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Sunday, August 9, 2026 · 39 stories
City Councilmember Frank Morano, the lead sponsor of legislation to make Staten Island’s current flag official under city law. A City Council committee is set to vote Thursday on a bill that would put the borough’s current flag into city law.
Police divers found a 27-year-old woman and her 5-month-old baby in the water near Liberty Island. A man was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment. Baby, woman die after boat overturns near Statue of Liberty; Man charged in incident.
Zohran Mamdani’s “all of the above” media strategy, which encompasses ethnic media, influencers and content creators, has led to a recent Black media blitz.
There have been 183 new wildfires, including eight large ones, across the U.S. since Saturday, the National Interagency Fire Center reported on Sunday.
While a weak system could trigger another chance of thunderstorms on Thursday, conditions are expected to become less humid by Friday, offering a return to more comfortable summer weather. MORE ACCUWEATHER RESOURCES Check AccuTrack Radar Air Quality Tracker NWS Advisories, Watches and Warnings School closings and delays For weather updates wherever you go, please download the AccuWeather app. Follow chief meteorologist Lee Goldberg , Sam Champion , meteorologist Brittany Bell , meteorologist Jeff Smith , and meteorologist Dani Beckstrom on social media.
CANARSIE PIER, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A 30-year-old Brooklyn man was shot multiple times and died early Sunday near Canarsie Pier. Police later identified the victim as John Garvin, 30, of Brooklyn. When they arrived, they found a man with multiple gunshot wounds to his head and body.
British Columbia battling 102 fires day and night across province, as breakneck speed hampers firefighters’ efforts Canada’s federal government has announced it will provide urgent assistance to British Columbia after an onslaught of unprecedented fast-moving wildfires forced about 22,000 people to flee their homes in frantic evacuations. The Bald Range fire was also an example of how fires could metastasize through the night, he said.
The Bald Range fire now occupies more than 53 sq miles (136 sq km) across Summerland, Peachland and other areas of British Columbia, according to the BC Wildfire Service. A column of smoke was seen rising over a residential street in Summerland The Bald Range wildfire burns, as seen from a vehicle, northwest of Summerland, British Columbia, Canada British Columbia Premier David Eby told a news conference on Saturday that one fire official had likened the fire to "a bomb going off". The Bald Range wildfires triggered the largest evacuation event this summer and more than 20,000 people across.
Tropical cyclone brings torrential rain and high winds to east coast after hitting Japan’s southern Okinawa province Typhoon Dolphin, the most powerful tropical cyclone to hit China this year, has made landfall on the country’s east coast, bringing torrential rain and strong winds and triggering warnings of flooding and landslides. The storm has already swept through Japan’s southern Okinawa prefecture, injuring.