ABC(NEWARK, N.J.) — Five years after high levels of lead were detected in the water of 30 public schools in Newark, New Jersey, the city faces a new challenge of convincing residents affected by the crisis that the water is now safe to drink. Newark resident Marcellis Counts said he grew up feeling neglected by…… Continue Reading
LordRunar/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — Officials are continuing their investigation into what caused a pipeline in the Pacific Ocean to leak hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil, with cleanup efforts continuing along California’s southern coast. Up to 350 people were participating in cleanups on a 30-mile stretch of beaches and marsh from from Huntington Beach to…… Continue Reading
AlessandroPhoto/iStock(NEW YORK) — A massive search is continuing in Florida for Brian Laundrie, the boyfriend of Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old woman who went missing on a cross-country trip and who authorities confirmed as the body discovered in the Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming. The search for the 23-year-old Laundrie is centered around North Port, Florida,…… Continue Reading
AlxeyPnferov/iStock(NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 706,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.8 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns…… Continue Reading
PeopleImages/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles will soon require that people show proof of full vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test to enter many indoor establishments. It will be one of the strictest vaccine rules in the country when it goes into effect next month. The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved the ordinance,…… Continue Reading
Minneapolis Police Department(Minneapolis, MINN.) — Newly released body camera footage shows Minneapolis police officers allegedly celebrating the “hunting” of anti-police brutality protesters just five days after the murder of George Floyd. In one video, a protester yells: “We’re unarmed! This is America. We can say what we want!” In response, an officer appears to shoot…… Continue Reading
iStock/ChiccoDodiFC(ARLINGTON, Texas) — Four people were hurt in a shooting at Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday morning, authorities said. The suspect, an 18-year-old student, fled the scene and was taken into custody hours later, authorities said. Two of the victims suffered gunshot wounds, police said. Three victims were students and one was an…… Continue Reading
iStock/ChiccoDodiFC(ARLINGTON, Texas) — Police are investigating an active shooter situation reported at Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas, the school district said. An unknown suspect apparently shot multiple people before fleeing the scene, according to an internal police briefing. The number of victims was not immediately clear. First responders gather outside Timberview High School in…… Continue Reading
mixmotive/iStock(TUCSON, Ariz.) — One Drug Enforcement Administration agent was killed and two other officers were injured in a shooting on an Amtrak train that was stopped in Tucson, Arizona, authorities said. Agents boarded the train Monday morning to perform a routine check for illegal guns, money and drugs, after receiving a tip from Amtrak. Prior…… Continue Reading
DNY59/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed against the companies who run the oil line that dumped hundreds of thousands of crude oil off the coast of California over the weekend. The federal lawsuit, filed Monday in the Central District of California Western Division, claimed the companies in charge of operating the…… Continue Reading
iStock(NEW YORK) — One 9-year-old wants to help stop racism by making school libraries more inclusive. “One day my mom and aunt asked me how I would want to make a difference in the world and I said to help stop racism,” Emi Kim, from Provo, Utah, told Good Morning America. To make that a…… Continue Reading
iStock/CatEyePerspective(NEW YORK) — Seven of the more than 50 passengers injured in an Amtrak train derailment in Montana last month have filed federal lawsuits accusing the rail line and the operator of the railroad tracks of negligence, saying the crash could have been prevented. “Trains just don’t derail by themselves,” Sean Driscoll, a partner at…… Continue Reading
iStock/PeopleImages(NEW YORK) — A request to grant George Floyd a full posthumous pardon is headed to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk after a public defender alleged Floyd was framed in a 2004 drug bust by a former Houston police detective now indicted on murder charges. In a letter sent Monday to Floyd’s one-time public defender…… Continue Reading
iStock/MattGush(NEW YORK) — A man is in custody after he was removed from a suspicious SUV near the Supreme Court Tuesday morning, Capitol police said. The suspect, 55-year-old Dale Paul Melvin of Kimball, Michigan, was removed from the car and placed under arrest around 11 a.m. local time, police said. Earlier in the morning Melvin…… Continue Reading
