Yearly Archives: 2020

Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead(WASHINGTON) — Twenty-one Saudi students will be expelled from the U.S. following an investigation into the Saudi military officer who killed three sailors and wounded eight others at the Naval Air

imaginima/iStock(WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.) — The man charged with federal hate crimes for allegedly stabbing six people during a Hanukkah celebration has pleaded not guilty. Grafton Thomas, 37, appeared in federal court in White Plains, N.Y., Monday morning,

DNY59/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of Michelle Carter, the Massachusetts woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter after urging her teenage boyfriend over text message to kill himself. Carter will remain behind bars,

Chalabala/iStock(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) — A man was arrested after allegedly stabbing eight people in and around downtown Colorado Springs early Monday morning, police said. Officers were dispatched to the area of 8th Street and Limit Street for

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Weekend storms brought 700 damaging storm reports, including 19 reported tornadoes from Texas to Virginia. People across the country are still cleaning up from this storm while several new storms are already slamming

Dearborn Police Department(DEARBORN, Mich.) — Authorities in Michigan are searching for a 14-year-old girl who was last seen Saturday leaving her home with an unknown person. Video shows Reem Alsaidi getting into someone’s white or grey sedan

kali9/iStock(WINTER HAVEN, Fla.) — A confrontation between two motorists turned deadly in central Florida over the weekend when one shot the other, authorities said. The incident unfolded Saturday night on a road in the city of Winter

suratoho/iStock(RALEIGH, N.C.) — A North Carolina man is on the run after repeatedly pistol-whipping his girlfriend when she refused to go along with his plan to break into and burglarize a house. Alexander Wayne Gillett, 26, of

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department(VALLEY VILLAGE, Calif.) — An off-duty sheriff’s detective was struck and killed by a car while she was in the middle of helping an elderly woman cross the street who had fallen in

FotoDuets/iStock(OMAHA, Neb.) — A Nebraska man is being hailed as a hero after jumping into action to save the lives of three men whose car landed upside down in an icy pond and they couldn’t get out.

Polk County Police Department(CEDARTOWN, Ga.) — Video captured what could have easily been a Georgia police officer’s last moments as he was hit by a moving train. Polk County Police Department officer Andy Anderson miraculously survived being

Essex County Correctional Facility(NEW YORK) — A flight attendant and several police officers were injured when a passenger reportedly became disruptive on a New Jersey-bound flight, authorities revealed over the weekend. Matthew Dingley, 28, allegedly attacked an

Grand Junction Police Department (GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.) — An Uber passenger was arrested after pulling a gun on a driver in an attempt to kidnap her, police said. The suspect, 23-year-old Adam Salaz, was picked up in

Anaheim Police Department (ANAHEIM, Calif.) — The weeks-long search for a missing 29-year-old Southern California woman took a grisly twist when her body was discovered wrapped in plastic and cardboard in the back of an abandoned U-Haul

iStock(SALT LAKE CITY) — A man who survived more than three weeks in the Alaskan wilderness after a fire burned down his home and killed his dog was rescued after writing “SOS” in the snow. Troopers from

iStock (DENVER) — A manhunt is underway in Colorado for at least one gunman who opened fire at a crowded house party in a Denver suburb, wounding five people, including three juveniles, police said. The shooting occurred

iStock(NEW YORK) — Police are investigating the deaths of infant twins after they died of cardiac arrest at a New York City-funded shelter. The New York Police Department responded to a call for help at the Landing

iStock(JERSEY CITY, N.J.) — A woman in New Jersey claims she got a very unpleasant — and potentially hazardous — Amazon delivery this week when she ordered two boxes of diapers. Nassly Sales from Jersey City, New

iStock(GRANBURY, Texas) — A Granbury, Texas, man who bravely jumped into action last month by gunning down an active shooter at a church is expected to receive the state’s highest civilian honor. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced

iStock(VENICE, Calif.) — A homeless man has been arrested after attempting to kidnap a 6-year-old girl while she ate pizza with her family. The incident happened in Venice, California, on Saturday night when the girl and her

iStock(NEW YORK) — Yesterday, there were 387 reports of severe weather including 4 reported tornadoes in Kentucky, Mississippi and Alabama. Record warmth hit the northeast on Saturday with Boston Logan Airport recording a temperature of 70 degrees.

iStock(MANOR, Texas) — A school district in Manor, Texas, was caught in a phishing email scam that cost $2.3 million in losses within two months, officials said. Investigators with the Manor Police Department and the FBI are

iStock(NEW YORK) — Severe weather is making its way throughout the country, with around 21 million people who will be potentially affected. Storms in Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas have already left eight people dead, according to officials.

