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Washoe County Sheriffs Office(SAN FRANCISCO) -- Cold-case investigators may have solved a 40-year-old murder with the arrest of a 73-year-old Arizona man.Charles Gary Sullivan was charged Friday with open murder…
Brigeton Police Department(NEW YORK) -- Saturday marks two months since a 5-year-old girl vanished from a New Jersey playground.Dulce Maria Alavez was last seen on Sept. 16 playing in a…
mivpiv/iStock(NEW YORK) -- A United States service member who was advising Iraqi security forces was killed Saturday in the northern Nineveh province of Iraq, according to the U.S.-led coalition fighting…
iStock(NEW YORK) -- A number of accusers of alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein expressed anger Saturday following his apparent suicide, saying that justice was not served and the disgraced financier…
Dayton Police Department(DAYTON, Ohio) -- Many questions remain in the motivations of the man who allegedly committed a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, last weekend, leaving nine dead before responding…
ABC News(BALTIMORE) -- Strong storms brought more than 5 inches of rain and 70 mph wind gusts in Baltimore on Tuesday, while Nebraska saw a gust over 80 mph.More severe…
FBI(ARLINGTON, Mass.) -- The FBI is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons who set fire to two Jewish…
ozgurdonmaz/iStock(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) -- Cyntoia Brown, the woman who was convicted of killing her alleged sex trafficker and sentenced to life in prison, is now free.Brown was granted clemency in January…
WPVI(PHILADELPHIA) -- The FBI is looking for a trio of brazen robbers who attempted to knock off an armored car as it was making a bank delivery last week in…
Ksenia Pro Photography(TYSONS CORNER, Va.) -- One soon-to-be bride wanted to give her future husband a birthday gift he would never forget.Rachel O'Neil, a plastic surgery consultant and mother of…
deepblule4you/iStock(WALTERBORO, S.C.) -- Two people were arrested after a child was found dead inside a vehicle in South Carolina, authorities said.First responders determined that the unidentified child, who had been…
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Softball-sized hail was reported Monday in the Upper Midwest and western Great Lakes -- car windows in Minnesota were smashed -- in addition to torrents of…
iStock(SOUTHHAVEN, Miss.) -- Two Walmart employees were gunned down -- allegedly by a co-worker -- at their Mississippi store on Tuesday, according to the company.The victims were "senselessly murdered" at…
FBI(MEDFORD, Ore.) -- Authorities are searching for a 2-year-old Oregon boy who is missing after his parents were found dead in a vehicle in an apparent murder-suicide, authorities said.Aiden Salcido…
Vmargineanu/iStock(LOS ANGELES) -- An off-duty LAPD officer was shot and killed early Saturday in what the city's mayor described as a "senseless murder."Juan Diaz was one of two victims found…
sshepard/iStock(HARMONTOWN, Miss.) -- Ole Miss student Alexandria "Ally" Kostial will be laid to rest on Saturday, one week after the 21-year-old was killed.Her body, riddled with multiple gunshot wounds, was…
ABC News.(FRESNO, Calif.) -- Some of hottest weather of the summer is expected this weekend in the western U.S. -- at times reaching near-dangerous levels. There are heat advisories and…
Slavica/iStock(DULUTH, Minn.) -- A group of Girl Scouts camping in the remote wilderness of Minnesota, just miles from the Canadian border, needed rescuing late Friday after being struck by lightning…
Vmargineanu/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The father of infant twins has been charged with homicide after the pair was discovered dead inside a car in the Bronx Friday afternoon, New York City…
Gary Hershorn/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- There’s no denying that Israel Del Toro is a fighter.After being wounded by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, the former Air Force sergeant was…
Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The former girlfriend of accused killer Brendt Christensen, who recorded his alleged admission of brutally killing 26-year-old Chinese scholar Yingying Zhang, testified Wednesday that Christensen seemed "proud"…
John MacDougall/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Scientists from the University of St Andrews in Scotland say they’ve taught grey seals to mimic human tones.The two scientists raised three seals from birth,…
Lorenzo Bevilaqua/ESPN Images(HOUSTON) -- Former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal has done it before, he will do it again, and he does not to be praised for it.The basketball legend, who…