Tomwang112/iStock(NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 703,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.8 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns…… Continue Reading
ABC News(NORTH PORT, Fla.) — Cassie Laundrie said she has a message for her missing brother, who has been the center of a nationwide manhunt after the body of his girlfriend, Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito, was found in Wyoming last month. “I would tell my brother to just come forward and get us out of this…… Continue Reading
(File photo) – dehooks/iStock(HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.) — A major oil spill off the coast of Southern California has forced Huntington Beach and activities scheduled to take place in the region to shut down. On Saturday, Huntington Beach Mayor Kim Carr said a leak from an offshore oil production facility leaked 3,000 barrels of oil, which…… Continue Reading
LPETTET/iStock(NEW YORK) — Someone is taking home a big pot of cash. One person in California bought the ticket that matched all six numbers drawn Monday night to win the Powerball jackpot worth $699.8 million. It is the fifth largest in Powerball history and the seventh largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history, Powerball said in…… Continue Reading
Tomwang112/iStockNEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 703,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.8 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns…… Continue Reading
Halfpoint/iStock(NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 702,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.8 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns…… Continue Reading
Joe Raedle/Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) — The pot of cash up for grabs continues to grow. According to lottery officials, the Powerball jackpot for Monday night’s drawing soared to $685 million. The cash value of the grand prize is $485.5 million, Powerball officials said. The jackpot was last hit on June 5, and since then there…… Continue Reading
iStock/Kali9(TUSCON, Ariz.) — One Drug Enforcement Administration agent was killed and two other officers were injured in a shooting on an Amtrak train that was stopped in Tucson, Arizona, authorities said. Officers boarded the train Monday morning to perform a routine check for illegal guns, money and drugs and encountered two people on the second level…… Continue Reading
WISN(MILWAUKEE) — The grandmother of an 11-year-old Milwaukee girl killed in a weekend drive-by shooting that also left her 5-year-old sister injured said on Monday that the children were coming home from a birthday party with their mother when a gunman opened fire on their car. The death of Ta’Niyla Parker has sparked widespread outrage in…… Continue Reading
iStock/400tmax(NEW YORK) –Former President Donald Trump will have to sit for a deposition sometime before Christmas as part of a defamation lawsuit filed by Summer Zervos, a former contestant on “Apprentice,” a judge’s law clerk said Monday. Zervos has alleged that Trump sexually assaulted her at the Beverly Hills Hotel in 2007 and defamed her…… Continue Reading
Al Drago/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) — As the cry “Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!” rang out just after 10 a.m. Monday in Washington, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court emerged from behind a 44-foot velvet curtain wall, walking into their vaulted marble chamber for the first time in 18 months. They entered a world — a courtroom, a…… Continue Reading
KNXV(PHOENIX) — A girl has died after she was playing in a parked car and the power window rolled up on her, Phoenix, Arizona, police said. The fatal injury took place Saturday evening while the girl was playing in the car, which was parked at a home, police said. She was taken to a hospital in…… Continue Reading
WFTV/ABC News(ORLANDO, Fla.) — Loved ones of Miya Marcano are demanding justice after a body believed to be the 19-year-old college student was found slain in a wooded area of Orlando. Investigators allege a maintenance man at her apartment complex is the “prime suspect” in her disappearance. Family members are accusing the management of Arden…… Continue Reading
Halfpoint/iStock(NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 701,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.8 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns…… Continue Reading
RiverNorthPhotography/iStock(PHILADELPHIA) — An employee at Philadelphia’s Jefferson University Hospital was gunned down, allegedly by a coworker wearing scrubs, before the suspect shot and injured two officers during his capture, authorities said. The shooting was reported at 12:13 a.m. local time at the hospital’s Gibbon Building, according to an internal law enforcement briefing reviewed by ABC…… Continue Reading