iStock(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — A California man who was heartbroken when he brought his deceased dog to the shelter to be cremated was overcome with joy when he received an unexpected message on his phone. Ralph Johnson of

iStock(ROSWELL, N.M.) — Days after Isela Mauricio-Sanchez was found strangled to death inside her home in Roswell, New Mexico, the manhunt for the alleged killer intensified after a federal arrest warrant was issued. Jorge Rico-Ruvira allegedly fled

iStock(NEW YORK) — Following a series of on-land aftershocks in Puerto Rico this week, a 6.0 magnitude aftershock struck on Saturday under the ocean and miles away from the most devastated part of the mainland. The 6.0

iStock/mirceax(BROOKVILLE, Penn.) — Two Pennsylvania teenagers who are accused of “holding down and repeatedly kicking” a helpless deer have been charged, officials said Friday. Alexander Brock Smith, 18, and a 17-year-old juvenile male are each facing two

Clayton Sandell/ABC News(DENVER, Colorado) — Colorado authorities say they are stepping up the investigation into suspicious drone activity after a drone reportedly came into “dangerous proximity” to a medical helicopter. “Our operations may include the use of

Dallas Police Dept.(DALLAS) — A suspected serial killer has been extradited to Dallas after spending over a decade as a fugitive in Mexico, prosecutors said. Jose Sifuentes, 42, is accused of capital murder in the sexually motivated

Nicolette Cain/ABC News(NEW YORK) — After Republican Sen. Sylvia Allen of Arizona proposed a bill that would bar teaching sex education in schools prior to seventh grade, “The View” co-hosts discussed what the appropriate age is to

monkeybusinessimages/iStock(NEW YORK) — You may be old enough to drive, vote, join the military and buy a lottery ticket, but in Vermont, it may soon be against the law to have a cellphone if you’re under the

FBI Charlotte(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — Federal authorities are searching for a bank robber dubbed the “Bad Wig Bandit,” who is targeting banks in North Carolina. The man is believed to have robbed three banks in the Charlotte area

Cybernesco/iStock(CHICAGO) — A coyote was captured by animal control in Chicago Thursday night after two attacks were reported in the city, police said. Animal control inspectors responded to a call of an injured coyote and safely darted

ronniechua/iStock(NEW YORK) — A major storm is developing in the southern Plains Friday and is threatening to bring tornadoes, flash flooding and freezing precipitation to the central U.S. Nineteen states from Texas to Maine are under flood,

DNY59/iStock(BROOKHAVEN, N.Y.) — A group of black high school students on Long Island claims their science teacher included racially insensitive images in a class presentation that referenced them as monkeys and now they’re planning to sue. Longwood

Georgia Bureau of Investigations(NEW YORK) — A Jane Doe murder victim who has remained nameless since her body was discovered in a Georgia cornfield on Halloween 1981 has finally been identified almost 40 years later. On Thursday,

fizkes/iStock(CINCINNATI) — A Cincinnati LGBTQ organization received a blessing in the form of a celebrity retweet this week when late-night talk show host Seth Meyers urged his followers to support the organization’s fundraiser. The co-founders of Transform,

iStock(FORT JACKSON) — A 19-year-old Army National Guard soldier was found dead at Fort Jackson less than four months after an Army recruit died on the same post. The soldier, Pvt. Connor J. McGurran, a native of

Flagler County Sheriff’s Office(PALM COAST, Fla.) — A teacher in Florida is facing a charge of simple battery, after cellphone footage taken during class showed him lifting a 14-year-old student out of his desk and shoving him

iStock(NEW YORK) — A New York teen reached for the stars last summer and found a one-of-a-kind planet. Wolf Cukier, 17, an intern at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, last July, was tasked with

iStock(SAN ANTONIO, Texas) — When the Sandy Hook Promise foundation wanted to host a benefit concert at the Alamodome in San Antonio, an organizer for the nonprofit turned to Nancy Jean and Carissa Scott, hoping they could

iStock(WASHINGTON) — The number of migrants stopped by authorities along the southern border continued to fall into the final month of 2019, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data released on Thursday. The decline marks a

iStock(NEW YORK) — Security video purportedly showing the outside of millionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s New York jail cell at the time of his attempted suicide in July has been lost, federal prosecutors claim. The five hours

DNY59/iStock(NEW YORK) — A New York trial judge on Thursday denied a motion by Harvey Weinstein’s defense team to recuse himself from the case after vigorously scolding the Hollywood producer earlier this week and threatening to revoke

Kuzma/iStock(NEW YORK) — A Queens, New York woman who plotted to build a bomb for a terrorist attack inside the U.S. was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a New York federal judge on Thursday. Asia

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Fotis Dulos, the Connecticut man accused of killing his estranged wife, was released on bond shortly before 1 p.m. Thursday. He didn’t speak to reporters, instead walking directly to a car. Jennifer Dulos,

pixelliebe/iStock(NEW YORK) — The accused mastermind of an elaborate GoFundMe scam that duped thousands of victims out of more than $400,000 has been hit with a 16-count federal indictment a month after pleading guilty to state charges

Roswell Police Department(ROSWELL, N.M.) — Police in New Mexico are on the hunt for a 32-year-old man, who went missing with his 3-year-old son, after allegedly killing the mother of his child. An arrest warrant was issued

