas have avoided the worst impacts, outage data shows widespread electrical failures stretching from Louisiana and Mississippi through Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, and…
UNITED STATES — A dangerous flash freeze is rapidly developing across the Deep South, threatening parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee as temperatures plunge sharply overnight. Meteorologists warn that any standing water on roadways will freeze quickly, even in areas that did not receive snow or ice earlier, creating widespread black ice and…