Year: 2018
Death toll in massive Palestinian protests climbs to at least 37, bloodiest day in Gaza since 2014 war
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — At least 37 people have been killed by the Israeli military and more than 1,000 injured in Palestinian protests today along the Gaza border as the U.S. officially moves its embassy from [Read More…]
Indonesia bombings that killed 8 in churches continue for 2nd day
Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images(SURABAYA, Indonesia) — A day after at least 8 people were killed in suicide bombings in churches in Indonesia, suspected militants attacked a police headquarters in the same city of Surabaya, the country’s [Read More…]
Indonesia bombings that killed 8 in churches continue for 2nd day
Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images(SURABAYA, Indonesia) — A day after at least 8 people were killed in suicide bombings in churches in Indonesia, suspected militants attacked a police headquarters in the same city of Surabaya, the country’s [Read More…]
Middle school student creates website to match families with shelter pups
Austin Jewish Academy(AUSTIN, Texas) — An amazing 13-year-old student from Texas is doing her best to make sure every shelter dog in her area is not only adopted, but rescued by the right person or [Read More…]
Inside the state park where visitors dig for diamonds
Janet Weinstein/ABC News(MURFREESBORO, Ark.) — It was a scorchingly hot day in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, but Kenneth Gillespie wasn’t ready to give up on his dream of hitting it big just yet. Since quitting his teaching [Read More…]
EXCLUSIVE: Black student interrogated after napping at Yale: I posted video ‘for my safety’
ABC News(NEW HAVEN, Conn.) — The Yale student at the center of a conversation about racial profiling on campus said she felt the need to post video of her recent interaction with university police because [Read More…]
18 dead, hundreds injured as Palestinians protest opening of US Embassy
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — At least 18 people have been killed by the Israeli military and more than 1,000 injured in Palestinian protests today as the U.S. officially moves its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, [Read More…]
16 dead, hundreds injured as Palestinians protest opening of US Embassy
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — At least 16 people were killed and hundreds more injured as Palestinian protests over the U.S. moving its embassy to Jerusalem ramped up on Monday. Crowds in Gaza had swelled to estimates [Read More…]
Picasso painting worth $70 million ‘accidentally damaged’ before auction
George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — It sounds like something out of a hidden-camera prank show, but someone made a very expensive mistake while preparing for an auction at Christie’s this week. The New [Read More…]
US Embassy set to open in Jerusalem, as Netanyahu praises Trump for ‘real leadership’
Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images(JERUSALEM) — Five months after President Donald Trump made his blockbuster announcement in December, it’s really happening. The new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, which will inhabit an existing U.S. consular building, will officially [Read More…]
US Embassy set to open in Jerusalem, as Netanyahu praises Trump for ‘real leadership’
Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images(JERUSALEM) — Five months after President Donald Trump made his blockbuster announcement in December, it’s really happening. The new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, which will inhabit an existing U.S. consular building, will officially [Read More…]
University of Wisconsin tells students to ‘run, hide, fight’ in false emergency alert
iStock/Thinkstock(MADISON, Wis.) — The University of Wisconsin gave students a scare on Sunday after it mistakenly sent an email that urged everyone on campus to “run, hide, fight.” Officials on the university’s Whitewater campus sent [Read More…]
Hawaii issues warning for ‘explosive eruption’ of volcano as 18th fissure opens
U.S. Geological Survey(HONOLULU) — An 18th fissure began spewing magma on Sunday as officials in Hawaii warned of the possibility for an “explosive eruption” as lava continues to withdraw from the summit lake at Kilauea. [Read More…]
African woman removed from United flight after white passenger complained she was ‘pungent’: Lawsuit
iStock/Thinkstock(HOUSTON) — An African woman has filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against United Airlines charging she and her two young children were removed from a flight and publicly humiliated after she had a confrontation with [Read More…]
‘Vertical marathon’ draws hundreds of runners from across the world
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — It was a race to the top — literally! Hundreds of challenge seekers and those looking for a break from their daily routines participated in the Lotte World Tower International Sky Run [Read More…]
Father of slain children in Australia mass shooting ‘still loves’ alleged shooter
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The father of the children who were among those killed in Australia’s worst mass shooting in decades came forward to publicly grieve his family and express love for the alleged killer — [Read More…]
Lawsuit: Elite prep school allowed culture of assault and harassment, sexual conquest ‘point system’
iStock/Thinkstock(CONCORD, N.H.) — A former student at an elite prep school in New Hampshire is suing the school, claiming that administrators did not stop a culture of sexual harassment and assault, according to the federal [Read More…]
Tim Cook invokes Parkland High School students, #MeToo movement in Duke commencement speech
iStock/Thinkstock(DURHAM, N.C.) — In a commencement speech at Duke University on Sunday, Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook told graduates to be “fearless” like the women in the #MeToo movement and the high school students [Read More…]
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will get Queen Elizabeth’s handwritten, formal consent to their ‘contract of matrimony’
iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — Buckingham Palace today shared an image of the handwritten Instrument of Consent for the marriage of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle on Saturday. The document reads, “Now know ye that we have consented [Read More…]
Waffle House shooting hero James Shaw meets with Parkland survivors
James Shaw Jr.(PARKLAND, Fla.) — The man who pried the burning-hot gun barrel from the mass shooter at a Nashville-area Waffle House last month met with a number of survivors from the massacre at Marjory [Read More…]