Month: September 2018

ABC News(PHILADELPHIA) — The attorney representing a homeless veteran at the center of a battle over a $400,000 fundraiser in his name says all of the money raised is now gone. Christopher Fallon, who is [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The White House is doubling down on its warning to the Syrian regime not to use chemical weapons ahead of an expected assault on Idlib province in northwest Syria, saying the U.S. will [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Ruby slippers worn in the classic 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” and stolen 13 years ago in Minnesota were found this summer, authorities said, as they revealed the sparkly, newly-recovered [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(SEOUL) — South Korea’s special envoy is scheduled to travel to Pyongyang Wednesday with an ambitious agenda to work out the deadlocked road to denuclearizing North Korea. “It is a very important time for a [Read More…]

ABC News(MOBILE, Ala.) — States of emergency are in effect in Mississippi, Louisiana and parts of Alabama as Tropical Storm Gordon bears down on the Gulf Coast. The storm, bringing gusty winds, heavy rain and [Read More…]

Fresno Police Department(FRESNO, Calif.) — Police are seeking the arrest of a 32-year-old woman in Fresno, California, after alleging that she faked her own kidnapping and robbery. Maria Gonzalez, who owns a trucking business, turned [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(PARIS) — French students are heading back to the classroom this week, but a new law means that their phones won’t be. Last month, the government passed a law banning the use of mobile phones, [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Governors in Mississippi and Louisiana have declared states of emergency as Tropical Storm Gordon bears down on the Gulf Coast. The storm, bringing gusty winds and heavy rain, is forecast to [Read More…]

@talschneider/Twitter(JERUSALEM) — Monica Lewinsky stormed off a stage in Jerusalem on Monday after a reporter asked her about her affair with President Bill Clinton. Lewinsky, a White House intern during the Clinton administration, ended the [Read More…]

Sean Gallup/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The New Yorker pulled Steve Bannon from its annual fall festival on Monday amid major pushback from staff and celebrity participants. Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist, was scheduled [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Rising global temperatures are leading to a boom in the number of insects devouring crops worldwide, and could cause future food shortages, says a study published last week in the journal Science. [Read More…]

Boys and Girls Club of Miami Dade(MIAMI) — The college dreams of two teens in South Florida are looking brighter — and a bit less stressful — after they were each awarded six-figure scholarships at [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(AMSTERDAM) — An Afghan man suspected in the stabbing of two American tourists in Amsterdam told investigators he traveled there to carry out an attack as vengeance for offensive statements made in the Netherlands about [Read More…]

ABC News(CHICAGO) — As Chicago police tried to break-up an anti-violence protest on Chicago expressway, several people agreed to be arrested. The protesters had planned to march on part of Chicago’s Kennedy Expressway Monday, aiming [Read More…]

Mohave County Sheriffs Office(LAS VEGAS) — One of four people missing since two boats packed with people collided on Saturday night on the Colorado River in California was recovered Monday morning, officials said. Officials said [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(SAN BERNADINO, Calif.) — Eight people were shot and wounded Sunday evening in an apparent exchange of fire at an apartment complex in San Bernardino, California, authorities said. The incident happened at around 10:45 p.m. [Read More…]