One Good Thing: Dolphin Finally Recovers After Trapped in Garbage
Here's One Good Thing for your Thursday afternoon. Our waterways are becoming increasingly clogged and garbage and debris and an unlucky dolphin found itself trapped. Four months after being initially spotted, researchers found that the dolphin was able to break free.
Flood watches are in effect in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and southern New England through Monday. The National Weather Service says 3 to 5 inches of rain is expected across parts of Long Island and southern Connecticut, with other areas in line for 2 to 3 inches.
Emergency workers and community members cleaned up Sunday from the severe weekend storms and tornadoes that also sent dozens more to the hospital while damaging buildings, turning over vehicles and knocking out power to tens of thousands.
The son of North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer was charged with manslaughter and fleeing an officer after a police pursuit ended in a crash that killed the sheriff's deputy.