Yearly Archives: 2020

MattGush/iStock(CARSON, Calif.) — A major refinery fire in Carson, California, temporarily shut down the 405 Freeway in both directions late Tuesday night. The thick smoke and flames could be seen from miles away as the plumes of

Family Photo via Atty Michael Winkleman(NEW YORK) — The grandfather accused of dropping his granddaughter from an 11th floor window of a cruise ship docked in Puerto Rico last year is accepting a plea deal. Salvatore Anello

tracielouise/iStock(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Two cheetah cubs have been born via in vitro fertilization to a surrogate mother for the first time ever at the Columbus Zoo. The cubs, one male and one female, and their surrogate mother,

Courtesy of Brad Kane(NEW YORK) — The race is on to find a rare duck who was spotted in Central Park with a piece of plastic stuck between its beak. Veteran bird watcher Brad Kane took a

Danny Martindale/WireImage/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Welsh singer/songwriter Duffy, best known her 2008 hit, “Mercy,” largely disappeared from the spotlight for the past decade, and in a candid Instagram post Tuesday she explained why. Duffy, whose full name

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Miriam “Mimi” Haley, who accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault, said she felt “relief” at the outcome of the trial, which found the disgraced movie mogul guilty of criminal sexual assault and rape

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The FBI and the NYPD raided the Times Square headquarters of Peter Nygard’s fashion company as part of a sex trafficking investigation, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan said. The searches were conducted Tuesday

Plymouth Fire Department(PLYMOUTH, Mass.) — Another landmark in the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts, was vandalized, making it the eighth site in less than a week to be tampered with, officials said. This time it was the 9/11

Alex Rozier/WFAA(DALLAS) — A stubborn structure in Dallas, referred to as the city’s very own “Leaning Tower,” still stands as of Tuesday. Efforts to demolish the 11-story building started on Feb. 16, however the implosion went awry

ABC News(NEW YORK) — The conviction of Harvey Weinstein busted myths about rape and should encourage more people to report sexual assault, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance told ABC News. Vance’s office successfully prosecuted Weinstein for forcing

ABC News(NEW YORK) — A complex storm system is strengthening in the Heartland and will be moving east over the next two days. This storm system already brought up to 13 inches of snow with whiteout conditions

Kevin Clark/The The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo asked the Supreme Court to dismiss his appeal on Monday after a change to Virginia state law now makes him eligible for parole.

DanHenson1/iStock(ATLANTA) — They’ve done their time behind bars and been on good behavior since their release, but advocates say some of Georgia’s 4.2 million former felons are still shackled by their past deeds. While the state’s unemployment

smolaw11/iStock(MILWAUKEE) — A Wisconsin high school has been hit with a federal lawsuit alleging it is violating the constitutional rights of two students by forbidding them from wearing T-shirts on campus that depict guns in a “non-threatening,

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Nearly 50 years after the end of jungle combat in Vietnam, and decades of hot, sandy battles in the Middle East, the U.S. military has been quietly and urgently preparing for looming potential

iStock(LOS ANGELES) — As a pair of 13-year-old boys await arraignment on murder charges in the deaths of two firefighters who were killed battling an arson blaze that destroyed a rural California town’s library, outrage has erupted

iStock(NEW YORK) — More than 1 million people in the U.S. are living in federally-funded housing complexes that inspectors found had fallen short on working smoke detectors, an ABC investigation found. Three out of four of those

iStock(LOS ANGELES) — Kobe Bryant’s widow has submitted a wrongful death complaint against the helicopter company that operated the flight that killed her husband, daughter and seven others. Vanessa Bryant submitted a 72-page complaint for damages Island

iStock(SEATTLE) — A trail runner who broke his leg on a frigid Washington mountain facilitated his own rescue by crawling for more than 10 hours to reach help. Joe Oldendorf, 26, was running on the Duckabush Trail

Kuzma/iStock(NEW YORK) — The jury reached a verdict in the New York rape trial of Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced former Hollywood mega-producer. Weinstein, 67, was found guilty of criminal sexual assault and of rape in the third

NASA(NEW YORK) — NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who helped pave the way for the first American astronaut to successfully orbit the Earth, died Monday morning at the age of 101, according to NASA. The pivotal roles of

RapidEye/iStock(SAN FRANCISCO) — The children of a couple in their 70s are opening up about how the duo survived the Northern California wilderness for eight days. Married couple Carol Kiparsky, 77, and Ian Irwin, 72, had been

Alabama Department of Corrections(ALPINE, Ala.) — A convicted murderer is on the loose after escaping from a work-release facility in Alabama, officials said. Daniel Miner, 43, was reported missing from his bed on Saturday night during a

ABC News/KTRK-TV(HOUSTON) — Seven people have been injured and hospitalized after a gun allegedly accidentally discharged at a flea market and dance hall. The incident happened on Sunday evening at the Mercado Sabadomingo, a flea market by