Google maps(NEW YORK) -- A pipe bomb loaded with explosive black powder was hand-delivered to the suburban New York City home of billionaire financier George Soros by a would-be attacker,…
ABC News(HOUSTON) -- A man arrested for allegedly touching a woman's breast on an airplane, according to court documents, told authorities "the president of the United States says it's OK…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- A woman verbally attacked a group speaking Spanish in a Virginia restaurant, telling them to "go back" to their country and "don't freeload off America."The video of…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Willa is churning north toward Mexico as a Category 4 storm and is expected to make landfall Tuesday, bringing with it dangerous storm surge and heavy…
Christine Courtney(SYLVANIA, Ohio) -- An Ohio father and grandfather who is in desperate need of a new kidney was surprised with the news that his neighbor and longtime family friend…
iStock/Thinkstock(SALT LAKE CITY) -- The University of Utah community is grieving after an "accomplished" student athlete was shot dead on campus Monday night, the school said.Lauren McCluskey, of Washington state,…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- The largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history could be decided tonight.The prize is an estimated $1.6 billion, which a single winner could choose to take as a…
Timothy A. Clary/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- It took 15,000 paintings and more than eight centuries to produce the Portrait of Edmond Belamy, but the artist's signature is the big reveal:…
New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Childrens Hospital(NEW YORK) -- After a grueling two-year cancer battle, an inspiring young patient had her lifelong wish come true to become an honorary chief…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- A South Carolina police officer died on Monday, succumbing to injuries she sustained in a deadly standoff earlier this month.Farrah Turner, a Florence County Sheriff’s Office investigator,…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- A 13-year-old boy stabbed his teacher with an 8-inch butcher knife at his Georgia middle school on Monday, according to the principal.The student was taken into custody…
ABC News(ATLANTA) -- A white couple whose black babysitter was followed by a white woman and questioned by police said they were in disbelief about the incident.David Parker and Dana…
ABC News(JACKSON, Miss.) -- Remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon are continuing to soak the South and Midwest.On Thursday, north of Jackson, Mississippi, more than 10 inches of rain fell, flooding…
iStock/Thinkstock (DALLAS) -- An arrest warrant will soon be issued for a Dallas police officer who shot and killed a man upon returning home from her shift and entering an…
iStock/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) -- A teenage anti-violence activist has been shot dead in Chicago, but as his fellow activists mourn, they are vowing to "continue our fight."Delmonte Johnson, 19, was standing in…
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The 18-year-old woman who pushed her teenage friend off a 60-foot Washington state bridge, leaving her with multiple injuries, said she didn't consider the consequences beforehand."She…
Maricopa County Sheriff(PHOENIX) -- When Melvin Harris' 16-year-old daughter told him a strange man followed her into the bathroom of an Arizona convenience store and tried to force his way…
iStock/Thinkstock(PHOENIX) -- A Phoenix officer and a suspect accused of opening fire on that officer both were listed in critical condition Thursday night, police said.Police have not identified the officer…
Jamie Sumner(BEAVER CREEK, Colo.) -- A worker at the skating rink at Beaver Creek, Colorado, made the day of a little boy and a vacation for a family.And he did…
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- There were 75 damaging storm reports on Thursday, with tornadoes reported in Illinois, Kansas and Iowa.Radar estimates showed more than 5 inches of rain fell just…
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- The National Transportation Safety Board is gathering in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the ongoing investigations into two deadly Amtrak accidents.In December 2017, Amtrak train…
iStock/Thinkstock(PRICES CORNER, Del.) -- Five people, including three children younger than 8, were found shot dead in a Delaware home, authorities said.Troopers responded to the home in Prices Corner a…
iStock/Thinkstock(SANDY SPRINGS, Ga.) -- Police in Georgia have released surveillance video of the suspect in the murder of a 71-year-old woman as the victim's family pleads with the public to…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- A bride and groom started their first moments of married life with a bang when a giant tree limb fell right where they were sitting.Cheyenne and Lucas…
