Florence

Storm Team4 Meteorologist Sheena Parveen has the forecast for Sunday night and beyond. 

A Pennsylvania teacher who fought laryngeal cancer for two years penned an obituary before her death last month urging people to enjoy life and “let go of the insignificant things.” Ashley Ann Kuzma, of Beaver County, died Sept. 22 at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, according to her online obituary. The 32-year-old wrote the obituary to help “make the transition easier...

Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn perched there without a care in the 1953 film “Roman Holiday.” But the Spanish Steps in Rome are no longer a place for sitting. Enforcing an ordinance that took effect last month, police officers patrolled the famed stone staircase Wednesday to tell locals and visitors “Please, no sitting” on one of the Eternal City’s most...

The Mexican drug lord known as “El Chapo” was sentenced to life plus 30 years in a U.S. prison Wednesday for convictions on murder conspiracy and drug charges, culminating an epic trafficking case that even he acknowledged “the whole world was watching.”

The desire to have a selfie as a souvenir from running with the bulls in Spain turned into a near-death experience an American lawyer says he’ll never forget.

Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are predicting a “near-normal” 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, with 9 to 15 named storms and 4 to 8 hurricanes.

Precipitation rates are now at an all time high across the nation. Less than 10 percent of the country is experiencing drought conditions as a result. Storm Team4’s Lauryn Ricketts explains.

Researchers are predicting a slightly below average 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, with 13 named storms and five hurricanes.

Dr. Andre Gvozden is preparing to leave the comforts of his private practice in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, to help people suffering from the effects of the cyclone that struck the eastern African country of Mozambique. News4’s Cory Smith reports.

South Carolina’s congressional delegation will be able to ask for more funds to provide relief following Hurricane Florence, thanks to a move by the state’s governor. In a letter obtained Saturday by The Associated Press, Gov. Henry McMaster told U.S. Rep. Tom Rice that he was increasing the estimate for community development block grant relief from $108 million to $435...

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos didn’t offer any hints Thursday night about where the second Amazon headquarters will be located, but local leaders talked about their bids during his visit to D.C.

U.S. businesses ramped up hiring in October, and wages rose by the largest year-over-year amount in nearly a decade, a combination that is pulling a rising share of Americans into the job market. In the final major economic report before Tuesday’s congressional elections, the government said Friday that U.S. employers added a robust 250,000 jobs in October. The unemployment rate...

The mother of a 1-year-old who was swept into floodwaters created by Hurricane Florence has been charged in the boy’s death. Twenty-year-old Dazia Ideah Lee of Charlotte is charged with involuntary manslaughter and driving on a closed or unopened highway, the Union County Sheriff’s Office said on its Facebook page. Lee told news outlets she wasn’t from the area and...

The U.S. Navy is sending nearly 30 of its Virginia-based ships out to sea as Hurricane Florence barrels toward the Atlantic Coast.

U.S. home sales fell for the sixth straight month in September, a sign that housing has increasingly become a weak spot for the economy. The National Association of Realtors said Friday that sales declined 3.4 percent last month, the biggest drop in 2 ½ years, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.15 million. That’s the lowest sales pace since...

Storm Team4 Meteorologist Doug Kammerer breaks down the path of Hurricane Michael and what to expect in the D.C. area.

At least three of North Carolina’s wild horse herds on the Outer Banks have survived Hurricane Florence, but caretakers are still trying to account for one herd living on a hard-hit barrier island.