Month: December 2018

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Two new canines have joined the ranks of FEMA’s first responders. ABC News was there to witness New York Police Department (NYPD) dogs Tuz and Bruno earn their certification with the [Read More…]

SUMY SADURNI/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The world’s youngest nation on Saturday marked five years of vicious war in an ongoing conflict that is affecting millions of people, many of them children. South Sudan is home [Read More…]

John Moore/Getty Images(EL PASO, Texas) — The family of the 7-year-old girl who died while in border patrol custody is calling for a “transparent and neutral investigation” into the circumstances that led to her death, [Read More…]

John Moore/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — U.S. Army soldiers have removed barbed wire along the US-Mexico border in areas where the Trump administration has said more border security measures are needed after local community leaders raised concerns. [Read More…]

Sherry Bishop(NEW YORK) — A deaf and nearly blind puppy was rescued in Kentucky earlier this week after being thrown alive into a rock-filled trash bag and dumped in a partially frozen creek. Highway workers [Read More…]

Massimo Merlini/iStock(NEW YORK) —  Luxury Italian fashion house Prada announced that it will pull certain accessories from stock following accusations that the merchandise perpetuates blackface imagery. Chinyere Ezie, a New York-based civil rights lawyer and [Read More…]

John Moore/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The recent death of a 7-year-old girl in U.S. government custody appears to have been one of four people who died this month trying to cross the Mexico border, and [Read More…]

ViewApart/iStock(NEW YORK) — Utah is getting ready to implement the strictest blood-alcohol driving limits in the country. The law, which was passed in March 2017 by Gov. Gary Herbert, will define driving under the influence [Read More…]

Pierre Suu/Getty Images(PARIS) — Protesters from the “yellow vest” movement hit the streets in France for the fifth straight Saturday, but the number of demonstrators was significantly smaller than in previous weekends. There were 33,500 [Read More…]

Brendan Mullin/U.S. Marine Corps (WASHINGTON) — Days before the midterm elections, President Donald Trump announced the deployment of active duty troops to the southern border to stop caravans of migrants making their way through Mexico. [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — A storm in the eastern U.S. is bringing mainly heavy rain to half of the nation this weekend. On Friday, over 2 inches of rain fell in parts of South Carolina, [Read More…]

Facebook/Sarah Papenheim(ROTTERDAM, Netherlands) — The friend of an American student killed in the Netherlands said she had texted him about her roommate’s desire to kill people less than a week before she was murdered. Sarah [Read More…]

Photo by Gustavo Muñoz/Getty Images(BRUSSELS) — French President Emmanuel Macron urged for calm on Friday, as his country prepares for another day of expected protests this weekend. While Macron announced an increase to the minimum [Read More…]

Prathaan/iStock(WOODLAND PARK, Colo.) — It’s been 23 days since a young Colorado mother vanished — and as investigators search the home of the last person who talked to her in person, police are calling her [Read More…]

Joel Carillet/iStock(NEW YORK) — Carnival Cruise Line is planning to unveil what it calls the “first-ever roller coaster at sea” in 2020. The cruise line plans to feature “BOLT: Ultimate Sea Coaster” on board the [Read More…]