(File photo) – dehooks/iStock(HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.) — A major oil spill off the coast of Southern California has forced Huntington Beach and activities scheduled to take place in the region to shut down. A leak from an offshore oil production facility leaked 3,000 barrels of oil, which is about 126,000 gallons, on Saturday, Huntington Beach…… Continue Reading
iStock/z1b(MILWAUKEE) — An 11-year-old girl was shot to death and her 5-year-old sister was wounded in Milwaukee on Saturday night when a gunman in a passing vehicle unleashed a barrage of bullets targeting a family car the girls were sitting in, authorities said. The shooting unfolded around 9 p.m. local time in the Sherman Park neighborhood…… Continue Reading
Dirck Halstead/Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) — With John Hinckley’s bullet still lodged in his chest, President Ronald Reagan was rushed to George Washington University Hospital, which is about nine minutes from the Hilton hotel where he’d been shot. One of the surgeons who met him there was Dr. Benjamin Aaron, then chief of cardiothoracic surgery at…… Continue Reading
kali9/iStock(ORLANDO) — A body believed to be 19-year-old college student Miya Marcano, who has been missing for just over a week, was discovered Saturday morning, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office announced. Authorities searched around the Tymber Skan apartments in Orange County, Florida, on Saturday and discovered a body in a wooded area nearby “that we…… Continue Reading
LordHenriVoton/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Women’s rights advocates are marching again in Washington, D.C., and other cities across the U.S. Saturday, with a focus on reproductive rights. The fifth annual Women’s March is being held on a date specifically chosen for its proximity to the start of the U.S. Supreme Court’s new term on Monday. Women’s March organizers…… Continue Reading
kali9/iStock(HOUSTON) — Police identified the suspected gunman who stormed YES Prep Southwest Secondary school in Houston, Texas, on Friday and wounded the principal as 25-year old Dexter Harold Kelsey. Kelsey has been charged with aggravated assault against a public servant and deadly conduct in the 263rd State District Court, Houston Police announced Saturday. Houston police…… Continue Reading
kali9/iStock(CHICAGO) — Illinois State Police have opened a investigation into the death of a trooper found shot on a Chicago highway Friday. Gerald Mason, 35, was found in his squad car suffering from a single gunshot wound at 1:42 p.m. on northbound local lanes of Interstate 94 at 43rd street, Illinois State Police announced. Citizens…… Continue Reading
Drazen Zigic/iStock(NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 696,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.7 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at…… Continue Reading
Drazen Zigic/iStock(NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 696,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.7 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at…… Continue Reading
PinkOmelet/iStock(NEW YORK) — Amid restaurant closures, changing rules and regulations, worker shortages, supply chain issues that lead to price hikes and more, during the COVID-19 crisis restaurants in the U.S. have faced challenges at every turn. The latest hurdle has been dealing with rising tensions over masks and vaccine mandates during the pandemic. While the…… Continue Reading
kali9/iStock(HOUSTON) — A suspect who was armed with a rifle is in custody and a school employee has been rushed to the hospital following reports of an active shooter at a Houston prep school, local authorities said. Houston police said a call about reports of an active shooting came in at 11:45 a.m. at 4400…… Continue Reading
Drazen Zigic/iStock(NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 696,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.7 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at…… Continue Reading
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that the state will require vaccines for all school children ages 12-17 once the FDA grants full approval, becoming the first state in the country to move forward on mandating vaccines for school children. The mandate will not be implemented earlier than January, when…… Continue Reading
Drazen Zigic/iStock(NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 696,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.7 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at…… Continue Reading
Chalabala/iStock FILE(CHANDLER, Ariz.) — A helicopter and a fixed-wing plane collided in mid-air in Chandler, Arizona, Friday, local authorities confirmed. Chandler police tweeted that they are currently at the scene. “We are at the scene of a mid-air collision between a plane and helicopter at a Chandler Airpark. We ask anyone who possibly witnessed or…… Continue Reading