Santa Monica Police Department(SANTA MONICA, Calif.) — A man is lucky to be alive after somehow surviving driving his car off the top of a six-story parking garage. The Santa Monica Police Department first responded to reports

gloch/iStock(NEW YORK) — The Boy Scouts of America, an organization that’s been around for 110 years, recently filed for bankruptcy amid accusations that thousands of scouts were sexually abused by scout leaders, organizers or other scouts. But

ABC News(NEW YORK) — A Texas man survived a nearly fatal car accident Tuesday that left a pole in his chest and has begun his long road to recovery, according to his family. Mark Tabor told ABC

iStock(MADISON COUNTY, Idaho) — Home surveillance footage shows missing 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow days before he and his 17-year-old sister, Tylee Ryan, disappeared. The video, obtained by East Idaho News, shows JJ playing in the front yard

iStock(SALT LAKE CITY) — Two highly publicized student murders has caused one university to implement significant changes to its campus safety, including a $13 million building to house the school’s police department. Both incidents, which involved the

iStock(CAMDEN, N.J.) — Homeland security officials in New Jersey are warning residents of the potential terrorism threats the state faces from extremist and white supremacist groups. Officials have “taken notice at the rise in activity from white

iStock(OKLAHOMA CITY) — An Oklahoma school district has issued an apology after a longtime sports announcer called the names of the opposing team “pretty disgusting” at the start of a high school girls basketball game. Lorna Pollard,

(NEW YORK) — Bans on single-use plastic bags — one of the most pervasive sources of pollution — are taking effect in cities and states across the U.S. as efforts to combat global plastic production pick up.

iStock(NEW YORK) — Two storms will move across the country and combine in the East to bring heavy snow and rain from the Rockies to the East Coast. Already yesterday, Phoenix had the rainiest day since October

iStock(LOS ANGELES) — Two men have been shot, one of them fatally, at an alleged illegal cockfighting event. The incident occurred early in the morning on Feb. 22 at approximately 12:30 a.m. when police responded to a

iStock(KISSIMMEE, Fla.) — A man accidentally shot and killed his roommate when he was negligently handling a gun and shot her. The incident occurred on Feb. 21 when authorities responded to a call in Kissimmee, Florida, in

iStock(BARSTOW, Calif.) — A daredevil has died after crashing in a homemade rocket he had launched himself while filming a program. “Mad” Mike Hughes, 64, died on Saturday near Barstow, California, after a rocket that he had

iStock(LAKE COUNTY, Indiana) — A couple in Indiana were arrested after allegedly driving two teenage boys off a road because their bikes had President Donald Trump flags attached to them, police said. Cailyn Smith, 18, and Kyren

iStock(NEW YORK) — After four days of deliberating, jurors in the Harvey Weinstein trial have yet to return a verdict and are recessed for the weekend. On Friday, jurors asked Manhattan Supreme Court Judge James Burke about

iStock(NEW YORK) — There is one more chilly morning to get through before a mild weekend sets in throughout much of the Midwest and Northeast. Winter weather advisories are in place in and around Raleigh, North Carolina,

iStock(COSTA MESA, Calif.) — A city in California won a battle against the state Friday, at least temporarily, when a judge halted the transfer of people diagnosed with the coronavirus to its community for a quarantine site.

iStock/Loren Mariani(LOS ANGELES) — Kelly McCumiskey will never forget the day she decided to try scuba diving. Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and confined to a wheelchair, the Air Force veteran hoped that her first dive

Fort Valley Police Department(MACON, Ga.) — Authorities on Friday obtained an arrest warrant charging Demarcus Little with the murder of his girlfriend, Georgia college student Anitra Gunn, state investigators said. Gunn, a student at Fort Valley State

Jefferson Siegel/NY Daily News via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A former New York City obstetrician, who was stripped of his medical license after pleading guilty to serial sexual-assault charges, is being re-investigated after numerous complaints have flooded

EBAY(NEW YORK) — Oreo and fashion brand Supreme collaborated to create what has become one of the most-coveted of cookies. The limited-edition red-and-white cookie sandwich with the Supreme logo baked into it, sold out on Thursday after

Tracy Glantz/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(CAYCE, S.C.) — The grieving community of Cayce, S.C., will gather on Friday evening to remember Faye Swetlik, a 6-year-old who was abducted and killed, allegedly by a 30-year-old neighbor.

