Month: January 2019

Conservators Center(BURLINGTON, N.C.) — It took eight shotgun blasts by sheriff’s deputies to kill a lion that got loose at a North Carolina wildlife center and killed a 22-year-old intern, according to a sheriff’s report [Read More…]

SERGIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman visited a U.S. citizen detained in Russia, expressed his support for him, and offered the embassy’s assistance, a State Department official told ABC News. It [Read More…]

Spencer Platt/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — As part of the federal government remains closed this week, more people are feeling the impacts around the country. Federal employees and contractors say they are worried about money or the [Read More…]

Mark Wilson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — (WASHINGTON) — The Marine who was shot and killed in what appeared to be a negligent discharge at the barracks in Washington D.C. has been identified, in an incident his commander [Read More…]

WSB(ATLANTA) — A Georgia teenager who killed himself after shooting his 17-year-old friend to death while showing off a loaded handgun on New Year’s Eve has been identified by police. Devin Hodges, 15, died from [Read More…]

Brevard Zoo in Florida.(MELBOURNE, Fla.) — The rhinoceros who touched a child after she entered its enclosure on Tuesday will not be “punished,” according to zookeepers. The incident occurred on New Year’s Day at the [Read More…]

Mark Wilson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A number of critical questions remain unanswered about the shooting death of an on-duty Marine in Washington D.C. on New Year’s Day. The investigation is ongoing, but local police have classified [Read More…]

Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The U.S. stock market started 2019 in negative territory, as a slowing Chinese economy weighed on equities. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1.6 percent in early trading, Wednesday [Read More…]

STR/AFP/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — The death toll from an apartment building collapse in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk has grown to 16 as rescue workers continue to search for more than 20 people still missing in [Read More…]

SERGIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday addressed concerns from family members of an American man arrested in Russia on spying charges, saying the U.S. aims to get him consular access [Read More…]

Girl Scouts(NEW YORK) — With the holiday season behind us, Girl Scout cookie season is officially here. The Girl Scouts are sharing some news and giving ABC News’ Good Morning America a first taste of [Read More…]

fottodk/iStock(LONDON) — Six people have died and 16 more were injured in Denmark after debris detached from a cargo train and hit a passenger express train on the Great Belt Bridge, authorities said Wednesday. The [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — A developing storm in the Southwest brought another round of snow to the Four Corners on New Year’s Day, including almost 3 feet of snow in the mountains north of Albuquerque, [Read More…]