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A man smokes a cigarette at the end of Jennette’s Pier as waves from Hurricane Erin crash ashore in Nags Head, N.C., on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

Erin now post-tropical, but rough surf expected along US coast all weekend

August 22, 2025 at 8:10 p.m.

Erin has been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone, although rough surf and rip currents are expected through the weekend. Forecasters are monitoring two other systems in the Atlantic for possible...

FILE – A woman wipes away tears after a mass shooting at an Independence Day parade that left seven people dead and dozens wounded, in the Chicago suburb Highland Park, July 4, 2022. Violence and mass shootings often surge in the summer months, especially around the Fourth of July, historically one of the deadliest days each year. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Why mass shootings and violence increase in the summer

July 5, 2024 at 8:34 a.m.

Violence and mass shootings often surge in the summer months, especially around the Fourth of July, historically one of the deadliest days of the year.

Joanne Celestin, right, sister of Samuel Celestin, and their mother, Dr. Rose Celestin, stand for a portrait outside their home in Ocoee. On April 11, 2019, Joanne noticed right away her brother wasn’t himself. He thought people were trying to get into the house. He didn’t recognize his family. (John Raoux/AP)

Florida family’s 911 call to help loved one ends in death after police breach safety protocols

May 14, 2024 at 10:58 a.m.

When an Orlando-area man became violent while suffering paranoid delusions, his sister called 911 figuring police would take him for mental health help. Instead, after confronting the man, officers shocked...

This combination of images from body-camera videos shows police encounters with, top row from left, Jeffrey Melvin in Colorado in 2018, Johnathan Binkley in Tennessee in 2019; bottom row from left, Bradford Macomber in Mississippi in 2016 and Samuel Celestin in Florida in 2019. Police officers in hundreds of deadly encounters across the United States violated well-known law enforcement guidelines that prescribe the safest ways to restrain, subdue and arrest people, an Associated Press investigation has found. (Colorado Springs Police Department, Knox County Sheriff’s Office, Gulfport Police Department, Ocoee Police Department via AP)

AP Investigation: In hundreds of deadly police encounters, officers broke multiple safety guidelines

May 14, 2024 at 11:51 a.m.

An Associated Press investigation found that police across the U.S. violated well-known guidelines for safely restraining people in hundreds of fatal encounters that didn’t involve a firearm. Police breached those...

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