Alex Lau/Heart of Dinner(NEW YORK) — This report is a part of “America Strong,” an ABC News series highlighting stories of strength and resiliency across the nation. Before there was a single confirmed coronavirus case in New York City, a stranger yelled at Yin Chang and Moonlynn Tsai — who were both born and raised…… Continue Reading
z1b/iStock(MONTEZUMA, Iowa) — The remains of an adolescent were discovered by a farmer in rural Iowa Thursday, along with clothes that matched what a boy who lived in the region was last seen wearing before he vanished in May, authorities said. Xavior Harrelson was last seen the morning of May 27, days before his 11th…… Continue Reading
U.S. Postal Inspection Service(CHICAGO) — Three years ago, a 26-year-old postal worker who was eagerly expecting her first child mysteriously disappeared in her own neighborhood. There’s still no resolution, leaving her heartbroken mother desperate to know if her daughter is even alive or dead. Kierra Coles was about three months pregnant when she vanished on…… Continue Reading
LordHenriVoton/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Women’s rights advocates are preparing to march again in Washington, D.C., and other cities across the U.S. this weekend, with a focus on reproductive rights. The fifth annual Women’s March will take place on Saturday, a date specifically chosen for its proximity to the start of the U.S. Supreme Court’s new term –…… Continue Reading
monkeybusinessimages/iStock(NEW YORK) — As the massive KNP Complex fire burned nearby in Sequoia National Park, Three Rivers Union School District Superintendent Susan Sherwood was in her school’s gym trying to clear out the smoke with fans. The air quality had gotten so bad and students were coughing and complaining of burning eyes that she made…… Continue Reading
iStock/Marcus LindstromNewly released police body cam footage shows the moments before a white police officer attempted to tackle a Black woman walking her dog in a closed park, allegedly unprovoked. Nikkita Brown said that on Aug. 28 the officer drove up to her as she was walking her dog in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of…… Continue Reading
iStock/ChiccoDodiFC(NEW YORK) — A new study on fatal police violence shows more than half of killings by police were left unreported in the last 40 years, and that Black Americans were estimated to be 3.5 times more likely to die from police violence than white Americans. Researchers compared data from the National Vital Statistics System…… Continue Reading
iStock/ijoe84(ORLANDO) — The FBI has joined the search for 19-year-old Florida college student Miya Marcano as her desperate family said they suspect she was kidnapped from her apartment a week ago. Marcano, a student at Valencia College in Orlando, was last seen at her apartment complex on Sept. 18 and a man Orange County Sheriff…… Continue Reading
Drazen Zigic/iStock(NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 696,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.7 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at…… Continue Reading
Tempura/iStock(NEW YORK) — Hundreds of health care workers across the country are being fired or suspended in droves for not complying with COVID-19 vaccine mandates. President Joe Biden announced earlier this month a vaccine mandate for health care facilities that receive Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, impacting some 17 million health care workers in the nation.…… Continue Reading
herreid/iStock(NEW YORK) — Since fall sports returned, there have been over 20 incidents involving guns at youth sporting events in recent weeks, according to tracking by gun control advocate Everytown for Gun Safety. The incidents, which were tallied based on local media reports, include several violent shootings, some of which resulted in fatalities. Other cases…… Continue Reading
Obtained by ABC News(SAN DIEGO) — The mother and toddler who fell to their deaths at Petco Park before a Padres game in San Diego on Saturday have been identified. Police identified the victims as Raquel Wilkins, 40, and her 2-year-old son Denzel Browning-Wilkins, residents of San Diego. Detectives said the mother and son were…… Continue Reading
vmargineanu/iStock(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — A boy was shot at his Memphis school Thursday morning and is in the hospital in critical condition, local police said. Police are searching for a male juvenile suspect, Memphis police said. Recent Stories from ABC News Officers are clearing the building, police said. No other injuries were reported. Shelby County Schools…… Continue Reading
DNY59/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Former U.S. Olympic swimmer Klete Keller pleaded guilty Wednesday to a single felony charge for his participation in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Keller, a two-time gold-medalist, was seen in videos wearing a Team USA jacket in the Capitol rotunda surrounded by other members of the pro-Trump mob. He…… Continue Reading
