Month: February 2019

sshepard/iStock(CHICAGO) — A 1-year-old boy was shot in the head and critically injured in Chicago Thursday night, according to police. The little boy was rushed to the hospital, where he was listed in critical condition, [Read More…]

Oleksii Spesyvtsev/iStock(NEW YORK) — Pesky calls from telemarketers may be easier to combat than ever. With new apps like Robokiller, spam calls are automatically intercepted so that your phone may never even ring. ABC News’ [Read More…]

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(PARADISE, Calif.) — Brian Andrews awoke on Nov. 8 to his panicked daughter at his bedside. A fast-moving wildfire that would become the deadliest, most destructive in California’s history was heading straight for [Read More…]

YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro is increasingly leaning on the protection and support of his Cuban backers, amid mounting global pressure to leave office, according to several senior U.S. officials. Adm. Craig Faller, [Read More…]

ABC News(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Thursday launching a new “Women’s Global Development and Prosperity” Initiative aimed at empowering women in the developing world. The force behind the initiative: the president’s [Read More…]

wildpixel/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Though government agencies reopened their doors nearly two weeks ago, experts have warned that the impact of the longest shutdown in history still lingers with continued delays in the release of key federal [Read More…]

kckate16/iStock(PHOENIX) — Hacienda Healthcare, the Arizona facility where a nurse allegedly raped and impregnated a vegetative patient, has decided to close the unit where she was housed. The company said it “has come to understand [Read More…]

U.S. Customs and Border Protection(LOS ANGELES) — A joint drug bust between Australian and U.S. authorities in mid-January resulted in a record 1.7 tons of methamphetamine being seized at Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport. Customs and [Read More…]

Kuzma/iStock(ATMORE, Ala.) — A Muslim inmate in Alabama who sued the state for not allowing his imam by his side at his death was executed Thursday night. The United States Supreme Court voted Thursday to [Read More…]

Brevard County Sheriff’s Office(ROCKLEDGE, Fla.) — A caretaker at a Florida facility for people with disabilities was arrested on Wednesday, accused of impregnating a resident who has the mental capacity of a small child, authorities [Read More…]

Ryan Herron/iStock(CHAPEL HILL, N.C.) — The controversy surrounding Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s alleged ties to a racist yearbook photo has been followed by the discovery of a similar image in a University of North Carolina, [Read More…]

Emma McIntyre/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — In a stunning post on Medium Thursday, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos publicly accused the National Enquirer of a blackmail and extortion plot involving compromising photographs. In January, the billionaire CEO [Read More…]

Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(CARACAS, Venezuela) — A convoy carrying American humanitarian aid arrived at the Colombia-Venezuela border on Thursday as the U.S. and Venezuela’s interim president Juan Guaido pressure President Nicolas Maduro to let the aid in [Read More…]