KVNU - News for Northern Utah and Southern Idaho
News. Talk. Sports. KVNU
ABC News(DENVER, Colorado) -- A Colorado man has been convicted of killing 29-year-old Kelsey Berreth, who was his fiancee and the mother of his young daughter, following a dramatic trial…
Google Maps Street View(DUNCAN, Oklahoma) -- Three people are dead, including the suspect, from a shooting in the parking lot of an Oklahoma Walmart Monday morning, state police said.At least…
iStock/Thinkstock(SANTA CLARITA, Calif.) -- Friends and family of the two teenagers gunned down at their Santa Clarita, California, high school were joined by local officials, administrators, faith leaders and first…
Montgomery County Department of Police(WASHINGTON) -- The suspect behind a string of sexual assaults and one slaying that "terrorized" Washington, D.C., women in the 1990s is now in custody after…
Facebook(CABARETE, Dominican Republic) -- Patricia Anton, an American teacher who was found dead in the Domincan Republic, will be memorialized at the school where she devoted herself for what would…
ABC News(SAN ANTONIO, Texas) -- A Texas family isn't budging after they were ordered to remove their Christmas decorations.This year, Claudia and Nick Simonis of San Antonio displayed their holiday…
ABC News(SANTA CLARITA, Calif.) -- Megan Puettmann was in class Thursday morning when she heard the faint sound of gunshots.Students and teachers alike were confused as the seconds passed without…
Brett Easter(KENT, Washington) -- A bright yellow ultralight plane made an incredible crash water landing and two nearby kayakers were in the right place at the right time to save…
iStock/danlogan(GALVESTON, Texas) -- The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for the missing Air Force airman who fell from an aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico five days ago,…
ABC News(WOODLAND PARK, Colorado) -- At the trial of a Colorado man accused of killing his fiancee, the defendant's close friend took the stand on Friday, bringing bombshell testimony about…
iStock/JeffBanke(TURKEY, Texas) -- A gender reveal is believed to have caused a recent airplane crash in Texas, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report.The pilot of the aircraft dumped…
iStock/18percentgrey(DALLAS) -- In the 2019-2020 season, between Los Angeles Opera, The Dallas Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, there are 53 conductor engagements. Of those 53 conductor appearances, five will be…
ABC News(MIAMI) -- A significant blast of cold air by November standards is dominating the eastern half of the country on Saturday morning -- but it is only a tease…
Orange County Sheriffs Office(MIAMI) -- A Florida school resource officer has been fired and faces an investigation after a video surfaced on social media showing him yanking a middle school…
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Army Reserve and the Smithsonian are partnering to establish a modern-day "Monuments Men" program, reviving a cultural preservation effort that has its roots in World…
iStock/MattGush(LAS VEGAS) -- A father and daughter were arrested in Los Angeles County this week after they allegedly kidnapped a woman from North Las Vegas, robbed and raped her and…
Auburn Police Department(BIRMINGHAM, Alabama) -- A witness outside an Alabama convenience store said he saw the man arrested in the disappearance of Aniah Blanchard force the 19-year-old stepdaughter of UFC…
U.S. Forest Service(PHOENIX, Arizona) -- A beloved 1-ton boulder in one of Arizona's national forests has "magically" returned after visitors reported it missing last month.Wizard Rock, a black boulder with…
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As cold air settles in across much of the U.S. this weekend, we're seeing little in the way of hazardous weather. The fire weather threat in…
Nigel Kirby Photography(SANTA ANITA, Calif.) -- Heading into its 2019 finale, California's famed Santa Anita racetrack had endured a harrowing season in which 36 race horses had been ridden to…
evangelist.org(NEW YORK) -- A New York priest was killed after being swept away in flash flooding resulting from a Halloween storm, officials said. Father Tom Connery, 82, a longtime priest…
iStock/CharlieAJA(NEW YORK) -- Most Americans will be moving their clocks back every fall to end daylight saving time, but at least two U.S. states are looking to end the tradition…
Craig Cannon(ORINDA, Calif.) -- A fifth victim has died following a shooting at a Halloween party near Berkeley, California -- and reports say the large house party was being held…
WFTS(TAMPA, Fla.) -- A Florida high school student is under arrest after authorities say he used social media to solicit someone to kill a school staffer.Nicholas Godfrey, 18, is accused…
ABC News(SANTA CLARITA, Calif.) -- Authorities ordered 50,000 residents in Northern California to evacuate Saturday ahead of a "potentially historic" wind event that could exacerbate the wildfires that are already…
ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- A fifth horse has died at Santa Anita this fall, the 35th fatality at the famed Southern California race track since Dec. 26, officials said Friday.…
Twitter/@TheNextPGH(PITTSBURGH) -- When a gunman burst into the Tree of Life Synagogue last Oct. 27, lives were shattered and the community was changed forever.Among the 11 killed by the shooter,…
iStock/Kuzma(FORT WORTH, Texas) -- Family and friends of Atatiana Jefferson, the 28-year-old woman fatally shot by a Fort Worth police officer in her home last week, will have to wait…
KATU(PORTLAND, Oregon) -- Stunning surveillance footage captured the moment a high school coach in Oregon disarmed a student with a shotgun and then held him in his arms.Keanon Lowe, a…
ABC News(APALACHICOLA, Fla.) -- Post-tropical storm Nestor made landfall in Florida Saturday, and while it continues to lose steam, heavy rain and gusty winds are expected to impact parts of…
Indiana State Police(ROCHESTER, Indiana) -- A 24-year-old Indiana woman who struck four children with her pickup truck, killing three of them, as they crossed a rural highway to their school…
Twitter/@ABC(NEW ORLEANS) -- Crews were feverishly working on Sunday to stabilize the Hard Rock Hotel in downtown New Orleans a day after the building partially collapsed, killing two construction workers,…
iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) -- Several California wildfires are still wreaking havoc as firefighters continue to battle the blazes Saturday. The Saddleridge fire in Los Angeles County, the largest of the latest…
ABC News(PELHAM, N.H.) -- Authorities are investigating a shooting at a church in Pelham, New Hampshire, on Saturday morning, the governor said."State officials are on scene assisting local first responders…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Four men were shot and killed early Saturday morning at an illegal gambling location in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, according to police. Three…
ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- A Red Flag Warning is in effect through 6 p.m. for Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Santa Ana winds are making it difficult for firefighters…
reidathegolden(SEATTLE) -- While most Seattle residents are fast asleep under their 800-thread count comforters during the wee hours of Saturday morning, Dawn Ford is crawling out of bed.By 3:30 a.m.,…
iStock/Igor Vershinsky(ASHLAND, Wisconsin) -- A goat who escaped from an Ohio farm ended up breaking into a family home and taking a nap in the bathroom. The goat, named “Big…
Twitter/@elainaaan(ATLANTA) -- A Latina author and New York Times contributor responded after students at Georgia Southern University (GSU) burned a copy of her new book after she gave a talk…
US Coast Guard(KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine) -- The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended a search for a man and his three children who went missing off the coast of Maine.Watchstanders for the…
iStock/Bogdan Khmelnytskyi(ORLANDO) -- A woman was removed from a Delta flight at the Orlando airport after she entered the plane without a boarding pass, according to authorities.Police were called to…
KMBC(KANSAS CITY, Kansas) -- A manhunt was launched early Sunday for at least two gunmen who opened fire inside a Kansas City, Kansas, bar just before closing time, killing four…
WABC(NEW YORK) -- A criminal record can leave a mark in any number of ways, but officials in Brooklyn, New York, are trying to make it easier for people to…
Canon City Police Department(CANON CITY, Colorado) -- Two suspects have been apprehended after a cross-country manhunt was launched when a Colorado man was found dead inside his home last week.Luciano…
Waukegan Police Department(WAUKEGAN, Illinois) -- An Illinois man who used his car as a weapon and deliberately drove into a family of four and killing another man has been arrest…
Twitter/@ABC(HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.) -- A series of explosions rocked an Oktoberfest celebration in Huntington Beach, California, injuring five people.Authorities on Saturday responded to the scene at 8:10 p.m. local time…
Visalia Police Department(VISALIA, Calif.) -- Police in California have used DNA evidence from two decades ago to connect a 52-year-old man to a murder and a series of sexual assaults…
iStock/Kesu01(NEW YORK) -- It's finally feeling like fall across much of the Northeast, with temperatures Saturday morning the 40s and 30s. Freeze warnings and frost advisories have been issued for…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- (NEW YORK) -- The suspect arrested in the horrific beating deaths of four homeless men in New York City's Chinatown was identified on Sunday as a career…
iStock/Believe_In_Me(HOUSTON) -- Surveillance video obtained by Houston ABC station KTRK shows the moment a man was struck by lightning Thursday -- seconds before three good Samaritans rushed to his aid…
Google(GLYNNFOLIAGE, Georgia) -- A hunter has been killed after one of his companions shot him while mistaking him for a deer in Georgia, according to authorities.A group of hunters were…
iStock/rawintanpin(SANTA FE, N.M.) -- Search-and-rescue crews are scouring a million acres of New Mexico wilderness for a small private plane with two people aboard that was reported missing after taking…
iStock/DavidPrahl(LONGVIEW, Washington) -- Newly released video shows a school bus full of terrified children shortly before the driver was arrested for allegedly driving while intoxicated in Washington state.Catherine L. Maccarone,…
ABC News(LAS ANGELES) -- Police in California deployed a stun gun on a woman after she allegedly entered a police department armed with an 8-inch meat cleaver and threatened a…
iStock/janniswerner(BOSTON) -- The president of Harvard University has apologized for giving a speech in which he compared rich alumni donors to freed slaves. Harvard President Lawrence Bacow was slammed as…
Gallia County Sheriff/Facebook(CARY, N.C.) -- Authorities in North Carolina have captured all four of the "extremely dangerous" inmates who escaped from an Ohio jail early Sunday morning.Brynn K. Martin, 40,…
New York Police Department(NEW YORK) -- A veteran police officer was shot and killed in New York City just after midnight Sunday during a physical struggle with an armed suspect.…
US Army(MIAMI) -- They're the Army's elite parachute team, jumping thousands of feet in perfect daredevil formations into air shows, festivals and sporting events all across the country.Largely made up…
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A major winter storm has developed in parts of the northern Rockies and is currently bringing very heavy snow and strong winds to the region. Winter…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- The amount of greenhouse gases being emitted into Earth's atmosphere has reached such a high level that it will take major changes around the world to mitigate…
WMUR(BOW, N.H.) -- Scores of climate change protesters were arrested outside a coal power plant in New Hampshire on Saturday as they staged a demonstration calling for the facility to…
Patrick McCloskey/Facebook(BLOOMSBURG, Penn.) -- A sightseeing helicopter smashed into several parked cars outside a fairgrounds in Pennsylvania on Saturday night, injuring three people on board the aircraft.The helicopter crashed at…
@NassauCountyPD/Facebook(OCEANSIDE, N.Y.) -- Family and friends of Khaseen Morris, the 16-year-old whose stabbing death was broadcast over Snapchat, gathered Saturday at the Tower Funeral Home in Oceanside, New York, to…
iStock/Thinkstock(HOUSTON) -- Scores of community members, police officers and officials mourned the Texas deputy who was shot and killed Friday during a routine traffic stop, remembering him as a committed…
US Army(MIAMI) -- They're the Army's elite parachute team, jumping thousands of feet in perfect daredevil formations into air shows, festivals and sporting events all across the country.Largely made up…
ABC News(GREAT FALLS, Montana) -- A major winter storm will hit the Northern Rockies this weekend, dumping more than four feet of snow with wind gusts up to 60 mph.…