Kuzma/iStock(SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif.) — A young man who pleaded guilty to storming a Poway, California, synagogue and opening fire is set to be sentenced following victim impact statements on Thursday. John Earnest will be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for gunning down 60-year-old Lori Gilbert-Kaye and injuring three others,…… Continue Reading
Bill Oxford/iStock(SILVER SPRING, Md.) — The thirst for water in the Western U.S. will likely not be quenched in the near future. Drought conditions are expected to persist in the West, which is already amid a decades-long megadrought, through 2022 and beyond, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s drought outlook. The drought will…… Continue Reading
Courtesy of the Day family(BLOOMINGTON, Ill.) — The family of Jelani Day, an Illinois grad student and aspiring doctor whose body was found floating in the Illinois River five days ago, is desperately searching for answers. Day’s body was found on Sept. 4 and was identified by the LaSalle County Coroner on Sept. 23 through…… Continue Reading
AlessandroPhoto/iStock(NORTH PORT, Fla.) — A massive search is continuing in Florida for Brian Laundrie, the boyfriend of Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old woman who went missing on a cross-country trip and who authorities confirmed as the body discovered in the Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming. The search for the 23-year-old Laundrie is centered around North Port,…… Continue Reading
BlakeDavidTaylor/iStock(SOUTHGATE, Mich.) — Federal investigators announced on Wednesday that they’d charged two Michigan men in a pair of unrelated schemes where each allegedly sold phony COVID-19 vaccination cards. The defendants, one of whom is a registered nurse, allegedly sold the fraudulent cards online via social media accounts and messenger services, prosecutors said. “Regardless of whether…… Continue Reading
scaliger/iStock(NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 693,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.7 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns…… Continue Reading
WFAA-TV(DALLAS) — A Dallas apartment building has partially collapsed after firefighters were called to investigate a carbon monoxide leak, according to officials. When firefighters arrived at the South Dallas apartment building around 10:30 a.m. local time, they noticed an odor of gas around the building, according to Dallas Fire-Rescue. An explosion occurred while fire crews…… Continue Reading
DougSchneiderPhoto/iStock(NEW YORK) — Conditions at New York City’s jail complex, Rikers Island, are so bad that Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance has directed prosecutors not to ask for bail in nonviolent crimes and when a defendant’s record does not demonstrate recent violence — even if it risks an increase in additional “low-level” crime. The directive…… Continue Reading
AlessandroPhoto/iStock(NORTH PORT, Fla.) — A massive search is continuing in Florida for Brian Laundrie, the boyfriend of Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old woman who went missing on a cross-country trip and who authorities confirmed as the body discovered in the Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming. The search for the 23-year-old Laundrie is centered around North Port,…… Continue Reading
carmengabriela/iStock(NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 690,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.7 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns…… Continue Reading
Octavio Jones/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The parents and stepparents of slain travel blogger Gabby Petito not only asked on Tuesday for the public to help authorities locate Brian Laundrie, who has been named a person of interest in their daughter’s homicide, but also assist in helping other families find their missing loved ones. “I want…… Continue Reading
WFTV(ORLANDO, Fla.) — Family members of Miya Marcano said they’re holding out hope the 19-year-old woman missing since Friday will be found safe. Caili Sue, a cousin of Marcano, spoke to reporters in Orlando on Tuesday as she and other relatives put up posters with Marcano’s photo and searched the woods near her apartment. “I’m…… Continue Reading
Bloomberg/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The unions representing American and Southwest airlines pilots are asking lawmakers and the White House for an exemption or an alternative to the federal mandate requiring companies with more than 100 people to get vaccinated. Roughly 30% of American Airlines pilots are not vaccinated, according to the Allied Pilots Association, the…… Continue Reading
Kanya Kits/iStock(NEW YORK) — All eyes are on New York as its vaccination mandate for health care workers — among the first in the nation — takes effect on Tuesday. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order just before midnight on Monday that aims to alleviate potential health care staffing shortages as the mandate takes…… Continue Reading
