Year: 2018
Sea of blue: Boy escorted back to school by 70 police officers after dad killed in the line of duty
WTHI-TV(TERRE HAUTE, Ind.) — It was always going to be a tough first day back to school for 5-year-old Dakota Pitts, who lost his dad last week. But thanks to his father’s brothers in blue, [Read More…]
Meghan Markle’s dad not 1st royal relative caught in scandal
Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images(LONDON) — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are facing family controversy just days before their wedding, but they are not the first royal couple to do so. Markle, 36, is dealing with her [Read More…]
Putin inaugurates controversial bridge by driving a truck across to seized peninsula Crimea
Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin today inaugurated a nearly 12-mile-long bridge connecting Russia to Crimea, marking the occasion by driving a bright-orange truck across to the disputed peninsula that Russian troops [Read More…]
Co-pilot partially sucked out of broken cockpit window, escapes with minor injuries
iStock/Thinkstock(CHENGDU, China) — A Chinese airliner was forced to divert to Chengdu on Monday after a front windshield broke, injuring two crew members, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China. A co-pilot of Sichuan [Read More…]
Renowned author Tom Wolfe dies at 87
Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Famed American author Tom Wolfe — who chronicled American power and greed in “Bonfire of the Vanities” and its reach for the stars in “The Right Stuff” — died Monday [Read More…]
Parents of 2 girls killed in the Parkland shooting are running for school board seats
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(PARKLAND, Fla.) — Two parents whose teenage daughters were gunned down in the Parkland, Florida, high school massacre are running for seats on Broward County’s school board, they announced this morning. Lori Alhadeff [Read More…]
There’s no such thing as GMO milk
If a dairy cow eats GMO feed grains does that mean you are drinking GMOs in your milk? The answer is, NO, it does not. Continue reading There’s no such thing as GMO milk at Brownfield [Read More…]
Dairy leaders on what NAFTA, Canada’s Class 7 mean to farmers
Dairy farmers, like others, want to see a good NAFTA agreement to help bolster markets but not everyone sees Canada’s Class 7 powder prices as a problem. Continue reading Dairy leaders on what NAFTA, Canada’s [Read More…]
How to maximize your vacation time and why it is so important to use
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Summer is just a few weeks away, meaning the time when many Americans hit the road for vacation is upon us. Seventy-four percent of civilian workers had access to paid vacations in [Read More…]
Florida woman says she ‘went blank’ when fighting off gun-wielding intruders
iStock/Thinkstock(ALTAMONTE, Fla.) — A Florida woman says she “went blank” when she decided to fight off a pair of home intruders who were armed with an assault rifle. The woman, who asked not to be [Read More…]
Severe weather outbreak expected in the Northeast
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A frontal boundary will move into the Northeast on Tuesday bringing a chance of severe storms from Massachusetts to Virginia. The biggest threat will be damaging winds of more than [Read More…]
Tulsa mom stabbed 11-year-old daughter, abducted younger sister: Police
iStock/Thinkstock(TUSLA, Okla.)– Police in Oklahoma are searching for a woman who allegedly torched her home and stabbed her 11-year-old daughter on Monday before taking off with her 7-year-old daughter. Authorities responded to the home of [Read More…]
North Korea invites South’s journalists to inspect dismantling of nuclear site
Korea Summit Press Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Kim Jong Un followed through on his promise on Tuesday as the North Korean leader invited South Korean reporters to observe the dismantling of a nuclear site in [Read More…]
Tesla Model S was in Autopilot mode during Utah crash, driver says
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(SALT LAKE CITY) — The Utah driver who slammed her Tesla Model S into the back of a fire truck last week said the vehicle’s Autopilot feature was engaged at the time of [Read More…]
Mom of 10 kids found living in squalor calls charges against her, husband ‘appalling’
KGO-TV(FAIRFIELD, Calif.) — After 10 children were found “living in squalor,” their mother and her husband were arrested and the children were taken into protective custody, police said Monday. The children were first found inside [Read More…]
Meghan Markle’s dad’s role in wedding in question after paparazzi scandal
Ben Birchall – WPA Pool / Getty Images(LONDON) — Meghan Markle is pleading with her father to still attend her wedding to Prince Harry on May 19 after he reportedly said he no longer wants [Read More…]
Over 50 Palestinians in massive protest are killed by Israeli military, bloodiest day in Gaza since 2014 war
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — More than 50 people, including eight children, have been killed by the Israeli military in Palestinian protests that erupted Monday along the Gaza border as the U.S. opened its new embassy in [Read More…]
Widespread severe weather expected from Texas to Virginia
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Severe weather this weekend brought more than 100 damaging storm reports from western Texas to the mid-Atlantic. Storms are expected to continue in the eastern U.S. for the next few days. [Read More…]
Mother says she chased off bear that attacked daughter in emotional 911 call
ABC News(DENVER) — 911 calls capture a mother’s desperation as she phoned police for help after her 5-year-old daughter was attacked by a bear on Sunday. “My daughter was just attacked by a small brown [Read More…]
After SCOTUS win, Christie says sports betting in NJ could begin within weeks
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie spent more than seven years fighting for legalized sports betting in his state. Now the former governor and ABC News contributor anticipates sports betting will begin [Read More…]