WCPO(SEAMAN, Ohio) -- An Ohio man is suspected of setting a fatal fire in his home before killing a delivery man at a gas station and then taking his own…
iStock/MattGush(PORT ST. LUCIE, FLA) -- A mother and grandmother in Florida have been arrested after leaving 5 children between the ages of 3 and 9 home alone, during which time…
Facebook/Angela K Chandler(BEAUMONT, Texas) -- A Texas hotel employee is being hailed as a hero after working 32 hours straight and helped to ensure guests' safety and comfort as the…
ABC News/WTVG(TOLEDO, OHIO) -- A grandmother from Toledo, Ohio, has been charged with murder after she allegedly admitted to hitting her grandson so hard that he eventually died from the…
IStock/MattGush(PITTSBURGH) -- At least three people, all wearing orange wristbands, died from drug overdoses early Sunday and four others were hospitalized after police responded to a medical emergency at an…
IStock/Noppharat05081977(FARGO, N.D.) -- Over 9 inches of rain has hit parts of the Northeastern Plains as a cold front sweeps across the Central states. Storms will push east today and…
Facebook/Vincent Minutello(TAMPA, Fla.) -- A woman has been arrested and jailed after she was filmed kicking and choking her dog near her trailer in Pinellas County, Florida.Michelle A. Sieber, 26,…
ABC News(SAN ANTONIO) -- A 3-year-old died in San Antonio on Saturday after being left in a hot car -- the sixth such death in Texas and the 43rd in…
ABC News(CHICAGO) -- Police said they've apprehended a man they believe shot a Chicago police officer Saturday morning. The officer lost nearly a third of his blood from the gunshot…
Masslottery.com(TAUNTON, Mass.) -- A minor detour led to major winnings for one Massachusetts man. Peter Levesque was driving back to his Taunton home from lunch when he came across road…
ABC News(KANSAS CITY) -- Flash flooding and severe storms are possible across the Central United States today, as a strong cold front sweeps across much of the region. Moisture that…
WALA(PHILADELPHIA) -- For at least the fifth week in a row, a shooting has taken place during a high school football game.Two teens injured in Philadelphia are the latest victims…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- A New York City mother is facing criticism after her toddler was filmed hanging outside the window near an air conditioning unit on the 13th floor of…
Kaitlin Feriante(CHICAGO) -- A former teacher with Chicago Public Schools has turned her passion for helping children with learning disabilities into an affordable program that aims to help children all…
iStock/Thinkstock(FORT WORTH, Texas) -- A 4-year-old boy was shot dead, allegedly by his 5-year-old sibling, while the mother was asleep in another room, according to police.The tragic shooting was reported…
Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office(MIAMI) -- A man charged with a Florida woman's murder has been linked through genetic genealogy to the killing of three women from over a decade…
Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office(MIAMI) -- A man charged with a Florida woman's murder has been linked through genetic genealogy to the killing of three women from over a decade…
Molly Stephens(GERMANTOWN, Wisconsin) -- A 3-year-old girl from Wisconsin has donated hundreds of dollars from her lemonade stand so her local police department could afford a new K-9 dog.Lainie Stephens…
iStock(ATLANTA) -- A homeowner in Georgia shot and killed three young masked men at his home early Monday morning, according to Rockdale County Sheriff Eric Levett.Authorities have yet to identify…
iStock(ATLANTA) -- A homeowner in Georgia shot and killed three young masked men at his home early Monday morning, according to Rockdale County Sheriff Eric Levett.Authorities have yet to identify…
iStock/Thinkstock(DULUTH, Minnesota) -- Minnesota police have identified the suspect allegedly responsible for sparking a fire that destroyed a historic Minnesota synagogue on Monday.Duluth resident Matthew John Amiot, 36, was arrested…
iStock/Thinkstock(DULUTH, Minnesota) -- Minnesota police have identified the suspect allegedly responsible for sparking a fire that destroyed a historic Minnesota synagogue on Monday.Duluth resident Matthew John Amiot, 36, was arrested…
iStock/Kwangmoozaa(SAN DIEGO) -- A San Diego woman has had surgery after dreamed she was forced to eat her engagement ring woke up to discover that she had actually eaten it.Jenna…
ABC News(MIAMI) -- Tropical Storm Humberto is expected to strengthen over the next few days, likely becoming a Hurricane by late Sunday night or Early Monday, but is forecasted to…
Memphis Animal Services(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) -- It had been weeks since Anthony Rogers last saw his beloved dog, Bobo.Rogers, an artist who is currently homeless in the Memphis area, had been…
ABC News(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) -- Tropical Storm Humberto is forecast to strengthen over the next few days but should stay offshore -- preventing significant impacts to the southeastern U.S. As of…
Emilie Richardson/ABC News(CHICAGO) -- Kobe Richardson rolled up his pant leg to show where the bullets had torn through his flesh. His leg looked mangled, even after three years of…
ABC News(SEATTLE) -- One person is dead and two others have been injured in a shooting at a light-rail station in downtown Seattle, authorities say.Seattle police say they're looking for…
iStock/moodboard(NEW YORK) -- As Sundhe Moses sat in a Brooklyn courtroom more than 20 years ago, he insisted that he had been forced into confessing to a crime he didn't…
iStock/Thinkstock(MIAMI) -- As Southeast cities prepare for Hurricane Dorian to arrive, numerous airports have announced closures. The dangerous storm is pummeling the Bahamas and slowly headed for the Southeast region…
iStock/moodboard(SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J.) -- The annual Labor Day parade in South Plainfield, New Jersey, was canceled after homemade explosives were found near a wooded area along the parade route, according…
Twitter/@lunsford_erica(MIAMI) -- Dangerous Hurricane Dorian is barreling toward the Southeast U.S., where residents from Florida to the Carolinas are bracing for impact. Here's what people in the Southeast can expect,…
ABC News(MIAMI) -- Hurricane Dorian, a Category 4, was at a virtual standstill over the Bahamas Monday afternoon, where at least five people died on the Abaco Islands because of…
Twitter/@VCFD_PIO(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) -- More than two dozen people remain missing after eight bodies were found in the water near a 75-foot commercial diving boat that caught fire early Monday…
ABC News(ODESSA, Texas) -- The alleged gunman who killed seven people and injured more than 20 in Odessa and Midland in western Texas on Saturday called the police and an…
Houston Police Department(HOUSTON) -- A man has been charged in the murder of a 22-year-old transgender woman he was dating who was found dead last month, according to Houston police.…
ABC News(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) -- Tropical Storm Dorian is forecast to continue to strengthen as it heads towards Lesser Antilles today. Dorian has winds of 40 MPH and is…
ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- Protesters gathered outside a Los Angeles bar Saturday night after a video surfaced on social media of two transgender women being forcibly and violently removed from…
ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- The California sheriff's deputy who launched an expensive, citywide manhunt for the sniper who shot him in his own station's parking lot made up the entire…
WJLA(CAMP SPRINGS, Maryland) -- A shooting that broke out over an argument at a 2-year-old's birthday party in Maryland sent seven people to the hospital on Saturday night.The shooting took…
ABC News(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) -- Authorities are investigating the first allegation of a crime committed in space.Astronaut Anne McClain has been accused of unlawfully accessing her estranged spouse’s bank account…
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- There will be a couple of different rounds of severe weather in parts of the central U.S. this weekend. Storms are firing in parts of the…
ABC News(HOUSTON) -- The former Houston police officer who allegedly lied in order to obtain a search warrant for a city residence has been charged with murder after a raid…
iStock/Thinkstock(ST. LOUIS) -- The Illinois state trooper who was shot early Friday morning while serving a warrant in East St. Louis has died, police said.Nicholas Hopkins, who was a member…
ABC News(CLEARWATER, Fla.) -- The man accused of shooting a Florida father in front of his family in an argument over a handicap parking space outside a convenience store has…
ABC News(HOUSTON) -- Chaos ensued at the Memorial City Mall in Houston, Texas, this weekend when a masked man jumped on a table in the food court and proclaimed he…
Dayton Police Department(DAYTON, Ohio) -- Family and friends of six of the victims in last week's massacre in Dayton, Ohio, mourned their loved ones Saturday in the first set of…
KTNV(LAS VEGAS) -- The FBI arrested and charged an alleged Las Vegas neo-Nazi with plotting to bomb a synagogue and gay club in the city on Thursday.Conor Climo, 23, who…
iStock Photo/Bogdan Khmelnytskyi(NEW YORK) -- Airlines’ efforts to crack down on travelers abusing emotional support animal (ESA) policies got a little help from the federal government Thursday after Department of…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced millionaire who was facing federal sex trafficking charges, died by suicide early Saturday in his Lower Manhattan prison cell, three law enforcement officials…
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A New York woman drowned while paddleboarding in Long Island on Friday, police said.Lisa Margaritis, 49, was an experienced paddleboarder but drowned trying to help another…
Baltimore Police Department(BALTIMORE) -- The desperate search for a missing 4-year-old in Baltimore expanded to include the FBI on Friday, one day after the boy disappeared from his grandmother's porch.Malachi…
iStock/KC Photography(ENCINITAS, Calif.) -- Three people were killed Friday as a cliffside broke free and toppled onto beachgoers in Encinitas, California, on a sunny summer day at the popular seaside…
iStock/Jag_cz(SANTA ANA, Calif.) -- John Wayne Airport near Los Angeles shut down as power went out to the entire area Friday night.The airport, which is in Santa Ana, California, about…
mixmotive/iStock(CHICAGO) -- An Amtrak train struck a box truck in northern Illinois on Sunday night, killing the truck's driver, authorities said.The train slammed into the vehicle at a crossing on…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Juan Rodriguez, the father of 1-year-old twins who died after he said he accidentally left them in his car all day while he was at work, made…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Financier Jeffrey Epstein, a registered sex offender, was arrested on Saturday for alleged sex trafficking of minor girls in Florida and New York, multiple sources tell ABC…
iStock/Thinkstock(PLANTATION, Fla.) -- Police and fire crews are responding to an explosion with "multiple patients" at a shopping center in Florida, officials said Saturday.The blast was reported at The Fountains…
Getty Images/John Lamparski(NEW CANAAN, Connecticut) -- Best-selling author Gillian Flynn lashed out at the estranged husband of Jennifer Dulos on Friday after his lawyer compared the Connecticut mother's disappearance to…
USGS(LOS ANGELES) -- A powerful earthquake with a preliminary 6.4 magnitude rocked Southern California on Thursday, marking the strongest earthquake in the region since 1999, officials said."We will continue to…
iStock/Thinkstock(PHILADELPHIA) -- A husband and wife were found dead in the Delaware River Thursday morning while their 5-year-old daughter was located nearby, according to Philadelphia police.The woman, approximately 30 years…
Tulare County Fire Department(VISALIA, Calif.) -- More than 750 pounds of illegal fireworks were seized from a single residence in California ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, authorities said.…
KTRK(SPRING, Texas) -- A 2-year-old boy was shot to death in a "brazen attack" during an apparent home invasion robbery at his apartment near Houston, authorities said.The baby was in…
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- There were 120 damaging storm reports across the country on Wednesday, including six reported tornadoes in South Dakota and Nebraska and flash flooding in Iowa and…
WXYZ(DETROIT) -- Police in Detroit were expecting to find unidentified victims of homicide when they dug up bodies at a cemetery in Plymouth, Michigan, late last month.Instead, they found the…
Rae Ann Feldner Gruver via Facebook(NEW ORLEANS) -- Prosecutors have filed new charges against the former Louisiana State University fraternity member charged with negligent homicide in the high-profile death of…
Nevada Highway Patrol(LAS VEGAS) -- Police in Nevada have confirmed you do, in fact, have to be alive to be counted as a passenger in a car.Nevada Highway Patrol's Southern…
