Amy Held
Amy Held is an editor on the newscast unit. She regularly reports breaking news on air and online.
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The flames stranded a group of more than 100 hikers. They were so focused on escaping the blaze that a "bear actually came into our area and no one stirred," one hiker told The Spokesman-Review. -
Simeon Wright was just 12 years old when his 14-year-old cousin was taken at gunpoint from the bed they shared, before Till was brutally beaten and killed. -
Around 60,000 people had to leave their Frankfurt homes while experts defused the 2-ton bomb, believed to have been dropped some 70 years ago by the British Royal Air Force. -
Peggy Whitson smashed multiple records after spending a total of 665 days in orbit over the course of her career. -
20-year-old Jake Olson helped earn USC an extra point in their winning game against Western Michigan Saturday. -
Los Angeles County's La Tuna Fire is one of 29 burning across the state, and "is the largest fire in the history of L.A. city," Mayor Eric Garcetti said. -
As Washington prepares to address federal funding for the flood-stricken areas, Texas residents continue to deal with chemical plant fires, lack of drinking water and still-swollen waterways. -
A woman drove into Houston floodwaters and "drowned while trying to escape," according to the mayor. Rainfall could reach 50 inches in parts of Texas, the highest ever recorded in the state. -
The firing of three short-range missiles was believed to be the first test since the North launched a milestone intercontinental ballistic missile test last month. -
Two people were reported dead, and several others injured on Saturday. Rainfall could reach 40 inches and "cause life-threatening flooding," said Mike Brennan of the National Hurricane Center. -
While no decision has been made, the Boy Scouts have been considering welcoming girls in an unspecified capacity, a spokeswoman tells NPR. -
"I think that a lot more people are going to die before we're done here, frankly," Cantwell said in a VICE News Tonight documentary about the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va.
