Joe Lundberg, a senior meteorologist at AccuWeather, discussed the upcoming weekend weather, predicting a shower or thunderstorm late Saturday night into Sunday morning, adding to the 11 or 12 consecutive weekends of rain. He forecasted significant heat for the following week, with Monday expected to be in the 80s and Tuesday reaching the 90s with high humidity. This intense heat is expected to be a one-day affair, with the worst conditions on Tuesday. Lundberg also mentioned that the general wetness is likely to continue into July, though the frequency of showers may decrease after the Fourth of July.
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.