ABC News(NEW YORK) — A cold front moved through the Northeast Wednesday, causing snow squalls, lowering visibility briefly, and producing a dusting of snow up to a few inches in spots. Now that the cold front has

Fiance Shane Carey, along with his father, holds he and Heidi Broussard’s baby, Margot Carey, during an interview with ABC News on Jan. 8, 2020. (ABC News)(AUSTIN, Texas) — The fiance of a Texas woman who was

Lux Blue/iStock(CHICAGO) — A 5-year-old Chicago boy was rushed to the hospital on Wednesday after being attacked by a coyote, fire officials said. The young boy was bitten multiple times on the head and face at around

New Jersey State Parks(BERKELEY TOWNSHIP, N.J.) — When New Jersey park officials asked residents to donate their Christmas trees for a sand dune restoration project, they hoped for some 200. Instead, throngs came out and more than

iStock(REDMOND, Ore.) — An Oregon man has been charged with attempted murder and hate crimes for allegedly attacking an Indian immigrant due to her ethnicity, leaving her with a broken shoulder and various other injuries. James Lamb,

iStock(NEW YORK) — There was a rise in the number of North Americans who looked up into the sky in 2019 and found something that didn’t look like a bird or a plane. The National UFO Reporting

iStock(DALLAS) — Hoping for a major break in the killing of a 1-year-old boy whose home was “targeted” by a suspect who fired a gun into his bedroom window, the Dallas Police Department released security video on

iStock(KELLOGG, Idaho) — Rescue efforts concluded on Tuesday after an avalanche trapped inbound skiers at Silver Mountain Resort, Idaho. Two people were killed but five were rescued. Among those scouring the slopes as part of the rescue

iStock(NEW YORK) — Harvey Weinstein wants a new judge. Defense lawyers for the embattled movie producer filed a motion in New York on Wednesday asking the judge to recuse himself from the case for threatening a day

iStock(LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga.) — One burglar may have been too full to make a quick getaway after he broke in and ate some late night snacks at Taco Bell. The Gwinnett County Police Department in Lawrenceville, Georgia shared

iStock(NEW YORK) — Alaska had its warmest year on record in 2019 with average temperatures 6.2°F above the long-term average and most parts of the country saw above-average temperatures, according to data released by the National Oceanic

iStock(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — After back-to-back earthquakes in Puerto Rico this week almost one million residents are without power and over 2,200 are living in shelters. Since Monday, the U.S. commonwealth experienced two earthquakes that measured

MivPiv/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Army advised Americans that the military is not drafting individuals by any means, including through text messages. Texts have circulated this week alerting U.S. citizens that they have been selected for a military

Roswell Police Department(ROSWELL, N.M.) — Police in New Mexico are on the hunt for a 3-year-old boy who went missing after family members found his mother dead in their home. An Amber Alert was issued on Tuesday

ABC News(NEW YORK) — A quick but heavy burst of snow moved through the Mid-Atlantic Tuesday and Tuesday night, producing up to 7 inches of snow in central Pennsylvania and 4 to 6 inches of snow in

Waitandshoot/iStock(NEW YORK) — Colorado voters soon will have the unique opportunity to help decide the fate of an entire species. A question on whether to reintroduce the gray wolf, a species widely eradicated in the western United

DanHenson1/iStock(NEW YORK) — A streak of inmate killings and the escape of two violent felons from a maximum security facility put Mississippi’s penitentiaries on lockdown — and under a microscope that’s revealing how a state with one

jetcityimage/iStock(NEWARK, Del.) — A Delaware man is facing federal charges for allegedly causing an explosion during a suspected anti-abortion protest at a Planned Parenthood office. Samuel James Gulick, 18, allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at the Planned

amphotora/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — Three Los Angeles Police Department officers have been suspended for falsely classifying people as gang members in an effort to boost the department’s statistics, authorities said. The officers, who had been assigned to the

iStock(DENVER) — In the latest bid to solve the question of mysterious drone sightings vexing authorities in northeastern Colorado, a state surveillance airplane loaded with sophisticated cameras and sensors was launched Monday evening. However, it did not

Pacific Marine Mammal Center(LOS ANGELES) — A California sea lion found on a beach with pellet gunshot wounds was euthanized as officials search for who was responsible, officials announced on Tuesday. Employees at the Pacific Marine Mammal

iStock(HOUSTON) — A Houston high school was evacuated on Tuesday due to an explosion on campus. Students and administrators were ordered to leave Klein Forest High School at around 1 p.m. after a firework exploded in the

iStock(NEW YORK) — The New York State attorney general announced restaurateur Ken Friedman has agreed to a six-figure settlement as part of a human rights investigation nearly two years after multiple sexual harassment allegations. Friedman, who is

iStock(MADISON, Wisc.) — Lawmakers in Wisconsin are reviving a proposal from a 2013 bill in hopes of making English the official language of the state. Sens. André Jacque, Steve Nass and Dave Craig, all of whom are