iStock/vmargineanu(TARMAC, Fla.) -- Three Florida deputies were charged on Wednesday after video showed a teenager being punched and slammed to the ground during a brutal arrest outside of a McDonald's.Officers…
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- New York City's Pride parade has kicked off in a colorful celebration in lower Manhattan. Millions of spectators are expected to take to the streets of…
iStock/Thinkstock(JAMESTOWN, Tennessee) -- Meachael Goney worked at the Jamestown Regional Medical Center in rural Tennessee for 46 years, but that wasn't long enough to guarantee her job security. "They just…
Facebook/Altadena Sheriff's Office(PORTLAND, Ore.) -- A 73-year-old hiker who had been missing for a week has been found alive in a California forest, authorities said Saturday.Eugene Jo went missing on…
ABC News(PORTLAND, Ore.) -- Competing marchers clashed on Saturday, with right-wing protesters and anti-fascist groups fighting on the streets of Portland, Oregon.The Portland Police Department said three people were arrested…
Miami-Dade County Department Of Corrections(MIAMI) -- A Miami Beach woman was arrested on Saturday for jabbing at and stomping on a sea turtle nest. Yaqun Lu, 41, crossed into an…
iStock/Thinkstock(DALLAS) -- A Texas police officer died after suffering a medical emergency, falling and seriously injuring his head Friday. The news, released Saturday afternoon, was a shocking turn from what…
WABC(NEW YORK) -- A 67-year-old apparently drowned in the Hudson River during a distance-swimming competition on Friday afternoon, according to authorities.The man, whose name has not been released, was competing…
Google Maps(WESTFIELD, N.J.) -- A New Jersey elementary school went into lockdown on Thursday afternoon after a man with a loaded handgun and dozens of rounds of ammunition was found…
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- Secret Service arrested a man who allegedly assaulted a police officer and tried to jump over the fence outside the White House late Friday.The incident took place just…
iStock/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) -- A heartbreaking story of an unborn baby being cut from his mother's abdomen has become even more tragic.Authorities said the little boy died Friday after being in the…
WTVD(RALIEGH, N.C.) -- In 1952, two deputies in Wake County, North Carolina, hung Lynn Council, an African American man, from a tree when he wouldn't confess to a robbery, according…
Norwalk Police Department(NORWALK, Conn.) -- A man was arrested Wednesday in the 1986 cold case murder of an 11-year-old Connecticut girl who was strangled while walking home from school, police…
No Kid Hungry(DANVILLE, Virginia) -- A Virginia school district has purchased a food truck to serve free lunches to students over the summer.Danville Public Schools bought the food truck, which…
LASD(LOS ANGELES) -- A Los Angeles County deputy who was killed this week while off duty is being remembered as a kind-hearted family man who gave 13 years of "selfless…
iStock/JANIFEST(LOS ANGELES) -- Federal prosecutors Thursday announced a massive operation targeting one of California's most notorious white nationalist prison gangs, unsealing numerous racketeering charges against 16 alleged members and associates…
iStock/Thinkstock(GALVESTON, Texas) -- Authorities spent Friday afternoon and evening searching Galveston Bay for one of their own after a local police chief was knocked overboard from a fishing boat.Chris Reed,…
Facebook/Miranda Balduf(LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas) -- Searchers in rural Arkansas are celebrating Saturday after missing hiker Josh McClatchy was found alive one week after he went missing in the woods of…
iStock/David Arment(MARSHALL, Michigan) -- Two young children were killed Friday when a drunk driver plowed into a horse-drawn buggy on the side of a Michigan highway, authorities said.A 2-year-old and…
iStock/Thinkstock(SAN JOSE, Calif.) -- Pacific Gas & Electric is taking preventative measures this weekend as fire season kicks into high gear by shutting off power to several communities in California's…
iStock/homeworks255(SAN DIEGO) -- Somebody in California just added half a billion dollars to their bank account.A single ticket, sold in San Diego, claimed Friday night's $530 million Mega Millions jackpot.…
Google Street View(NORFOLK, Virginia) -- A Wawa employee died after being shot while in her car, police in Virginia report.The woman has not been publicly identified and the Norfolk Police…
Facebook/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department(LOS ANGELES) -- Authorities are searching for a missing Colorado woman who vanished during a visit to California.Police said Jennifer Michelle Lorber, 30, disappeared after arriving…
moodboard/Thinkstock(MIAMI) -- A Miami community is mourning three teenage soccer players who died over the weekend.The teens were waiting for a bus in North Miami when an SUV hopped a…
iStock/Nigel Kirby Photography(LOS ANGELES) -- Another horse died at Southern California's prominent Santa Anita racetrack over the weekend, marking the third thoroughbred fatality at the facility in the last nine…
iStock/WoodysPhotos(NEW YORK) -- The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) suspended all service to the Hamptons and Montauk for Saturday after an overnight work train derailment, the New York Metropolitan Train…
Twitter/@CBPArizona(TUSCON, Arizona) -- An ultralight aircraft carrying half a million dollars worth of methamphetamine and fentanyl across the southern border was nabbed by Border Patrol agents late Thursday, according to…
Los Angeles Police Department(LOS ANGELES) -- Los Angeles police are looking for more victims of a Lothario who will do more than just steal your heart.Wilson Edward Jackson was arrested…
Javier Cantellops(HONOLULU) -- The woman who was rescued after going missing for more than two weeks in a forest in Hawaii said on Saturday that she had to choose between…
Salem Police Department(SALEM, Oregon) -- Police in Oregon have arrested a 52-year-old man and charged him with murder after he was named a person of interest in the disappearance of…
iStock/MNStudio(HONOLULU, Hawaii) -- Friends, family and rescue crews spent a third day searching for a missing Maui woman on Saturday after she mysteriously disappeared during a routine hike.Amanda Eller, 35,…
iStock/travelview(BOSTON) -- In response to an uproar on campus, Harvard University decided this weekend to remove law professor Ron Sullivan from a dean's post after Sullivan had signed on as…
KTRK(HOUSTON) -- A 10-year-old Texas boy was shot to death after his 12-year-old sibling allegedly got access to a gun and shot the child in the chest, authorities said on…
iStock/Thinkstock(SUGAR LAND, Texas) -- A frantic search was underway in Texas Sunday for a 5-year-old girl whose stepfather told police she was kidnapped by three men, including one who knocked…
Mooresville Police Department(MOORESVILLE, N.C.) -- A police officer in North Carolina was shot and killed late Saturday during what authorities described as a routine traffic stop.Mooresville Police Department K-9 officer…
Newark Police Department(NEWARK, Delaware) -- A woman was sexually assaulted by an armed man claiming to be a ride-share driver near the University of Delaware early Saturday, police said. Authorities…
iStock/Thinkstock(ANNE ARUNDEL, Maryland) -- Emergency responders have found the bodies of two missing men after a helicopter crashed Saturday off the coast of Maryland, according to the Maryland Natural Resources…
iStock Photo/deberarr(NEW YORK) -- Longtime Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown died late Friday.He was 86 years old.In January, Brown announced that he would not seek re-election and step down…
Twitter/@LakeCoILSheriff(CHICAGO) -- Two workers were pronounced dead and two colleagues were missing Saturday after an explosion rocked a manufacturing plant outside Chicago, authorities said. One of the deceased did not…
KNXV(PHOENIX) -- Derrick and Monique Rodgers say they weren't looking for much after he captured hospital staff dropping their newborn baby on its head moments after birth. An apology would…
iStock Photo/Bogdan Khmelnytskyi(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) -- A Department of Defense plane from Guantanamo Bay skidded off a runway into shallow water in Jacksonville, Florida, late Friday, but officials said there were…
ABC News(CENTER, Texas) -- Eve Wiley’s story wasn’t always so complicated. She was born in 1987 and grew up in Center, Texas, a small town just a few miles from…
Gwinnett County Police Department(ATLANTA) -- Two men allegedly used a hammer to smash through a glass display inside a Georgia jewelry store and got away with $200,000 worth of diamond…
iStock/Yurikr(TOPEKA, Kansas) -- A tiger attacked a zookeeper Saturday morning at a zoo in Topeka, Kansas, officials said.The tiger, a 7-year-old Sumatran named Sanjiv, and the zookeeper were in an…
ABC News(CHICAGO) -- The search for a 5-year-old boy from Illinois who went missing on Wednesday continued into the weekend as police re-focused the investigation on the boy's family home.Andrew…
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Three days of severe storms in the South and Southeast are about to give way to a nice holiday weekend for much of the country.There were…
Carroll County Sheriff's Office(CARROLLTON, Ohio) -- The body of a missing boy from rural Ohio was found buried in a shallow grave on a farm Friday morning, bringing a sad…
iStock/Thinkstock(DEPLHI, Indiana) -- One of the nation's most recent infamous unsolved murder investigations is heading in a "new direction."Indiana State Police said in a statement Friday that new information in…
WFTS(TAMPA, Fla.) -- A pair of 14-year-old Florida middle school girls are facing felony charges for conspiracy to commit kidnapping and murder after being arrested this week in what authorities…
Twitter/@wrigleyABC13(DALLAS) -- An ongoing outbreak of severe weather has brought reports of at least 13 tornadoes from Texas to Mississippi Saturday into Sunday -- and the threat will continue throughout…
ABC News(DALLAS) -- Dallas police are investigating the vicious "mob" assault of a transgender woman on Friday and say it may be classified as a hate crime, according to authorities.The…
New Hope Police Department(NEW HOPE, Pennsylvania) -- A Pennsylvania police officer will not face charges for accidentally shooting a suspect in the stomach inside a police station last month, the…
ABC News(DALLAS) -- A very dangerous weekend lies ahead for much of the South -- with especially severe storms expected in Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi on Saturday.The new storm organized…
ABC News(BUFFALO, N.Y.) -- The University at Buffalo has suspended all fraternities and sororities and is investigating a "potential" hazing incident that left a student in critical condition.The Buffalo Police…
iStock/Thinkstock(BOSTON) -- Federal prosecutors in Boston have signaled that some of the adult children of parents charged in an ongoing college cheating scandal could also face criminal charges.Prosecutors have sent…
Google Maps(SNOW HILL, Maryland) -- Officials are crediting a group of eighth-grade students for foiling a school shooting plot at a Maryland middle school.Worcester County investigators arrested two minors after…
ABC News (CHICAGO) -- A Chicago police officer who had just finished his shift was shot and killed early Saturday in an apparently random attack, officials said. Officer John Rivera,…
ABC News(KANSAS CITY, Missouri) -- The Missouri River and Mississippi River continue to wreak havoc on parts of the Plains and Midwest as record river flooding continues to pose a…
ABC News(DALLAS) -- While the governor of the country’s most populous state halted death penalty executions, that decision may not have a national impact.Within two southern states, Texas and Oklahoma,…
Tina Richardson(CONCORD, N.C.) -- A North Carolina woman has filed a $25,000 lawsuit against a Subway sandwich shop franchisee after he allegedly slapped her during a dispute over a sandwich.Elizabeth…
Goodyear Police Department(GOODYEAR, Arizona) -- Before her arrest for the alleged sexual abuse of her 13-year-old student, sixth-grade teacher Brittany Zamora was confronted in a recorded phone call by that…
ABC News(TACOMA, Washington) -- A young woman in Washington state has pleaded guilty to pushing a now-former friend off a 60-foot bridge last summer.On Monday, Taylor Smith pleaded guilty to…
ABC News(TACOMA, Washington) -- A young woman in Washington state has pleaded guilty to pushing a now-former friend off a 60-foot bridge last summer.On Monday, Taylor Smith pleaded guilty to…
Utah State Parks(SALT LAKE CITY, Utah) -- A 13-year-old boy was climbing in Snow Canyon State Park, Utah, when he fell to his death.Elijah Baldwin of Farragut, Iowa, who was…
Utah State Parks(SALT LAKE CITY, Utah) -- A 13-year-old boy was climbing in Snow Canyon State Park, Utah, when he fell to his death.Elijah Baldwin of Farragut, Iowa, who was…
Montgomery County, Maryland, Police Department(ROCKVILLE, Maryland) -- The man behind a 1989 rape and a 1994 rape and murder in suburban, Washington, D.C., has finally been identified through DNA and…
