Month: July 2018

WFTV(ORLANDO, Fla.) — A 21-year-old pregnant woman was killed when she and two children were shot at a Florida intersection, in broad daylight. Police are now pleading with the public to help find the gunman. [Read More…]

Apple(NEW YORK) — Whether you’re celebrating with a smiley face, a confetti ball, or a shrug, today marks World Emoji Day. The holiday falls on July 17 because it’s the date displayed on the calendar [Read More…]

ABC News(JOHANESSBURG) — Despite the “strange and uncertain” times President Barack Obama says we’re living in he still believes in “a vision of equality and justice and freedom” he said in a speech on Tuesday [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(MINNEAPOLIS) — The Somali-American teenage boys who were wrongfully handcuffed and detained by police in Minnesota have spoken out for the first time, with one of them calling himself a victim of discrimination. “When the [Read More…]

@YosemiteNPS/Twitter(MARIPOSA COUNTY, Calif.) — Firefighters are struggling to contain a deadly wildfire that more than doubled in size on Monday, charring nearly 9,300 acres of land near Yosemite National Park in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains. [Read More…]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WATERBURY, Conn.) — In some cases, courage is contagious. That was the case for Jahana Hayes, a longtime teacher who decided to make her first foray into professional politics. Hayes told ABC News [Read More…]

ABC News(DETROIT) — Four Michigan teenagers charged with murder in a highway rock-throwing incident agreed to plea deals on Monday, angering members of the victim’s family who feared the boys might get off easy under [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Growing up on a cattle ranch in northern Arizona, Ethan Lane recalls the Mexican gray wolves that would regularly prey on his livestock. “These wolves are very threatening. The cattle would sense their [Read More…]

Media24/Gallo Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Former President Barack Obama is scheduled to deliver a speech on Tuesday to commemorate the late Nelson Mandela, Obama’s first visit to Africa since leaving office. Mandela is known for being [Read More…]

Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department (CUMBERLAND COUNTY, N.C.) — A husband in North Carolina tried to kill his wife with a scheme straight out of ancient Rome: by surreptitiously slipping poison into her food. Police in [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(HELSINKI) — Ahead of his summit with President Donald Trump, it had been widely said that all Russia’s president Vladimir Putin had to do to come out a winner was to show up to the [Read More…]

Amazon(NEW YORK) — Amazon’s own online shopping holiday — Prime Day — was off to a rocky start when some shoppers found problems using the website when the hyped-up sales were supposed to begin. Often [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — FBI counter-intelligence agents have arrested a 29-year-old Russian woman on charges she acted as a Kremlin agent while working over the past three years to build relationships in the upper ranks of the [Read More…]