AccuWeather senior meteorologist Joe Lundberg discussed the current weather event, predicting one to two inches of rain, a temporary reprieve from the ongoing drought in the area. He noted that while this rain will help fuels and aquifers, it won’t significantly improve the drought index. Lundberg highlighted that the three driest summers in Maine since the 1960s are 1968, 1995, and the current year. He also mentioned that the winters following these dry summers were unusually snowy, but the long-range forecast suggests fewer storms this winter.
The owners of Camp Mystic say they plan to partially reopen next summer the all-girls camp where 27 campers and counselors were killed during catastrophic floods that swept through the Texas Hill Country in July.
Three people have been shot at an Immigration and U.S. Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas and the shooter is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the agency's director said.
The man who was charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump at a Florida golf course last year tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen shortly after being found guilty of all counts on Tuesday.
Eight months into his second term, President Donald Trump's long-standing pledge to take on those he perceives as his political enemies has prompted debates over free speech, media censorship and political prosecutions.