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The man police suspect of killing a reputed mob boss appeared in court Monday as investigators work to piece together whether or not the assassination had…
iStock/Montes-Bradley(PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania) -- Still recovering from a mass shooting at their temple in which 11 worshippers were killed, members of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh have launched an…
iStock/Thinkstock(LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.) -- Authorities are investigating two “virtual kidnapping” cases which occurred within 24 hours of each other in California.The two incidents took place in Laguna Beach, California, on…
Metropolitan Police Department(WASHINGTON) -- Newly engaged, with a list of goals that could fill five lifetimes, 35-year-old Wendy Martinez, an ambitious Washington, D.C., woman, was on her after-work run when…
iStock/Thinkstock(ATLANTA) -- A 20-year-old Georgia woman has been charged with helping ISIS by posting a "kill list" online that included the names of State Department employees and American soldiers, according…
Dale County Sheriff's Office(BIRMINGHAM, Alabama) -- Alabama police have linked a suspect to the 1999 cold case murders of two 17-year-old girls using DNA and genetic genealogy.Investigators identified Coley McCraney,…
ABC News(NIOBRARA, Nebraska) -- Eastern Nebraska continues to deal with record-breaking river flooding this weekend due to rapid snow melt, ice jams and last week's rainfall.The flooding has caused parts…
US Coast Guard(CLEVELAND, Ohio) -- An ice floe became a nightmare for dozens of fishermen in Lake Erie on Saturday afternoon after rising temperatures caused the chuck of ice to…
Adam Wilkerson(PHOENIX) -- A woman suffered serious injuries to her arm after being attacked by a jaguar at Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium and Safari Park, just outside Phoenix, on Saturday.The…
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The Powerball jackpot will inch closer to half a billion dollars after no one won the $414 million drawing on Saturday.The drawing on Wednesday will be…
WABC(NEW YORK) -- A Turkish Airlines flight made an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday evening after 29 passengers, including a flight attendant, were injured when…
WLS(CHICAGO) -- Defiant R&B singer R. Kelly walked out of a Chicago jail for the second time in as many weeks on Saturday after paying off the $161,000 in child…
WCVB(BOSTON) -- The family of a 23-year-old woman who was kidnapped after celebrating her birthday at a Boston nightclub buried the young mother after her funeral on Saturday morning. Jassy…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEWARK, N.J.) -- Flights have resumed at Newark Liberty International Airport after a Canadian flight was diverted there Saturday morning after an indication of a fire, authorities said. "Air Transat…
ABC News(OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma) -- A week after tornadoes killed 23 people in Alabama, four twisters touched down in parts of Arkansas and Louisana Saturday, as severe weather continues to…
KOCO(BOWLEGS, Oklahoma) -- At least three people are dead — including one student — after a school bus carrying a middle school softball team collided "head on" with an SUV…
iStock/Thinkstock(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- None of the 84 protesters arrested in the wake of of Sacramento's decision not to press charges against city police officers for the shooting death of Stephon…
WPBF(PALM BEACH, Fla.) -- Five people are dead after a small plane fell from the sky and plunged into Lake Okeechobee in southern Florida on Friday afternoon.All five bodies were…
Chicago Police Department(CHICAGO) -- An Illinois grand jury has indicted "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett on 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct for filing a false police report, according to the…
Phototreat/iStock(YUMA, Arizona) -- A federal judge sentenced four women to 15 months probation and a $250 fine each on Friday as a result of charges stemming from leaving out jugs…
Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office(NEW ORLEANS) -- Two people are dead and several others were injured after a car allegedly crashed into a number of bicyclists and pedestrians in New Orleans…
Jim Gill(SARASOTA, Fla.) -- A Florida driver was arrested on Saturday after allegedly leaving the scene of a serious accident earlier this week that left a college student with brain…
El Dorado County District Attorney(LOS ANGELES) -- An 11-year-old girl, strangled to death in Southern California in 1973, her killer gone without a trace.A 27-year-old woman whose body was left…
ABC News(TUSCON) -- A Tucson man was convicted of raping seven women over a 12-year period after police received a grant to test rape kits and changed a "mindset" over…
ABC News/NASA(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) -- SpaceX's unmanned Dragon spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station early Sunday, one day after it blast into space using a Falcon 9 rocket.After…
Facebook/Brookdale Midwestern(NEW YORK) -- World War II veteran Joe Cuba had one request for his 100th birthday: to receive 100 birthday cards.To his surprise, he received not 100, but thousands…
Chambers County Sheriff's Office(HOUSTON) -- One body has been recovered and two other people are missing and feared dead following the crash of a twin-engine cargo plane into a bay…
ABC News(KANSAS CITY, Kansas) -- The owner and designer of what was billed as the world's tallest waterslide have had all charges against them dropped on Friday in relation to…
iStock/Thinkstock(VAN BUREN, Arkansas) -- Police in Van Buren, Arkansas are still scratching their heads over one of the most unusual arrests they said they have made in years.On Thursday night,…
iStock/Thinkstock(BLUEFIELD, Virginia) -- A manhunt is underway for a 25-year-old man who is suspected of shooting a Virginia police officer during a traffic stop, authorities said.Donquale Maurice Gray, who is…
iStock/BackyardProduction(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) -- It has been over a year since Hurricane Maria first made landfall on Puerto Rico.As the island slowly rebuilds, first responders, healthcare providers and scientists…
@YQRamos/Twitter(MIAMI) -- "Baby on board" was given a whole new meaning on one JetBlue flight late Friday.JetBlue flight 1954 was en route from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San…
Shadow Lantry(TAMPA, Fla.) -- For once, police were thankful a group of criminals broke into a car.A group of inmates on work duty in New Port Richey, Florida, came to…
Moreno Valley Police Department(LOS ANGELES) -- Two brothers have been charged in connection with murder of a 16-year-old girl who went missing in Southern California last month.Owen Shover, 18, and…
Moreno Valley Police Department(LOS ANGELES) -- Two brothers have been charged in connection with murder of a 16-year-old girl who went missing in Southern California last month.Owen Shover, 18, and…
KTRK(HOUSTON) -- Less than 48 hours after President Donald Trump called him up on a stage to express pride in the Houston Police Department, Chief Art Acevedo struggled to explain…
ABC News(CHICAGO) -- When news broke of the alleged racist attack on a star from one of the most popular shows on television, it riveted everyone, drawing the nation into…
iStock/Bogdan Khmelnytskyi(ORLANDO) -- Chaos erupted at Orlando International Airport Saturday after a man tried to breach a security checkpoint and travelers yelled out that the suspect had a gun, police…
ABC News(CHICAGO) -- The two brothers who were interrogated by police investigating the alleged attack on Jussie Smollett purchased the rope that was found around the "Empire" actor's neck, sources…
ABC News(AURORA, Illinois) -- A "disgruntled" worker of an Illinois factory opened fire after being called into a meeting to terminate his employment, killing five co-workers and wounding five police…
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Pope Francis officially defrocked the disgraced former cardinal of Washington, D.C., Theodore McCarrick on Friday, following a secret Vatican tribunal into allegations that he molested a 16-year-old…
Customs and Border Protection(LOS ANGELES) -- Federal authorities seized two massive shipments of cocaine at the same California port of entry in late January. The total for the two shipments…
Chicago Police Department(CHICAGO) -- Two men arrested by Chicago police police earlier this week in the alleged racial attack on "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett were released on Friday night.Police clarified…
KABC(LOS ANGELES) -- A woman has been arrested after she plowed through the front of a Los Angeles police station with a baby in her car -- and then tried…
U.S. Marshals Service(ATLANTA) -- The U.S. Marshals Service is conducting a nationwide manhunt after an ex-lawyer, who was supposed to turn himself in for a 30-year sentence, allegedly killed his…
Fontana Police Department(FONTANA, Calif.) -- An alleged gang hideaway in California hid more than just crime suspects -- it included a hidden manhole cover that was lifted to reveal an…
Murrieta Police Department(MURIETTA, Calif.) -- A pilot was forced to land his family’s hot air balloon in a residential neighborhood in California on Thursday morning.Brian Lynch, who has been a…
iStock/Coast-to-Coast(WASHINGTON) -- After 35 days, shuttered parts of the U.S. government are slowly coming back to life, and tourists in Washington will once again get to see some of its…
iStock/Coast-to-Coast(WASHINGTON) -- After 35 days, shuttered parts of the U.S. government are slowly coming back to life, and tourists in Washington will once again get to see some of its…
iStock/Bogdan Khmelnytskyi(NEW YORK) -- A Hawaiian Airlines plane from Honolulu to New York was diverted to San Francisco after a flight attendant died on board, the airline announced on Friday.Emile…
iStock/jarun011(NEW YORK) -- BY: Dr. Tiffany Truong If you’ve ever gotten sick from eating something “bad,” you may have had an encounter with norovirus.Sometimes called a “stomach bug” or “stomach…
ABC News(LUMBERTON, N.C.) -- The discovery of the body of Hania Noelia Aguilar, a 13-year-old girl who was raped and murdered after being kidnapped outside her home, broke hearts in…
Facebook/Kelly Phillips(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) -- Kelly Phillips was going to die. That much was certain.The question was when.As the terminally ill cancer patient lay in bed, contemplating the few short months…
U.S. Navy(SAN DIEGO) -- The Navy will commission its newest destroyer on Saturday, named in honor of Medal of Honor recipient Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor.The Navy SEAL…
Twitter/@mmooreofficial(NEW BERN, N.C.) -- A 3-year-old boy found alive two days he went missing was "meant to survive" as he endured heavy rains and cold temperatures by himself in the…
WFAA(ATHENS, Texas) -- A 13-year-old middle school student is dead after a train plowed into a bus at a crossing with no warning lights or gates in a small town…
WABC(NEW YORK) -- A Brooklyn man is nearly $300 million richer than he was a month ago after winning the Powerball drawing.David Johnson, a 56-year-old truck driver, was presented on…
Georgia Bureau Of Investigation(ROCKMART, Georgia) -- A massive manhunt is underway for a 27-year-old man suspected of killing four people in Georgia Thursday night, authorities said.Four murder arrest warrants have…
FBI(FRUITA, Colorado) -- The FBI has arrested a man who allegedly robbed seven banks in six different states in less than a month.According to a tweet from FBI Louisville, 49-year-old…
FBI(FRUITA, Colorado) -- The FBI has arrested a man who allegedly robbed seven banks in six different states in less than a month.According to a tweet from FBI Louisville, 49-year-old…
ABC News(SAN DIEGO) -- U.S. border authorities fired tear gas into Mexico on Monday night when a group of roughly 150 migrants attempted to illegally cross the border into San…
Gladstone Police Department(GLADSTONE, Oregon) -- It's almost like he planned to get caught.An Oregon man was arrested last week for trying to steal a bike that was locked up at…
iStock/Coscarella Gianfranco(MELBOURNE, Fla.) -- A child was injured after falling into a rhino exhibit Tuesday at the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, Florida.The toddler, who is approximately 2 years old, and…
iStock/Thinkstock(HOUSTON) --Authorities are searching for a gunman after a 7-year-old girl was shot dead in a Walmart parking lot in Houston Sunday as the girl sat in her car with…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEWMAN, Calif.) -- Hundreds of law enforcement officers from across the nation are expected to descend on a small California farming town this week to honor a police corporal described…
moodboard/Thinkstock(HARAHAN, Louisana) -- The Harahan Police Department is very concerned about Zika virus in your meth -- and would love for you to just stop on by to drop it…
ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Two storm systems are on the move as revelers get ready to ring in the new year -- and those headed to Times Square to…
KABC(LOS ANGELES) -- Blaze Bernstein was a bright student, loyal friend and passionate culinary aficionado who spent the fall of 2017 as a sophomore taking pre-med courses at the University…
iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) -- Several U.S. newspapers came under attack from apparent hackers on Saturday, preventing some from printing and distributing their daily editions.The Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, Chicago…
Twitter/@starryeyd_(BALTIMORE, Maryland) -- Six people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after a jet bridge failed at a Baltimore airport, officials say.Just before 8 p.m. on Saturday, Southwest flight 822 arrived…
ABC News(PORTLAND, Oregon) -- The DoubleTree Hotel in Portland, Oregon, fired two workers who were involved in calling police on a black man who was a guest in the hotel.Jermaine…
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- When the ball drops on New Year’s Eve in New York City's iconic Times Square, it will be dedicated to protecting press freedom and celebrating the…
iStock/Thinkstock(BAKERSFIELD, Calif.) -- The man accused of gunning down a Northern California police officer was taken into custody Friday in Bakersfield, California, following a massive manhunt, officials said.The suspect, Gustavo…
ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- The California police officer whose killing has sparked a massive and ongoing manhunt left behind a wife and 5-month-old son.Newman Police Cpl. Ronil Singh, 33, a…
KGO(SAN JOSE, Calif.) -- Police officers shot and killed a woman who allegedly led them on a high-speed car chase in San Jose, California, mistakenly thinking she had been involved…
Facebook/Lake Highlands Elementary(DALLAS) -- A school bus driver in Dallas, Texas became a sort of Santa this year.Curtis Jenkins, a driver for Lake Highlands Elementary School, asked each kid on…
Georgia Bureau of Investigation(ATLANTA) -- A Georgia police officer died Friday morning, weeks after he was shot in the face in the line of duty, his department said.Henry County Police…
ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- A man suspected of shooting a California police officer to death during gunfight has been identified by authorities who were still hunting for him Thursday as…
iStock/Thinkstock(PARADISE, Calif.) -- This holiday season has proven especially difficult for Paradise, California, residents where the Camp Fire reduced homes, businesses and lives to ashes.Nicole Hoenig and her 2-year-old daughter…
iStock/Thinkstock(PARADISE, Calif.) -- This holiday season has proven especially difficult for Paradise, California, residents where the Camp Fire reduced homes, businesses and lives to ashes.Nicole Hoenig and her 2-year-old daughter…
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The number of law enforcement officers who died while in the line of duty went up this year, from 129 deaths in 2017 to 144 so…
DeAgostini/Getty Images(SAN JOSE, Calif.) -- A California teen was found dead after apparently falling some 700 feet from a cliff at Horseshoe Bend Overlook in Arizona, authorities said.The girl’s family,…
WABC(LAKEWOOD, N.J.) -- A U.S. Marine was among four young men killed when a sedan they were in plowed into the back of a tanker truck in New Jersey early…
LMPD(LOUISVILLE, Kentucky) -- A police officer in Kentucky was killed by a driver allegedly under the influence while she was conducting a traffic stop on Christmas Eve.Detective Deidre Mengedoht, 32,…
ABC News(PHILADELPHIA) -- The fundraising website GoFundMe has fully refunded every one of about 14,000 people who donated more than $400,000 to a New Jersey trio now charged with concocting…
iStock/Pattanaphong Khuankaew(NEW YORK) -- One of the five employees of Bernie Madoff convicted in a $20 billion Ponzi scheme is seeking early release from prison based in part on the…
iStock/Sergey Gordienko(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) -- Rex Clark and his wife, Carol, hunkered down in their Florida home during Hurricane Michael, only to have it be destroyed around them.The couple was…
iStock/ChiccoDodiFC(NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas) -- A Texas woman was pulled over with hundreds of allegedly stolen packages and envelopes crammed into her Jeep, according to local police.Officers in New Braunfels were…
iStock/jetcityimage(ALTOONA, Pennsylvania) -- It's heartwrenching video that any parent or caregiver of a child would find difficult to watch: a 5-year-old crying after he wakes up alone in a locked,…
iStock/Thinkstock(ALTOONA, Pennsylvania) -- An armed suspect probably didn't consider that the man he or she was demanding money from would be trained in combat.Surveillance video released by the Altoona Police…
Facebook/OrangeCoSheriff(ORLANDO, Fla.) -- Authorities in Florida are searching for clues to find the gunman who shot and killed a 15-year-old walking to school on Monday morning.Alejandro Vargas, a sophomore at…
iStock/madsci(HARTFORD, Connecticut) -- A 12-year-old boy allegedly killed his twin sister by stabbing her in the neck and torso and attacking his mother, a prominent lobbyist, in what a family…
iStock/elenaleonova(BETHANY, Oregon) -- A black couple who decorates their house every year for the holidays recently found their inflatable black Santa Claus destroyed not even a day after they put…
iStock/Preto_perola(BOSTON) -- A new text-to-911 feature recently released by a Massachusetts police department helped officers to save a suicidal man, according to a report.On Wednesday morning, the Randolph Police Department…
iStock/goodmoments(JOHNSON CITY, N.Y.) -- When a little girl who wears cochlear implants was out of school, magic happened.Ann Redmore is a first grader at St. James School in Johnson City,…
Twitter/@AJGuglielmi(CHICAGO) -- Two Chicago police officers who were chasing a suspected gunman when they were hit and killed by a train Monday have left behind wives and children just one…
iStock/Thinkstock(COLUMBIA, Missouri) -- A South Dakota woman found dead in her vehicle earlier this month had been fatally shot, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.Officials said in a news…
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Many military families are preparing for a holiday with a loved one far away, but for the Black family, their Christmas wish came early.Sgt. Tyler Black,…
iStock/Thinkstock(EL PASO, Texas) -- Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Patrol officials made a concerted effort Friday to explain the circumstances surrounding the death of a 7-year-old girl…
iStock/Thinkstock(ATLANTA) -- A 24-year-old woman found dead in broad daylight on a trail in DeKalb County, Georgia, may have been lured there, according to police.The body of Shantrelle Monroe, who…
Rachel Scott/ABC News(JESSUP, Maryland) -- Inside this Maryland's women's prison, you'll find about 800 inmates -- and every other Saturday morning, a dozen or so girl scouts.Girl Scout Troop 7856…
iStock/Thinkstock(OROVILLE, Calif.) -- Students displaced by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, are returning to school for the first time since the deadly fire leveled most of their town. Paradise…
KVUE(AUSTIN, Texas) -- No one was around to save Clark Griswold as he dangled from a roof while hanging up Christmas lights in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," but a dummy…
WABC(OCEAN TOWNSHIP, N.J.) -- Paul Caneiro, the man accused of setting a fire at his New Jersey mansion last week, will next appear in court on Wednesday, but his family…
ABC News(HOOVER, Alabama) -- The mother and father of the man shot and killed by police at an Alabama mall on Friday are calling for "equal justice" after they say…
iStock/Thinkstock(PARADISE, Calif.) -- After more than two weeks of catastrophic infernos that indiscriminately devoured thousands and thousands of homes and structures and claimed scores of lives, both of California’s wildfires…
ABC News(PARADISE, Calif.) -- Hundreds of people remain missing in the wake of a pair of deadly wildfires that have been burning across both ends of California. The two monstrous…
Uintah County Sheriffs Office(SALT LAKE CITY) -- Two teenage boys allegedly stole, flew and landed a small plane in Utah, local authorities said, before they were taken into custody on…
iStock/Thinkstock(HOOVER, Alabama) -- A shooting Thursday night at a mall in Alabama left one person dead and two teens hospitalized with bullet wounds, police said.The shooting happened around 9:52 p.m.…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Record lows were set on Thanksgiving in several cities throughout the Northeast, including Buffalo, Burlington, Hartford, Newark, Rochester and Syracuse. At 19 degrees on Thursday morning, it…
WRKN(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) -- Loved ones of a Tennessee man killed when a slab of concrete tossed from an overpass crashed through his car windshield pleaded for any witnesses to contact…
iStock/Thinkstock(PARADISE, Calif.) -- When the deadly Camp Fire started to close in on Feather River Hospital in the Northern California town of Paradise, nurses were forced to evacuate their critically…
ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- A prolonged drought followed by a welcomed spike in rain and another dry spell has created a "recipe for destruction" that's manifesting itself in wildfires of…
ABC News/Chuck Kennedy(CHICAGO) -- Former first lady Michelle Obama was greeted with squeals and shocked faces when she surprised girls in a dance class at her high school alma mater.Obama,…
WEWS(NEW YORK) -- The first lake effect snow event of the season delivered over a foot of snow Saturday in parts of southwest New York. Perrysburg, New York, reported 13.8…
iStock/Thinkstock(MALIBU, Calif.) -- Two fast-moving wildfires that exploded in the hills of Southern California have forced thousands of evacuations, including the entire city of Malibu and a sprawling naval base,…
ABC News(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.) -- The veteran suspected of opening fire at a Thousand Oaks, California, bar, killing 12, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, an official from the Ventura…
iStock/Thinkstock(PARADISE, Calif.) -- At least 23 people have been killed this week as flames from a raging wildfire engulfed their vehicles, homes and neighborhoods in Northern California, authorities said. Fourteen…
iStock/Thinkstock(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.) -- The veteran suspected of opening fire at a Thousand Oaks, California, bar, killing 12, texted or posted to social media during the shooting, law enforcement sources…
KABC(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.) -- Telemachus Orfanos survived the deadliest shooting in modern American history. But he was killed one year later in another mass shooting in his hometown of Thousand…
Instagram/@eastlake23(NEW YORK) -- The Mandarin duck that’s taking over the internet is back in New York City.Visitors to Central Park were unable to locate the duck earlier this week. But…
Facebook/Brent Taylor(NORTH OGDEN, Utah) -- The widow of Maj. Brent Taylor said Tuesday that it was "fitting" that the remains of her slain husband were returned to the United States…
Ultra Gentlemens Club/ABC News(WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) -- Mail bombing suspect Cesar Sayoc spent the early morning hours of the day he was arrested shuffling through press clippings at the…
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A series of explosive devices were sent to Hillary Clinton, former President Barack Obama, a number of other prominent Democrats and the New York City building…
iStock/Thinkstock(ATLANTA) -- A teenager wanted in the fatal shooting of a Georgia police officer was killed by police Monday morning after they found him hiding in a shed of a…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- A 70-year-old woman was found with her throat slashed at her home on a quiet residential street in Manhattan.Police responded to a 911 call at an Upper…
Barron County Sheriff's Office(BARRON, Wisconsin) -- One week after 13-year-old Jayme Closs was abducted from her rural Wisconsin home, authorities are looking for two vehicles of interest after cars were…
ABC News(HOUSTON) -- The hurricane season in the eastern Pacific Ocean officially is the most active since 1971. Hurricane Willa, now a Category 4 with winds reaching 155 mph this…
ABC News (HOUSTON) -- Hurricane Willa strengthened to a powerful Category 5 storm Monday morning, taking aim at the Mexican coast and threatening to deliver life-threatening storm surge, wind and…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- New York City Police Department Commissioner James P. O'Neill suspended the use of some bodycam devices "effective immediately" after one of the city's cameras exploded over the…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- New York City Police Department Commissioner James P. O'Neill suspended the use of some bodycam devices "effective immediately" after one of the city's cameras exploded over the…
