Emily Shapiro

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Senior Breaking News Reporter at ABC News

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Record-shattering heat wave hitting wide swath of US: Latest forecast

1 week ago | aol.com | Emily Shapiro |Kyle Reiman

A dangerous heat wave is moving in, with more than 100 million people from the Midwest to the Northeast on alert for life-threatening temperatures. The widespread heat alerts are first impacting Midwest states including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska and South Dakota. The heat index -- what the temperature feels like with humidity -- could reach 110 degrees on Friday and Saturday. MORE: Heat stroke vs.
Record-shattering heat wave hitting wide swath of US: Latest forecast

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Emily Shapiro |Kyle David

1 hour agoFrom M&S' Head of Womenswear Design, Lisa Illis, to Head of Brand and Communications at The British Fashion Council, Davina Wedderburn, this is what shoes stylish women are wearing to work, right now. Here in Blighty we like to moan when the weather is drizzly and grey, but we love to moan when it's …
Freed American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander gets joyful welcome home celebration in New Jersey

1 week ago | abcnews.go.com | Emily Shapiro

Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage in Gaza, was freed last month. Residents of Tenafly, New Jersey, came together to celebrate the homecoming of freed American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander, June 19, 2025. WABCJoyful residents of Tenafly, New Jersey, lined the streets on Thursday to celebrate the homecoming of freed American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander.
9-year-old girl recounts moment she was bitten by shark while snorkeling in Florida

1 week ago | abcnews.go.com | Alexandra Faul |Emily Shapiro

"Something hard bit me and then tried to tug me away," Leah Lendel said. ByAlexandra Faul and Emily ShapiroLeah Lendel, a 9-year-old girl who was bitten by a shark in Florida, spoke at a new conference with her parents and the doctors who helped to reattach her hand. WZVNA 9-year-old girl who was bitten on the hand by a shark in Florida is speaking out about the terrifying moment she was attacked.
Wounded lawmaker says daughter's quick-thinking saved 'countless other lives'

1 week ago | aol.com | Emily Shapiro

Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife are crediting their daughter Hope for "saving countless other lives" on the night the couple was shot and wounded at their home in what prosecutors called an assassination attempt. "Without Hope, we wouldn’t be here right now," the Democratic state senator and his wife said in a statement on Wednesday.
Break-in reported at home of slain Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman: Police - ABC News

1 week ago | abcnews.go.com | Emily Shapiro

A break-in has been reported at the home of slain Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman, authorities said.
Break-in reported at home of slain Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman: Police

1 week ago | abc7ny.com | Emily Shapiro

BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. -- A break-in has been reported at the home of slain Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman, authorities said. After the Saturday morning killings, the house was processed by crime scene investigators and then was boarded up early Sunday, Brooklyn Park police said. On Tuesday, Hortman family members took their valuables from the house, police said. At 8 a.m. Wednesday police said they were alerted to an overnight break-in.
Break-in reported at home of slain Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman: Police

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Emily Shapiro

1 day agoTrump mocks Tim Walz when asked if he’s called the Minnesota governor following the attacks on Democrat politicians in his statePresident Donald Trump mocked Tim Walz when asked if he would call the Minnesota governor following this weekend’s politically-motivated attacks against Democrat politicians in his state.
Minnesota shootings latest: Witness recalls moment she spotted suspect

1 week ago | whio.com | Emily Shapiro

GREEN ISLE, Minn. — Wendy Thomas was on the phone with her father when she saw someone in a field in Green Isle, Minnesota, on Sunday night. Thomas watched as the person reached a culvert and squatted, she told Minneapolis ABC affiliate KSTP. "I was like, 'Dad, that’s somebody,'" she told the outlet. "He said, 'Hang up and call somebody.'"Moments later, Thomas was flagging down a member of law enforcement, she said, and telling them about the man she'd seen out by the culvert.
Minnesota shootings latest: Witness recalls moment she spotted suspect

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Emily Shapiro

Wendy Thomas was on the phone with her father when she saw someone in a field in Green Isle, Minnesota, on Sunday night. Thomas watched as the person reached a culvert and squatted, she told Minneapolis ABC affiliate KSTP. "I was like, 'Dad, that’s somebody,'" she told the outlet. "He said, 'Hang up and call somebody.'"Moments later, Thomas was flagging down a member of law enforcement, she said, and telling them about the man she’d seen out by the culvert.