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Chris is about to become the second hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic season.It is forecast to strengthen as it meanders off the Carolinas coast on Tuesday.…
Missoula County Sheriff's Office(MISSOULA, Mont.) -- A 5-month-old baby was found alive after being buried under a pile of sticks in the Montana woods for at least nine hours, according…
Colorado Parks and Wildlife(BRECKENRIDGE, Colo.) -- Near the peak of a well-traveled mountain trail in Colorado, on the day before July 4, some hikers found a grim scene: Two mountain…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Exactly 45 years after an 11-year-old girl's unsolved murder, police in Southern California have released new sketches of her suspected killer in the hopes of finally solving…
Paula Lobo/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Representatives of the Miss America Organization are calling for the resignations of its board members, including chairwoman Gretchen Carlson and Regina Hopper, the president and…
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty Monday to new sexual assault charges that could put him in prison “for a very, very long…
iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) -- The Los Angeles actor who was a victim in an alleged kidnapping-for-ransom scheme said in an exclusive interview with “Good Morning America” that he is not a…
Virginia Beach Police Department(NEW YORK) -- A Virginia Beach woman mysteriously vanished over one week ago and police have deemed her disappearance "suspicious."Bellamy Malaki Gamboa, 39, was last seen in…
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Tropical Storm Chris is set to turn into a hurricane Monday and is forecast to bring dangerous rip currents and high surf along the East Coast.The…
iStock/Thinkstock(EL PASO, Texas) -- An El Paso, Texas, police officer has been relegated to desk duty after a disturbing video surfaced of the cop pointing a gun at a group…
Steve and Michele Burt(NEW YORK) -- Plane passengers rarely describe air travel as a breath of fresh air, but it was literally that for one family's bulldog on a recent…
Scott Gorslene(WILLIAMSBURG, Va.) -- One person is dead and the pilot of a helicopter is missing after a helicopter crashed into a condo complex in the popular destination town of…
WJLA-TV(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) -- A community is reeling a day after an alleged gunman targeted the local Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland and gunned down five unsuspecting employees. The suspect, Jarrod…
ABC News.(NEW YORK) -- Excessive and dangerous heat has overtaken the central U.S. and is expanding toward the East Coast for this weekend. As this heat heads toward the Northeast,…
Culpeper County Sheriff's Office(CULPEPER, Va.) -- The weather will remain quite active this weekend one day after more than 200 reports of severe weather from the Plains to the South…
Consolidated News Pictures/Getty Images(MANASSAS, Va.) -- Twenty-five years ago to the day, the name Lorena Bobbitt became notorious: on June 23, 1993, the young wife cut off her husband's penis…
The Gorilla Foundation/Koko.org(NEW YORK) -- Koko, the gorilla who mastered sign language and became a pop-culture phenomenon, will be laid to rest Saturday in a ceremony at an animal sanctuary…
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images(SANTA FE, Texas) -- Two of the biggest comedians of the past decade took time out from their tour to meet with survivors of the Santa Fe High…
Antwon Rose/Facebook(PITTSBURGH) -- Authorities took issue with multiple "irresponsible" reports about the police shooting of East Pittsburgh teenager Antwon Rose -- a case that has gained national attention and generated…
Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office(NEW YORK) -- The message from the grave was defiant. But was it the truth?For five years, Kim Pack suspected her stepfather, Dr. James Kauffman of killing…
moodboard/Thinkstock(DAVIE, Fla.) -- The body of a missing Florida woman, who is believed to have died after she was bitten by an alligator, has been found, authorities said.Search teams located…
Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- There are no signs of foul play in the shocking death of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain at a French hotel, investigators said Saturday.The award-winning…
Marc Bruxelle/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- The mother-in-law of an Iraq war veteran is pleading for change in North Carolina after her daughter’s late husband was denied burial in a state cemetery.Capt.…