Gwinnett County Police(ATLANTA) -- A manhunt was underway Sunday for a suspect in the killing of a police officer near a suburban Atlanta school after he and his partner responded…
Bob Pereira(HOUSTON) -- A family reunion decades in the making unfolded last week at the international arrivals terminal at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston.Three siblings -- who lived separate…
@Ginger_Zee/Twitter(ATLANTA) -- Hurricane Michael, a ferocious and historic storm, has killed at least 13 people, left a "tremendous number" of others unaccounted for and left a trail of destruction across…
ABC News(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) -- Hurricane Michael, a historic Category 4 storm, struck the Florida Panhandle early Wednesday afternoon, unleashing heavy rain, high winds and a devastating storm surge.Here is…
American Wild Horse Campaign(SAN FRANCISCO) -- Animal activists and horse lovers are criticizing the U.S. Forest Service’s plan to round up 1,000 wild horses in northern California this month, saying…
@topgunrangetx/Twitter(HOUSTON) -- Two men have been banned from a gun range in Texas after a friend pointed a gun at the other to take a selfie, according to the manager…
ABC News(MALIBU, Calif.) -- A man has been arrested in connection with a string of burglaries around Malibu and Calabasas in California.Anthony Rauda, 42, is being held without bail on…
Enfield Police Department NC(ENFIELD, N.C.) -- A woman in North Carolina allegedly concealed her mother's dead body for months in their home so she could "see the stages of death,"…
WSOC(GASTONIA, N.C.) -- A body believed to be missing boy Maddox Ritch was found on Thursday, days after the 6-year-old vanished in broad daylight in a North Carolina park, city…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Alison Turkos was 16 when she said she was raped at a friend's graduation party. A 19-year-old man entered the room where she was sleeping, got on…
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- New crime data released by the FBI show violent crime went down in 2017, bucking a two-year upward trend.Overall, there were nearly 300,000 fewer violent crimes in 2017…
Simsbury Police Department(SIMSBURY, Conn.) -- Authorities released a gut-wrenching video on Wednesday that shows a Connecticut man entering a police department lobby and confessing to a brutal murder.William Leverett was…
Simsbury Police Department(SIMSBURY, Conn.) -- Authorities released a gut-wrenching video on Wednesday that shows a Connecticut man entering a police department lobby and confessing to a brutal murder.William Leverett was…
WFAA(DALLAS) -- When Dallas firefighters arrived on the scene of a dispute in a home near Fairpark on Sunday night, there were residents outside yelling that there had been a…
iStock/Thinkstock(DALLAS) -- A Dallas police officer charged with manslaughter in the wrong apartment fatal shooting of a man was fired Monday morning, according to an email sent by Police Chief…
Southern California Regional Rail Authority(RIVERSIDE, Calif.) -- A suspect has been detained for allegedly stabbing a man in the neck in an unprovoked attack at a Southern California Metrolink station,…
Twitter/@SCEMD(HORRY, S.C.) -- Florence flooding is far from over. Ten days after the deadly hurricane hit, rivers are continuing to crest and some South Carolina residents are preparing to evacuate.In…
Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Images(NORRISTOWN, Pa.) -- A sentencing hearing for comedian Bill Cosby began Monday as women who said he drugged and physically took advantage of them, including one whom he…
Gastonia Police Department(GASTONIA, N.C.) -- A massive search effort is underway in southwest North Carolina where a young boy with autism vanished over the weekend after going to a local…
Gastonia Police Department(GASTONIA, N.C.) -- A massive search effort is underway in North Carolina where a young boy with autism vanished over the weekend after going to a local park…
iStock/Thinkstock(INDIANAPOLIS) -- Indianapolis police are searching for a burglar suspected of stealing items from inside a home and using a Bird electric scooter to leave the scene of the crime.Michael…
moodboard/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- The woman who allegedly stabbed five people, including three babies, in a birthing center has been charged with attempted murder, the NYPD said Saturday.Yu Fen Wang, 52,…
Kaufman County Jail(DALLAS) -- Investigators are looking to trace the movements of a Dallas police officer leading up to the night she shot and killed an unarmed man in his…
Steven Ferdman/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The last time we heard Ambra Gutierrez’s voice was on a recording she made at the behest of the New York City Police Department during…
WFTV(MELBOURNE, Fla.) -- The airport worker who hauled a suspected thief off an empty American Airlines plane at 2 a.m. Thursday in Melbourne, Florida, said he knew right away something…
KGO(BERKELEY, Calif.) -- An alleged serial rapist suspected in at least 10 attacks in Northern California -- some dating back almost three decades -- was arrested on Thursday after genetic…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Three babies were among five people stabbed at a suspected birthing center in New York City early Friday, police and officials said. The victims were found just…
Mark Makela/Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) -- After years of allegations of sexual violence from dozens of women which nearly all share common denominator accusations of being drugged and molested by the world-famous…
KGO/ABC News(OAKLAND, Calif.) -- A 24-year-old woman who says she was shot by a man using a paintball gun hesitated at first to call the police because she claimed she…
Salem New Hampshire Police Department(SALEM, N. H.) -- A father who was captured on video allegedly using his toddler to steal toys and prizes out of a claw machine at…
WJLA(WASHINGTON) -- Wendy Karina Martinez, the woman who was stabbed to death in an unprovoked attack in Washington, D.C., was living the "happiest moment" of her life, her mother said…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.) -- Lauren Hayden said she sensed something was wrong when she went on a date with prominent doctor Grant Robicheaux last year."I was in the pool with…
iStock/Thinkstock(ABERDEEN, Md.) -- Three people were killed and another three were injured after a woman opened fire at a Rite Aid distribution center in northeast Maryland on Thursday morning.The 26-year-old…
iStock/Thinkstock(AMES, Iowa) -- As hundreds of students held an emotional vigil on the campus of Iowa State University, their tears glistening in candlelight, the mother of slain champion college golfer…
Sonitus(ALEXANDRIA, Virginia) -- Think your new wireless Apple Airpod ear buds are pretty special, don't you?The U.S. Department of Defense is working with a Silicon Valley startup to fine-tune a…
ABC News(CULLEOKA, Tennessee) -- It’s been a year and a half now since high school teacher Tad Cummins ran off with his then 15-year-old student Elizabeth Thomas.Across the country and…
Twitter/@lmedsker(WASHINGTON) -- Dozens of senior citizens were saved from a raging apartment fire thanks to Washington D.C. firefighters and several U.S. Marines, eyewitness video showed.The Marines, who weren't wearing fire…
KABC(LOS ANGELES) -- A pair of Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies were injured in a fatal shootout on Wednesday after responding to a call about a man with a deadly…
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- A desperate search is underway in the nation’s capital after a woman was stabbed to death while jogging in a trendy neighborhood just a few miles from the…
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- A desperate search is underway in the nation’s capital after a woman was stabbed to death while jogging in a trendy neighborhood just a few miles from the…
iStock/Thinkstock(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) -- For over 16 hours on Sept. 20, 2017, an island of more than 3 million people was battered by the Category 4-hurricane-force winds and rain…
iStock/Thinkstock(WAUKESHA, Wisconsin) -- A Wisconsin woman was caught on tape breaking out of her handcuffs and escaping from a local police station, authorities said.Thirty-year-old Amber Gonzales was arrested last Friday…
Google Maps(CHARLESTON, S.C.) -- Two South Carolina sheriff's deputies who were transporting a pair of mental patients in a van that was overcome by flood waters -- drowning the two…
WKOW(MIDDLETON, Wisconsin) -- Three people were shot and injured in a workplace shooting in Middleton, Wisc., on Wednesday morning, a city about 6 miles outside of Madison.The suspect was shot…
WISN(WAUWATOSA, Wisconsin) -- A U.S. Postal worker who was recently terminated from her job has pleaded guilty to stealing cash and checks from over 6,000 greeting cards.Ebony Lavonne Smith, 20,…
iStock/Thinkstock(AUSTIN, Texas) -- An arrest warrant has been issued for the founder of a controversial 3D-printed gun company in connection to the alleged sexual assault of a minor, according to…
iStock/Thinkstock(AUSTIN, Texas) -- An arrest warrant has been issued for the founder of a controversial 3D-printed gun company in connection to the alleged sexual assault of a minor, according to…
iStock/Thinkstock(AUSTIN, Texas) -- An arrest warrant has been issued for the founder of a controversial 3D-printed gun company in connection to the alleged sexual assault of a minor, according to…
WJXX(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) -- A high school student in Florida was shot on his way to the bus stop Wednesday morning and is now in the hospital undergoing surgery for life-threatening…
WJXX(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) -- A high school student in Florida was shot on his way to the bus stop Wednesday morning and is now in the hospital undergoing surgery for life-threatening…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW BERN, N.C.) -- Florence is a "storm like no other" and its deadly flooding means "a long road ahead" for North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper said at a joint…
ABC News(DRAPER, Utah) -- Wanda Barzee, one of Elizabeth Smart's former captors, has been released from prison, much to Smart's surprise and disappointment.Barzee was released from the Draper Prison in…
Poweshiek County Sheriffs Office(BROOKLYN, Iowa) -- The accused killer of Iowa jogger Mollie Tibbetts is set to be arraigned Wednesday, one month after he was arrested for allegedly killing the…
Victorville Police Department(SAN BERNADINO, Calif.) -- Police in Southern California arrested a 20-year-old man and two teenage boys this week after they allegedly scammed people in a fake funeral scheme.Richard…
Google Maps(MULLINS, S.C.) -- Two female mental patients chained in the back of a county sheriff’s van drowned when the vehicle in which they were traveling was overcome by floodwaters,…
Pierce County Sheriff's Department(TACOMA, Wash.) -- A man armed with multiple guns including long rifles and wearing body armor allegedly took a hostage inside an auto repair business, prompting a…
iStock/Thinkstock(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- The family of Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man who died from multiple gunshot wounds when police fired on him 20 times as he stood in his…
Phoenix Police Department(PHOENIX) -- Police in Phoenix have sent out an Amber Alert for two young missing brothers, and have issued an arrest warrant for their father in connection to…
Texas Department of Public Safety(HOUSTON) -- Newly released video shows a woman leading police in Texas on a high-speed chase before crashing into another vehicle and running out of the…
iStock/Thinkstock(THOUREAU, N.M.) -- Five of the eight people killed in a horrific bus crash in New Mexico on Thursday have been identified.Authorities also announced all eight people died as a…
iStock/Thinkstock(SAN BERNADINO, Ca.) -- At least one person is missing and 13 were injured after two private boats collided on the Colorado River in southeast California on Saturday night.One person…
Sarasota Police Department(SARASOTA, Fla.) -- An absent-minded drug dealer appears to have made a very expensive mistake in Sarasota, Florida, this week.The Sarasota Police Department is investigating after employees at…
iStock/Thinkstock(SEATTLE) -- A serial cat killer may be on the loose, Washington state law enforcement officials are saying after discovering a 13th cat Friday in a string of brutal mutilated…
KTMF(SEATTLE) -- A family exploring Yellowstone National Park was able to save their 10-year-old son from a grizzly bear using bear spray they had rented from a kiosk nearby, according…
Department Of Justice(NEW YORK) -- Two Russians who ran illegal high-stakes poker games near Coney Island and at one point ordered a building that housed a rival's poker game be…
Montgomery County Sheriff's Department(HOUSTON) -- A video of a mystery woman who rang the doorbell of a Texas house in the dead of night, wearing what appeared to be broken…
