Retired FDNY Capt. Michael Lyons, 53, who suited up for more than 20 years, became the 276th FDNY member to succumb to a 9/11-related illness when he died.
A U.S. Navy aircraft with three people aboard crashed in waters near the Eastern Shore boundary of Virginia and Maryland, killing one, authorities said.
Firefighters sought to get a handle Wednesday on a wildfire spreading near Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee, amid mandatory evacuations as winds whipped up ahead of a line of strong storms forecast to move in overnight.