Month: September 2018

Rich Rolen via ABCNews.com(ALLENTOWN, Pa.) — Three men died after a car exploded late Saturday in Allentown, Pennsylvania, authorities said. The suspect was likely among those killed in the blast, Lehigh County District Attorney Jim [Read More…]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Las Vegas mass shooting survivors reunited with their “Route 91 family” Saturday night at country singer Jason Aldean’s concert in Orange County, California, watching the same artist who was performing [Read More…]

ABCNews.com(WASHINGTON) — Melania Trump departs Monday for Africa for her first major solo international trip as first lady. During the weeklong trip, the first lady will make stops in Ghana, Malawi, Kenya, and Egypt. Her [Read More…]

Seminole County Sheriffs Office(SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla.) — The mother of a 1-year-old found dead after being left in a hot car all day has been charged with negligent manslaughter, authorities in Florida said Saturday. Kailyn [Read More…]

Rich Rolen via ABCNews.com(ALLENTOWN, Pa.) — A car explosion late Saturday in Allentown, Pennsylvania, has killed at least one person. The Allentown Police Department confirmed one person died in the blast that took place at [Read More…]

Google(CLEVELAND) — Keith Kozak says he was simply supporting his friends’ marriage, but now he’s out of a job with the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. Kozak was a campus minister at Cleveland State University and [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(SAN DIEGO) —  A teenage boy attacked by a shark near San Diego had to be airlifted to a hospital on Saturday morning, according to the City of Encinitas Marine Safety Department. The teen suffered [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) —  A group of researchers at Yale University has developed “robotic skins” that can turn any inanimate object into a robot, the school announced. Led by Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio, assistant professor of mechanical engineering [Read More…]

Bowook Yoon(NEW YORK) — The hashtag #WhyIDidntReport can be found on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram — and now it’s on pieces of paper around the streets of New York City. The [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The future of more than half of the world’s killer whale population is under threat, in part, because of man-made chemicals produced throughout the mid-1900s leaching into the ocean, according to a [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(BROOKHAVEN, Miss.) — Two police officers were killed in a shootout early Saturday morning in Mississippi, according to police. Officers James White, 35, and Zack Moak, 31, were killed while responding to a call around [Read More…]

U.S. Navy(CHUUK, Micronesia) — Authorities say one person is unaccounted for after initially saying all 47 people onboard a flight to Micronesia that crash-landed in the ocean were safe. No serious injuries were reported among [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(LAKEWOOD, N.J.) — A week after a passerby’s photo of a toddler crawling in the street went viral, a New Jersey man has been arrested and charged with neglect. Evgeniy Dorman, 41, surrendered to police [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. is temporarily closing its consulate in Basra, Iraq, citing “increasing and specific threats and incitement to attack our personnel and facilities” by Iran, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. He [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) —  Federal prosecutors in New York are seeking the death penalty for Sayfullo Saipov, the suspect in the New York City terror attack that killed eight people — a rare punishment that hasn’t [Read More…]