iStock/Thinkstock(MADISON, Wisconsin) -- A Wisconsin couple was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment, child neglect and false imprisonment after authorities said they kept their children in cages.Travis Lanier Headrick, 46,…
Harris County Police Department(DALLAS) -- A man accused of shooting at female drivers in Texas allegedly "held a very dim view of women," according to court documents.The suspect, 29-year-old Nicholas…
moodboard/Thinkstock(DALLAS) -- A former Texas police officer has been found guilty of murder in the 2017 shooting of an unarmed African-American teenager.A Dallas County jury convicted Roy Oliver, who is…
Tulsa Police Department(TULSA, Oklahoma) -- Protests have erupted over a class being taught to sheriff's deputies by a white Oklahoma officer who was acquitted of manslaughter charges in the fatal…
iStock/Thinkstock(SEATTLE) -- The founder of a company that had planned to distribute blueprints for producing plastic firearms using 3D printers says he started selling the plans today despite an injunction…
Seagoville Police Department(SEAGOVILLE, Texas) -- A police officer in Texas ran into a burning home to save five children and one adult.Sam Click, a Seagoville police officer, was on patrol…
Riverside Police Department(LOS ANGELES) -- A man was arrested in Southern California after police found 800 pounds of freshly-picked, allegedly stolen lemons inside his vehicle.Dionicio Fierros, 69, of Los Angeles,…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEWARK, N.J.) -- Students at a New Jersey high school may never again have to attend classes in dirty clothes, after the school built the student body its own free…
ABC News/Luis Martinez(INDIANAPOLIS) -- The sons of a missing Korean War soldier received some closure today as they were presented with their father's dog tag that was included among the…
ABC News(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- Images of neo-Nazis marching in the streets and violent clashes between alt-right protesters and counterprotesters in Charlottesville last year are still fresh in many residents' minds.…
Facebook(BROOKLYN, Iowa) -- The reward for information in the case of missing Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts has reached a new high.The reward fund, run through Crimestoppers of Central Iowa,…
Broward County State Attorney's Office(PARKLAND, Fla.) -- Video has been released of the confession by Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old accused of killing 17 students and teachers on Valentine's Day at…
WCPO/ABC News(CINCINNATI) -- A Cincinnati police officer was placed on “restricted duty” after allegedly shocking an 11-year-old girl with a stun gun at a local grocery store, authorities said.The officer…
KOMO/ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Scientists and researchers are in a race against time, struggling to save an ailing 3-year-old killer whale named Scarlet which has gone missing.The youngest of the…
Idaho Falls Fire Department(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) -- A young man who had been missing for several days was found alive beneath an overturned truck in the foothills of Idaho this…
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Max has been a part of the Cittadino family for two years. The Long Island natives took the golden retriever on trips, played with him in…
Facebook(BROOKLYN, Iowa) -- The father of missing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts said on Monday that he believes his daughter may be with someone who misunderstood her intentions and…
Taos County Sheriff's Office(PHOENIX, Arizona) -- The hunt for a father who allegedly kidnapped his sick son in Georgia led to the discovery of 11 abused children in New Mexico.The…
Facebook/Kevin Russell(CHICAGO) -- Good Samaritans in Chicago came to the aid of two police officers who crashed their car into a tree, a new video shows.The officers, who had been…
moodboard/Thinkstock(FALMOUTH, Mass.) -- Two police officers have been shot in Cape Cod, according to Massachusetts State Police.Patrol, tactical investigative and forensic units are responding to Falmouth, Massachusetts, to assist local…
iStock/Thinkstock(MIAMI) -- A rookie North Miami Beach Police officer has been relieved from duty and charged with aggravated battery after she allegedly kicked a woman 8 months pregnant in the…
iStock/Thinkstock(INDIANAPOLIS) -- Four family members who died in a duck boat accident in Missouri on July 19 were laid to rest at a ceremony in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Friday. Tia…
Sacramento Police Department(LOS ANGELES) -- In the 1980s, William Evins pleaded guilty to the brutal rape and murder of young Southern California mother Joan Anderson. But now, the Orange County…
FBI(PORTLAND, Ore.) -- An Oregon couple wanted for alleged child rape and molestation evaded authorities for 18 years. But after the man died recently the woman was caught when she…
ABC News(HONOLULU, Hawaii) -- It was supposed to be a bucket-list moment for Dawn Li, an exciting family outing to see where the river of lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano…
WMTW/ABC News(BANGOR, Maine) -- Lauri Quimby was told her son wouldn't survive.Charlie, 19, was shot in the right temple with a pellet gun by a friend, said police in Skowhegan,…
KATU/ABC News(PORTLAND, Oregon) -- While campaigning in her district, the cops were called on a black lawmaker as she was meeting voters door to door.Rep. Janelle Bynum represents the 51st…
Texas Medical Center(HOUSTON) -- A Houston couple who welcomed quadruplets early last month brought their babies home swaddled in patriotic style.These little bundles were decked out in stars and stripes…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- At 5 years old, Joseph Livingston faced a brutal third-degree burn. The cause: consumer fireworks.He was celebrating Labor Day in Columbia, Md., with his neighbors back in…
iStock/Thinkstock(SATELLITE BEACH, Fla.) -- Whitney Prieto was diagnosed last September with stage 2B triple negative breast cancer. She was 35, early in her pregnancy with twins and said she had…
iStock/Thinkstock(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) -- A girl swimming at a popular resort town in South Carolina was injured in what was an apparent shark attack on Monday.Cristy Torres, who was at…
Bolivar Herald-Free Press/Jill Way(PLEASANT HOPE, Missouri) -- A fireworks retailer in Missouri went up in flames on the eve of Fourth of July.Firefighters responded to a major fire at AM…
Diane Palmer(HONOLULU, Hawaii) -- A Navy corpsman's mom hopes her missing son is still alive after he vanished following a night on the town with a few Marine buddies, taking…
iStock/Thinkstock(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) -- A federal judge has approved a temporary restraining order that allows the nearly 1,800 Puerto Rican survivors of Hurricane Maria to stay in temporary housing…
iStock/Thinkstock(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) -- Three days after a gunman opened fire in the Capital Gazette newspaper office, killing five staff, the publication in Annapolis, Maryland, thanked the community for its support…
iStock/Thinkstock(HOUSTON, Texas) -- The world’s deadliest offshore oil disaster, the Piper Alpha explosion, happened 30 years this week. One hundred sixty-seven workers perished in the fire that followed an explosion…
iStock/Thinkstock(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) -- When a gunman stormed into the newsroom of the local Capital Gazette newspaper, intern Anthony Messenger made his first-ever call to 911. The college senior continued to…
Twitter/@jessica_roy(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) -- In the aftermath of the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, LGBTQ communities around the country united around the phrase “love is love.” When…
Twitter/@capgaznews(ANNAPOLIS, Maryland) -- The blood was fresh on the newsroom floor and the grief of its staff raw, but the Capital Gazette of Annapolis, Maryland, promised it would publish a…
iStock/Thinkstock(SAN DIEGO) -- Two San Diego police officers were shot late Saturday and hospitalized responding to an incident they first thought may be an apartment fire.The suspect who allegedly shot…
iStock/Thinkstock(MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota) -- Officers on Saturday shot and killed a suspect in Minneapolis who allegedly was firing a gun into the air and into the ground while walking down the…
iStock/Thinkstock(OTERO COUNTY, New Mexico) -- A pilot "involved in a mishap" at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico died on Friday, the Navy said.Lt. Christopher Carey Short, from Canandaigua,…
iStock/Thinkstock(LANCASTER, Calif.) -- A 10–year-old California boy has died after a fall investigators are calling “suspicious" and authorities removed seven other children from the apartment where the child was found,…
John Moore/Getty Images(RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas) -- The father of the young girl from Honduras whose picture has become an iconic image of the immigration battle now says that his…
iStock/Thinkstock(RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas) -- Three parents who were been separated from their children after they were detained at the U.S. border have filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge…
WCVB/ABC News(BOSTON) -- A Uber driver who was beaten and left for dead in Boston said that his recovery is progressing but he has no memory of the attack.While working…
NYPD(NEW YORK) -- The New York Police Department is searching for a man who allegedly attacked his wife and chopped off her arm with a knife.Police said the man, 35-year-old…
ABC News(ROMA, Texas) -- A 22-year-old Guatemalan woman alleges that she and other mothers were treated inhumanely by immigration officers after she crossed the U.S.-Mexico border into Texas and was…
iStock/Thinkstock(LAS VEGAS) -- A teen in Nevada may have been shot and killed last week during a game of Russian roulette with several juveniles present, according to local police.Evidence of…
ABC News(MESA, Arizona) -- An Arizona police department has come under renewed scrutiny after the release of video appearing to show its officers beating a suspect and mocking him as…
ABC News(MESA, Arizona) -- An Arizona police department has come under renewed scrutiny after the release of video appearing to show its officers beating a suspect and mocking him as…
ABC News(FORT WORTH, Texas) -- Who would think that notes attached to a balloon and released into the sky would bring back so much love and joy?In May, two heartbroken…
ABC News(SAN ANTONIO, Texas) -- A U.S. citizen is facing human smuggling charges after dozens of suspected undocumented immigrants were found traveling inside his tractor-trailer in Texas on Tuesday night,…
iStock/Thinkstock(MIAMI) -- Hundreds and hundreds of central Florida beach-goers enjoying the sun and surf this week were faced with a very unpleasant shock.About 1,200 beach-goers were stung by jellyfish just…
iStock/Thinkstock(TAMPA, Fla.) -- While they didn't get a confession, Florida cops got a suspect to give them all the evidence they said they needed, including the murder weapon, to link…
Starr County Sheriff's Office(GRANJENO, Texas) -- Texas officials are investigating the death of a Honduran man last month in an apparent suicide – after he was separated from his family…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- New York Police Department officers are being hailed as heroes after they saved a baby Saturday night out at Coney Island.Michael Pace, 26, and Joseph Doyle, 26,…
Timberlake Regional School Board(PLAISTOW, N.H.) -- Fighting back tears, a fifth-grader recently pleaded with her school board to help end bullying.At a June 7 Timberlane School Board meeting, Delanie Marcotte,…
KOMO(BRINNON, Wash.) -- An explosion that decimated a cabin in Washington state also killed a family of five, including three children, authorities said Monday.On Sunday, around 1 a.m., fire personnel…
Paradise Helicopters/ABC News(HONOLULU, HI.) -- Two new steam explosions rocked the summit of the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island Monday morning, the latest measuring a preliminary magnitude of 5.4…
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- A "fearless" USA Today foreign affairs reporter who "thrived" in war zones, according to a friend, was hit and killed by a car while he was riding his…
iStock/Thinkstock(CLEVELAND, Ohio) -- Authorities are offering a $5,000 reward to anyone who has information about a mysterious Ohio home explosion, which killed one and critically injured another.The East Cleveland house…
moodboard/Thinkstock(SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) -- The body of a missing Southern California woman was found wrapped in a blue tarp alongside a crude wooden box, authorities said.Marlene Santellan, 34, of San…
iStock/Thinkstock(MIAMI) -- The apparent alligator attack that resulted in the death of a Florida woman who was walking her dogs near a lake is an extremely rare occurrence, authorities said.An…