paci77/iStock(Az.) — One Arizona dad wants to give immunocompromised kids some of their childhood back by creating a hyper-clean space where they can safely play. Brad Taylor’s daughter, Lily, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia when she was 3 years old in December 2017. The diagnosis came after the family took Lily to the hospital…… Continue Reading
Bill Clark/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, pushed back strongly Tuesday on recent characterizations of his phone calls to China’s top military official and denied that he had placed himself in the chain of command for nuclear launch protocols following a phone call from House Speaker Nancy…… Continue Reading
Mandel Ngan/ Getty Images(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — Jarrod Warren Ramos, the gunman who killed five Capital Gazette employees in June 2018, was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Ramos, 41, pleaded guilty to 23 criminal charges in connection with the Annapolis, Maryland, newsroom shooting but used an insanity defense to claim…… Continue Reading
Robin Olimb/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — Karla Rodriguez moved her family from El Salvador to Los Angeles five months ago to give her kids a better education and a better life. Her 8-year-old son has autism. Someone at his new school recommended she reach out to a nonprofit health advocacy group, Community Health Councils, to help with…… Continue Reading
Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — Tae-Ahn Lea says he had no previous criminal record when the 18-year-old was pulled over for a routine traffic stop in Louisville, Kentucky, in August 2018. Yet, he said he was forced to stand by the side of the road, handcuffed, while the Louisville Metro Police searched his car after…… Continue Reading
Bloomberg/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — Ahead of the groundbreaking of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, former President Barack Obama reflected on the gun violence that has plagued the Windy City and said that he intends for his presidential library to be a part of the solution. “Chicago alone can’t solve the gun problem,” Obama told “Good…… Continue Reading
E. Jason Wambsgans/Getty Images(BROOKLYN, N.Y.) — After years of allegations and legal battles, a swift decision was made in a Brooklyn courtroom Monday to convict singer R. Kelly on eight counts of sex trafficking and one count of racketeering charges. Lisa Van Allen, who testified against the R&B singer, and Tamra Simmons, executive producer of…… Continue Reading
Scott Olson/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — The Obama Presidential Center will provide economic investment and opportunities for young people on Chicago’s South Side, President Barack Obama said an interview with “Good Morning America” co-anchor Robin Roberts ahead of the center’s grand opening. Obama has a personal connection to the area; he said that he first “learned how…… Continue Reading
Taylor Glascock/ABC News(CHICAGO) — Ahead of Tuesday’s groundbreaking on the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, former President Barack Obama reflected on the center’s mission and defended his decision to choose the historic Jackson Park neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side as the site to honor his legacy. Some community organizers have expressed concern that development of…… Continue Reading
carmengabriela/iStock(NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 690,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.7 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns…… Continue Reading
carmengabriela/iStock(NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 690,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.7 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns…… Continue Reading
carmengabriela/iStock(NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 686,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.7 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns…… Continue Reading
iStock/CatEyePerspective(NEW YORK) — Recreational pot has become legal for more Americans, but despite that ease of access, marijuana use hasn’t ignited, a study released Monday found. An article published in The Journal of the American Medical Association found there was no increase in cannabis use among the general population or among previous users after their…… Continue Reading
LightFieldStudios/iStock(LAS VEGAS) — A 6-year-old boy whose mom told him to keep his face mask on at school is now going viral for following his mom’s instructions exactly. Mason Peoples, a first-grade student in Las Vegas, Nevada, wore his face mask for his school photo. The photo was shared on Facebook by his mom, Nicole…… Continue Reading