ABC News(CHICAGO) -- Several clusters of scattered strong storms are moving along a stalled frontal boundary that stretches from Minnesota to Virginia. These strong storms may form at various times…
moodboard/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- As the weather warms and the official start to summer approaches, people are moving outdoors to spend their leisure time interacting with nature and wildlife.For some, the…
Toby Canham/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Redmond O'Neal, the troubled son of the late actress Farrah Fawcett, has been charged with attempted murder after going on a violent crime spree in…
Richmond County Sheriff's Office(NEW YORK) -- A North Carolina man was charged with manufacturing weapons of mass destruction after 31 active pipe bombs were discovered in the woods in Person…
iStock/Thinkstock(NOBLESVILLE, Ind.) -- A middle school boy allegedly opened fire at an Indiana school Friday morning, police said, leaving a teacher and another student injured, the latest in a string…
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- American Joshua Holt, who has been jailed in Venezuela without a trial for two years, has been released, officials said today.Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, who has advocated for…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) --A veteran Border Patrol Agent in Texas shot and killed an undocumented immigrant who was part of a group engaged in "illegal activity" that "rushed" the officer, the…
iStock/Thinkstock(LAS VEGAS) -- Mario Batali's three restaurants on the Las Vegas Strip will shut down amid investigations into sexual assault allegations against the celebrity chef, his company announced Friday.B&B Ristorante,…
iStock/Thinkstock(BOSTON) -- A homeless man is suing Burger King for $1 million after he was arrested and jailed for trying to pay for a meal with a $10 bill, according…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Starbucks will allow all guests to use its cafes and restrooms whether they make a purchase or not, the company announced on Saturday.Anyone who walks into the…
iStock/Thinkstock(PITKIN, Colo.) -- A bear was euthanized on Friday after it broke into a post office in Pitkin, Colorado.According to The Denver Post, this is the second such incident in…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- The 911 calls from witnesses of the WC-130 military plane crash in Georgia were released. Nine airmen with the Puerto Rico National Guard died in the crash.…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- The 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival will be missing a familiar presence when it starts today on the French Riviera.For the first time in decades,…
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- An active jet stream moving in from the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday is bringing heavy rain and storms with it.Strong to severe storms are possible from…
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- Three people were shot and killed, and then the suspect took his own life after an hours-long standoff in Maryland on Monday.The series of tragic events unfolded on…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- It was Allison Eric's second Mother's Day with her husband and wonderful toddler, but the day didn't go as she had hoped because her husband didn't have…
Google Maps(NEW YORK) -- A California high school student was charged on Monday after he allegedly recruited classmates into a drug and human smuggling ring, authorities said.Phillip Junior Webb, 18,…
Muscarella Family(NEW YORK) -- In a reversal of fates, a mom in upstate New York has thanked her eldest son for giving the gift of life back to her.Brian Muscarella,…
U.S. Geological Survey(HONOLULU) -- After a day of relative calm, Kilauea roared back in full force on Sunday, spewing lava 300 feet in the air, encroaching on a half mile…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- If you’re looking online for love or even just a dinner partner in the Los Angeles area, be careful or you might unwittingly get stuck with the…
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- A mother and her two toddlers died in a crash on Monday after their car smashed into an alligator on a South Carolina highway, police said.The mother,…
iStock/Thinkstock(SANDUSKY, Ohio) -- The world record-breaking roller coaster had a bumpy maiden voyage."Steel Vengeance," the new heart-stopping steel and wood-framed monster roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, bumped"…
Colorado State University(FORT COLLINS, Colo.) -- Two Native American teenage brothers visiting their "dream school" were questioned and patted down by campus police -- after a suspicious parent who found…