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump's call Friday for Russia to re-enter the G7 four years after the country was kicked out from the group of countries over its annexation…
iStock/Thinkstock(BOSTON) -- A Massachusetts mother posted a now-viral photo online of a kindergarten classroom poster explaining lockdown procedures through a rhyme.Somerville resident Georgy Cohen, 38, was touring a kindergarten room…
@Bourdain/Twitter(NEW YORK) -- The sudden death of renowned chef Anthony Bourdain is spurring reflection on the accomplishments that catapulted him to stardom. But aside from his successful books and TV…
ABC News(MIAMI) -- The woman who pleaded guilty to kidnapping a baby from a Florida hospital hours after she was born was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison.Gloria Williams…
Palm Beach Sheriff(PALM BEACH, Fla.) -- Authorities are zeroing in on the age of the newborn girl who was found dead in the ocean off the Florida coast as they…
Mesa Police Dept.(MESA, Arizona) -- Two more Mesa, Arizona, police officers have been placed on administrative leave following the release of bodycam footage showing a violent arrest.Video released on Thursday…
Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Celebrity chef, longtime television personality and storyteller Anthony Bourdain has died in an apparent suicide, according to CNN. He was 61.CNN confirmed his death in…
Brett Taylor/Thinkstock(INDIANAPOLIS) -- An Indiana orchestra teacher claims his former school forced him to resign after he refused to refer to a transgender student by their preferred name.Brownsburg High School…
iStock/Thinkstock(DALLAS) -- The mother of “affluenza teen” Ethan Couch was sent back to jail on Thursday after a Texas judge issued an arrest warrant indicating she tested positive for drugs,…
KTRK(SANTA FE, Texas) -- Survivors of the Santa Fe High School shooting held a press conference Friday in which they detailed what they believe needs to be done to ensure…
moodboard/Thinkstock(RICHMOND, Va.) -- Police tased and then fatally shot a naked man after a confrontation on a Virginia highway earlier this month.Richmond police released the body camera footage of the…
iStock/Thinkstock(SANTA CLARITA, Calif.) -- A man in a California hospital who thought he'd have to miss his twins' high school graduation got a nice surprise from nurses and staff.Initially David…
iStock/Thinkstock(NOBLESVILLE, Ind.) -- When a middle school boy allegedly opened fire at his Indiana school, the science teacher immediately ran and tackled him to the ground, one student in the…
Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- The man who accused George Takei of sexual misconduct a few months ago has retracted a key detail of his story.In an interview with…
iStock/Thinkstock(PORTLAND) -- Multiple people have been injured in a hit-and-run crash in Portland, Oregon, according to police.Three women were struck around 10 a.m. and transported to local hospitals, the Portland…
Google Maps(SYRACUSE, N.Y.) -- A 30-year-old man ordered by a judge to move out of his parents' home in upstate New York has been offered a job and a starting…
WSB(ATLANTA) -- A Georgia police officer is being called a hero after he saved a baby from choking.Marietta officer Nick St. Onge responded to a 911 call May 15 from…
Galveston County Sheriff(SANTA FE, Texas) -- The parents of a 17-year-old boy gunned down in the Santa Fe High School shooting are suing the parents of the suspected teen shooter,…
Steven Ferdman/Getty Images(NEW YORK CITY) -- Disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein turned himself into police Friday morning in New York to face rape and sexual abuse charges before being released on…
ABC News(MIAMI) -- A man with stage 4 cancer who was detained after disembarking from a cruise and sent back to China will soon be traveling back to the U.S.…
iStock/Thinkstock(TAMPA, Fla.) -- Police in Tampa say a mother pushing a stroller was killed Wednesday due to street racing.The Tampa Police Department have arrested Cameron Coyle Herrin, 18, Tristan Christopher…
Carnival Cruise Lines(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) -- A Chinese man with stage 4 cancer and his wife were detained on Monday after the Carnival cruise they were on docked at a port…
moodboard/Thinkstock(LAUREL, Mississippi) -- Two Mississippi police officers could be facing additional charges after they were terminated by the Laurel Police Department (LPD) for allegedly beating 36-year-old James Barnett last week.Barnett…
iStock/Thinkstock(GREENSBORO, North Carolina) -- The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a 50-year-old man who was reported missing from a Carnival cruise ship on Tuesday.Greensboro, North Carolina, resident Brian Lamonds…
Tisdale Family(SANTA FE, Texas) -- Cynthia Tisdale, an art room teacher's aide and loving wife and mother, was among the 10 students and staff gunned down inside Santa Fe High…
Scott Legato/Getty Images(NEW YORK CITY) -- R. Kelly is being sued in New York City by a woman alleging sexual battery, false imprisonment and failure to disclose a sexually transmitted…
iStock/Thinkstock(TRENTON) -- Flood watches have been issued today in nine eastern states from Georgia to New Jersey. Parts of western Pennsylvania Wednesday saw more than 2 inches of rain, which…
Bernalillo County Fire Department(ALBUQUEQUE) -- Two hikers and their incapacitated dog who became stranded along a wooded trail in New Mexico were rescued with the help of a life-saving eye…
WABC-TV(MOUNT OLIVE, N.J.) -- A child and a teacher were killed when a school bus full of fifth-graders collided with a dump truck and slammed off a New Jersey highway…
iStock/Thinkstock(SAN FRANCISCO) -- While threatened southern sea otters bob and sun in the gentle waves of this central California estuary, wildlife experts up and down the West Coast are struggling…
ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- A Southern California man has been arrested on suspicion of having an unregistered destructive device amid the investigation into a deadly explosion at a day spa,…
ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- A Southern California man has been arrested on suspicion of having an unregistered destructive device amid the investigation into the explosion that killed his ex-girlfriend at…
Google Maps(PHILADELPHIA) -- The former president of a now-suspended fraternity at Temple University was charged with attempted rape as a part of a months-long investigation into sexual misconduct, underage drinking…
iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) -- A Los Angeles-area detective who once sued his department for allegedly discriminating against him because of his Armenian heritage was arrested this week for trying to conceal…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK CITY) -- A junior Navy officer pleaded guilty on Tuesday to her role in last year's deadly collision involving the destroyer USS Fitzgerald off the coast of Japan…
Christopher Brann(HOUSTON) -- A Houston man whose ex-wife allegedly absconded to Brazil with the couple’s child broke down in tears on the witness stand on Tuesday in the federal kidnapping…
City of San Antonio Animal Care Services/Facebook(SAN ANTONIO, Texas) -- Three people in Texas suffered minor injuries over the weekend after mistaking two bobcat kittens for domestic kittens and bringing…
Alex Edelman/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Newly-released documents show that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's first-class flights were prompted by what his security chief called life-endangering "lashing out" from other passengers when he…
Paul Morigi/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Despite a request from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi for the ethics committee to probe allegations of sexual battery and sexual assault against Rep. Tony Cárdenas,…
ABC News(CARY, North Carolina) -- An audacious smash and grab at a North Carolina jewelry store has been captured on surveillance video.Thieves robbed Artisan Jewelers in Cary, North Carolina, of…
iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) -- The California judge who sparked national outrage in 2016 when he sentenced a Stanford University swimmer to just six months in jail for sexually assaulting woman broke…
Metro Nashville Police Department(NASHVILLE) -- The man who thwarted the deadly rampage inside a Tennessee Waffle House by a half-naked gunman last month was honored today by his alma mater.James…
Aurora Police Department(AURORA, Illinois) -- Surveillance video from a gas station in Aurora, Illinois, showed the harrowing moment an 11-year-old jumped out of a moving car while it's being carjacked.In…
iStock/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) -- The man arrested for allegedly shooting a federal agent in the face last week appeared in a Chicago court today to face formal charges. Ernesto Godinez, 27, was…
iStock/Thinkstock(HONOLULU) -- Volcanic eruptions have "paused" at all 12 fissure sites on the Big Island of Hawaii, but hazardous fumes continue to be released in some neighborhoods, authorities said Tuesday.…
WABC(DETROIT) -- Police in Michigan are searching for the remains of up to six girls after a cold case dating back to the 1970s was reopened.Investigators on Tuesday executed a…
Obtained by ABC News(MIAMI) -- A suspended Miami Police officer was charged with assault today after cellphone video allegedly showed him kicking a suspect in the head during an arrest.Officer…
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Every parent knows that a child's teacher can make or break the school year. But what can parents do to empower their children in the classroom…
Normandy Schools Collaborative(ST. LOUIS) -- A security guard who allegedly tased an unarmed 14-year-old student at a Missouri middle school has been charged with assault, police announced Tuesday.On April 20,…
Melissa DePino/ABC News(PHILADELPHIA) -- The two black entrepreneurs who were arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks last month for sitting at the cafe without ordering a drink have reached a settlement…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK CITY) -- Students from nearly 300 schools across the country were expected to walk out in a different kind of protest Wednesday.Rather than calling for gun control reforms,…
iStock/Thinkstock(HAVANA) -- The U.S. military announced Wednesday it has transferred the first detainee out of Guantanamo Bay prison during the Trump administration. Mohammed Ahmed Haza al-Darbi, who pleaded guilty to…
MGM Resorts(LAS VEGAS) -- Six months after the worst mass shooting in American history, the public today is seeing the first video footage from the hotel suite that allowed the…
iStock/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) -- Five female paramedics with the Chicago Fire Department (CFD) filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday claiming that they were sexually harassed by members of the Fire Department, including superiors.The…
iStock/Thinkstock(FRISCO, Texas) -- Texas law enforcement officials said they have foiled an alleged ISIS-inspired attack on a north Texas mall with the arrest of a teenager whom authorities said tried…
Mathew Imaging/Contributor/FilmMagic for Academy of Television Arts and Sciences(NEW YORK CITY) -- A New York woman has claimed that former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw gave her an unwanted "French…
Animal Legal Defense Fund(PORTLAND, Ore.) -- A horse in Oregon is suing his former owner for neglect. According to the caretakers for Justice, the horse, former owner Gwendolyn Vercher left…
iStock/Thinkstock(CLEVELAND) -- A Southwest Airlines plane was diverted Wednesday after a crack was reported in one of its windows, the airline confirmed to ABC News.Southwest Flight 957, scheduled to fly…
KABC(BAKERSFIELD, Ore.) -- A registered sex offender remains at large but his two young children and the family dog that he absconded with were found safe, following a nearly four-hour…
iStock/Thinkstock(PARKLAND, Fla.) -- The brother of the young man accused of killing 17 people at a high school in South Florida has been arrested for the second time. A Broward…
ABC News(SAVANNAH, Ga.) -- At least five people are dead after a C-130 "Hercules" plane belonging to the Puerto Rico National Guard crashed outside the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport in…
ABC News(IRVING, Texas) -- The Boy Scouts of America is changing the name of one of its iconic programs, after 108 years.The historic youth organization announced today that their program…
ABC News(DETROIT) -- A Michigan high school that caused a social media firestorm when it put a so-called "modesty poncho" on display has decided it won't be handing out the…
Texarkana Police Department(TEXARKANA, Texas) -- When police were called to wrangle a "vicious" pit bull from a residential neighborhood in Texas, the responding officer said he realized almost instantly that…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK CITY) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has formally directed New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to investigate the way the NYPD's Special Victims Unit and the Manhattan…