Month: May 2019

ABC News(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Amid political unrest in Venezuela, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that President Nicolas Maduro is “ruling for the moment,” but cannot be part of the country’s future, adding that [Read More…]

Mooresville Police Department(MOORESVILLE, N.C.) — A police officer in North Carolina was shot and killed late Saturday during what authorities described as a routine traffic stop. Mooresville Police Department K-9 officer Jordan Harris Sheldon, 32, [Read More…]

Newark Police Department(NEWARK, Delaware) — A woman was sexually assaulted by an armed man claiming to be a ride-share driver near the University of Delaware early Saturday, police said. Authorities are now searching for the [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(ANNE ARUNDEL, Maryland) — Emergency responders have found the bodies of two missing men after a helicopter crashed Saturday off the coast of Maryland, according to the Maryland Natural Resources Police. The bodies were recovered [Read More…]

Twitter/@LakeCoILSheriff(CHICAGO) — Two workers were pronounced dead and two colleagues were missing Saturday after an explosion rocked a manufacturing plant outside Chicago, authorities said. One of the deceased did not succumb to injuries from the [Read More…]

sean Rayford/Getty Images(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) —  When Riley Howell’s family heard about an active shooter at the University of North Carolina Charlotte campus, they weren’t surprised to hear that the 21-year-old former soccer goalie had charged [Read More…]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Saturday to blast social media platforms for unfairly marginalizing conservative voices, days after Facebook banned several so-called extremist users from its platform. The [Read More…]

ABC News(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Two days after violent clashes ended in Venezuela, interim President Juan Guaido said that although the protests did not end President Nicolas Maduro’s “usurpation,” those who stood in opposition had still [Read More…]

Edilzon Gamez/Getty Images(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Violent clashes this week between anti-government protesters and security forces in Venezuela led to at least four deaths and hundreds of injuries. But one protester who was injured in the [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(PYONGYANG, North Korea) — In a surprise move, North Korea launched a “barrage” of unidentified short-range projectiles into the Sea of Japan, American and South Korean military officials confirmed to ABC News on Friday evening. [Read More…]

Rafael Briceño/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — U.S.-backed Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido defended an apparently failed effort to convince President Nicolas Maduro’s top aides to desert this week — saying that although Maduro’s senior aides did [Read More…]

iStock/welcomia(OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) — A credit card belonging to an American tourist killed six months ago while on vacation in Mexico was recently used in Oklahoma City, police said. Taylor Meyer, a 27-year-old from California, [Read More…]

Donald Kravitz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — When Cheslie Kryst was crowned Miss USA on Thursday she helped cement herself as part of a historic pageant trio. For the first time in history, black women are wearing [Read More…]

iStock/imaginewithme(MIAMI) —  Emergency responders are searching for two missing men after a helicopter crashed Saturday in Maryland, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Maryland Coast Guard watch standers received a report that a two-seat helicopter [Read More…]

Miami-Dade Police Department(MIAMI) —  A Miami-Dade police officer was charged this week for forcefully arresting a woman, and then making false statements about what happened, in an incident that sparked outrage after video of the [Read More…]

iStock Photo/deberarr(NEW YORK) — Longtime Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown died late Friday. He was 86 years old. In January, Brown announced that he would not seek re-election and step down on June 1, [Read More…]

Twitter/@LakeCoILSheriff(CHICAGO) — One worker was pronounced dead and two colleagues were missing Saturday after an explosion rocked a manufacturing plant outside Chicago, authorities said. The body of a worker who had been missing was recovered [Read More…]

KNXV(PHOENIX) — Derrick and Monique Rodgers say they weren’t looking for much after he captured hospital staff dropping their newborn baby on its head moments after birth. An apology would have sufficed. Instead, Chandler Regional [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Tyson Foods is massively expanding a previous recall for its brand of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strips due to consumers finding pieces of metal in them. The company issued a recall for [Read More…]