Month: May 2019

Chet Strange for The Washington Post via Getty Images(DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo.) — In the wake of a deadly shooting at a Colorado school this week, ABC News has obtained a letter in which a school [Read More…]

NatanaelGinting/iStock(WASHINGTON) — As the U.S. remains locked in a debate over asylum seekers from Central America, lawyers and advocacy groups say they are seeing an alarming uptick in deportations to the African nation of Eritrea [Read More…]

lucky-photographer/iStock(WASHINGTON) — On the same morning that the U.S. more than doubled the rate of tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods, President Trump took to Twitter to declare that trade negotiations with China [Read More…]

Mark Ganzon/Getty Images for Fenty Beauty(NEW YORK) —  Rihanna disrupted the beauty industry in 2017 with the launch of her groundbreaking cosmetics line. Now, she has a major deal with LVMH for a “Fenty” fashion [Read More…]

Henderson County Sheriffs Office(ASHEVILLE, N.C.) — A 35-year-old North Carolina mother has been charged with attempted first-degree murder of her 7-month-old daughter. Asheville police in North Carolina received a 911 call Thursday saying Krista Noelle [Read More…]

Bill Oxford/iStock(NEW YORK) — Childcare can create complications for any working parent, but for Shalice Williams, the stakes were especially high: she was due to check in with her probation officer and was told she [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — A student wounded twice in the leg during a Colorado school shooting this week spoke out on Friday, explaining how he and two friends stood up to one of the two [Read More…]

lucky-photographer/iStock(WASHINGTON) — On the same morning that the U.S. more doubled the rate of tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to declare that trade negotiations with China [Read More…]

Wolterk/iStock(NEW YORK) — Walmart revealed average worker salaries in a new report, as the low-cost retailer battles a reputation for low pay in one of the tightest job markets in recent American history. A full-time [Read More…]

daboost/iStock(BEIJING) — After the working dinner between U.S. and Chinese negotiators in Washington ended after only 90 minutes and without a last-minute deal, President Donald Trump’s threat to raise tariffs on $200 billion worth of [Read More…]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control will announce Friday a temporary ban on dogs imported to the U.S. from Egypt, citing multiple instances of dogs that contracted rabies [Read More…]

Houston Fire Department(HOUSTON) — Trailing thunderstorms brought torrential rain to parts of southeast Texas and southern Louisiana overnight. Rainfall rates of 2 to 3 inches caused major flash flooding in parts of the region, especially [Read More…]

MicroStockHub/iStock(KENOSHA, Wis.) — A 16-year-old girl and her 39-year-old mother were both shot at a Wisconsin home on Thursday afternoon, authorities said. The teenager, identified as Kaylie Juga, died at the residence in Kenosha, some [Read More…]

Nick J./iStock(CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.) — One Marine was killed and six others were injured when a light armored vehicle rolled over during a training exercise at Camp Pendleton in Southern California on Thursday morning, a [Read More…]

ChiccoDodiFC/iStock(OXNARD, Calif.) — Bodycam footage released Thursday by the Oxnard Police Department in California shows a 17-year-old girl apologizing to officers after she was shot three times. Armed with a 12-inch chef’s knife, the teen, [Read More…]

Santa Rosa County Sheriffs Office(MILTON, Fla.) — A Florida mom was charged with multiple counts of felony child abuse after her daughter’s school found “hundreds of bugs” in the young girl’s backpack, according to police. [Read More…]