The conversation revolves around the celebration of Mama Martignetti’s 83rd birthday and the extreme heat in Maine. AccuWeather Meteorologist Heather Zehr discussed the extreme heat warning, predicting temperatures to reach 96 degrees, potentially breaking the 1976 record of 93 degrees. Humidity will make it feel significantly hotter, possibly up to 105 degrees. The heat index will be about 10 degrees above actual temperatures. Tomorrow will still be warm but slightly better, with highs around 90 degrees. By Thursday, temperatures will drop to 70 degrees due to a front, with highs in the 60s expected for Friday and Saturday. By Sunday, temperatures will return to the 70s.
The U.S. government admitted Wednesday that the actions of an air traffic controller and Army helicopter pilot played a role in causing a collision last January between an airliner and a Black Hawk near the nation's capital, killing 67 people.
Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans.
Authorities knocked on doors Monday searching for any video there might be of the Brown University gunman, who could be seen in grainy footage walking away from the weekend attack that killed two students and wounded nine others.
A person of interest detained after a Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine will be released after law enforcement authorities determined there was no basis to keep the individual in custody, officials said Sunday night.