Bettmann/ Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A federal judge approved a plan Monday to unconditionally release John Hinckley Jr., who had shot and wounded former President Ronald Reagan in 1981, from all remaining court-ordered restrictions, if he continues to follow rules and agrees to undergo regular mental health examinations. U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman…… Continue Reading
BSPollard/ iStock(EVANSTON, Ill.) — Northwestern University says it is investigating two fraternity houses after students say they were non-consensually drugged during gatherings at the Evanston, Illinois, campus locations. There is also now a criminal investigation into the incidents by local police. The university has yet to determine how many students were allegedly involved. On Saturday,…… Continue Reading
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden publicly received his COVID-19 booster shot on Monday afternoon as his administration promotes new booster guidance that has spurred some confusion among Americans on when to get a third dose. “Like I did with my first and second COVID-19 vaccination shot, I’m about to get my booster shot…… Continue Reading
Ratstuben/iStock(NEW YORK) — In 2009, when Dashauna Priest was just 9 years old, her third grade class project was to write letters of gratitude to military veterans. Priest’s letter was sent to Frank Grasberger, a World War II veteran, and he’s kept it ever since. “It meant so much to me and touched my heart…… Continue Reading
George Frey/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — When Anita Hill accused then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of unwanted advances and lewd comments when she worked for him, she says it changed “just about every aspect” of her life. Thirty years after Hill delivered testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee about Thomas, she is still a “crusader” — not…… Continue Reading
valentinrussanov/iStock(NEW YORK) — Angela McCray left her job as a pharmacist to homeschool her three children as pandemic lockdowns closed public schools in Monroe, North Carolina. So when public schools in the region announced reopening plans, she was excited to return her daughter for in-class instruction. But McCray became concerned when her school district –…… Continue Reading
tttuna/iStock(SAN DIEGO) — A woman and her 2-year-old son died Saturday afternoon after falling from the stands at Petco Park before the Padres game, investigators said. The 40-year-old woman and her toddler were at a dining and concession area on the concourse level of the San Diego, California, stadium when, for an unknown reason, they…… Continue Reading
CribbVisuals/iStock(JOPLIN, Mont.) — At least three people were killed and multiple others were injured when an Amtrak train derailed in remote northern Montana on Saturday, sending several cars toppling over, authorities said. Eight cars on the train, Empire Builder 7/27, which was headed from Chicago to Seattle, derailed just before 4 p.m. local time near…… Continue Reading
kanyakits/iStock(New York) — A large crowd of mourners packed a public funeral service for Gabby Petito, the slain 22-year-old travel blogger, on Sunday afternoon in Long Island, near where Petito grew up in Blue Point, New York. The service was live-streamed online and showed the full length of a wall in a chapel at Moloney’s…… Continue Reading
@jacob_cordeiro/Twitter(NEW YORK) — At least three people were killed and multiple others were injured when an Amtrak train derailed in remote northern Montana on Saturday, sending several cars toppling over, authorities said. Eight cars on the train, Empire Builder 7/27, which was headed from Chicago to Seattle, derailed just before 4 p.m. local time near…… Continue Reading
Estifanos Family(DENVER) — The 6-year-old girl who died on a ride at a Colorado amusement park earlier this month was never strapped into her seat — and two operators failed to notice even after a monitor alerted them to a seatbelt safety issue — before the ride plunged 110 feet, according to a state investigation.…… Continue Reading
oonal/iStock(NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 682,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.7 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns…… Continue Reading
AlessandroPhoto/iStock(NORTH PORT, Fla.) — A massive search is continuing in southern Florida for Brian Laundrie, the boyfriend of Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old woman who went missing on a cross-country trip and who authorities confirmed Tuesday as the body discovered on Sunday in the Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming. The search for the 23-year-old Laundrie is…… Continue Reading
Davel5957/iStock(MOSCOW) — As the Hispanic and Latino population grows throughout the U.S., New Mexico has established itself as a haven for people of Latin American and Hispanic descent. That culture can be seen throughout the streets — in the Pueblo- and Spanish-style architecture, the traditional santeros and the Mexican artistry. “The Land of Enchantment” is…… Continue Reading