KTTV-TV(MONROVIA, Calif.) — A black bear that was wandering through a Southern California neighborhood and quickly captured national attention was apparently tranquilized by wildlife officials and transported out of the area, video shows. The team of men

kali9/iStock(ORLANDO, Fla.) — A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer allegedly shot and killed his wife and two children at their Florida home before turning the gun on himself, authorities said. Deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s

vyasphoto/iStock(PERRIS, Calif.) — A manhunt is on in California for an “extremely dangerous” man suspected of killing three people at a cemetery this week, authorities said. José Luis Torres Garcia, 33, has been identified as the suspect

Kuzma/iStock(NEW YORK) — On day four of jury deliberations in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial, the jury will hear a read-back of Annabella Sciorra’s full testimony — one of the most powerful and affecting accounts of the trial

Cumberland County North Carolina Sheriff’s Office(NEW YORK) — Almost 21 years after a newborn baby was found dead inside a trash bag along a rural road in North Carolina, forensic genealogy has helped investigators trace the mother

ABC News(NEW YORK) — The current cold blast extends all the way down from the Northeast into the southern states where up to 4 inches of snow fell from Tennessee into North Carolina. The precipitation led to

ABC News(NEW YORK) — The mother of Gannon Stauch, an 11-year-old Colorado boy who has been missing for nearly a month, opened up about her son’s disappearance, the rumors that have followed, and the desperation she feels

Rexburg Police Department(KAUA’I, Hawaii) — Lori Vallow, the 47-year-old woman wanted by authorities in Idaho in connection to the September disappearance of her two children, was arrested in Hawaii on Thursday. Vallow, under investigation by the Rexburg

Give a Child a Voice(DALLAS) — Eric Erdman is all about helping others, especially children. The 20-year-old Pennsylvania native founded the Give a Child a Voice foundation in 2016 shortly after being diagnosed with anaplastic ependymoma, a

PeskyMonkey/iStock(NEW YORK) — New York Attorney General Letitia James announced plans to sue New York City for allegedly fraudulent practices by its Taxi and Limousine Commission, accusing the agency of running a scheme on taxi drivers that

Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(MIAMI) — The highways flowing through Miami are swapping their Confederate identity with one that recognizes the iconic leader of the Underground Railroad. Miami-Dade commissioners unanimously voted Wednesday to change

iStock/hocus-focus(NEW YORK) — Images of tweets flagged by Twitter as “Harmfully Misleading” were leaked to NBC News and are making rounds on social media. Twitter confirmed that the images are part of the social media company’s experiment

Marin County Sheriff’s Office(MARIN COUNTY, Calif.) — Nearly a week into the search for a married couple in their 70s who vanished at their vacation cottage, Northern California authorities have said those efforts now are a “recovery

uatp2/iStock(WASHINGTON) — For the second year in a row the number of people who died in car crashes declined in 2019, according to the National Safety Council’s preliminary estimates released on Thursday. The data showed an estimated

California Highway Patrol(NAPA, Calif.) — A California Highway Patrol pilot said he was momentarily blinded and is still suffering some pain in his left eye after his aircraft was hit by a blue laser on a return

Chmiel/iStock(FORT BRAGG, N.C.) — Fort Bragg welcomed home 800 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division Thursday. They had been rushed to the Middle East in late December to assist with regional security after protesters attacked the U.S.

Buckner International(ALLEN, Texas) — An 8-year-old boy who spent 1,553 days, nearly half his life, in foster care was adopted Monday in a ceremony that featured a crowd of 300 people, a high school drill team and

Auburn Police Department(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — Alabama’s House Judiciary Committee has passed a bill in the name of Aniah Blanchard, the 19-year-old who was kidnapped and murdered last year, that would make it easier to hold suspects accused

New Canaan Police Department(NEW YORK) — A friend of Fotis Dulos pleaded not guilty Thursday to conspiracy to commit murder charges in connection to the disappearance of Dulos’ wife, Jennifer Dulos. Jennifer Dulos went missing in May

Kuzma/iStock(NEW YORK) — Harvey Weinstein’s fate remains in the hands of jurors, as the third day of deliberations begins. On Thursday morning, the jury’s day is starting with their review of Paul Feldsher’s testimony. He was the

Paul Archuleta/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — The ex-boyfriend of Hollywood therapist Dr. Amie Harwick was lying in wait before allegedly throwing her over a balcony to her death, prosecutors said. Gareth Pursehouse, 41, was charged Wednesday with murder

ABC News/WABC-TV(NEW YORK) — Two dead newborn babies have been discovered at a recycling center in New Jersey leaving authorities to piece together who they belonged to and how exactly they died. The authorities were first alerted

ABC News(NEW YORK) — A storm system moving through the southern half of the United States over the next 36 hours will bring a threat for flooding and snow to North Carolina and Virginia. Already 4 to

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation(SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn.) — A desperate search is underway in Tennessee for a 15-month-old girl who authorities say was last seen in December. Evelyn Mae Boswell, of Sullivan County, was entered as a missing

Photoservice/iStock(NEW ORLEANS) — A Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans turned deadly when a woman was killed after being run over by a parade float. The woman, whose name has not been released by police, was struck

Stephanie Keith/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A woman whose allegations of childhood sex abuse in New York were central to last year’s indictment of Jeffrey Epstein was questioned by the FBI and subpoenaed for testimony by federal prosecutors