Month: June 2019

Macon County Sheriffs Office(URBANA, Ill.) — Monday marks the first day of the long-awaited trial of Brendt Christensen, a former teaching assistant at the University of Illinois accused of kidnapping and killing a young Chinese [Read More…]

About a dozen member of Davison County Search and Rescue spent the weekend at Lake Mitchell learning. Emergency Manager Jeff Bathke says the two-phase training was for the divers in the water and just as [Read More…]

gawrav/iStock(NEW DELHI, India) — Helicopters searching for eight mountain climbers from the same expedition in the Indian Himalayas spotted five bodies Monday morning, a district administrator confirmed to ABC News. Copyright © 2019, ABC Radio. [Read More…]

ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Iran will not be intimidated by President Donald Trump’s “art of the deal pressure” by using economic sanctions to push Iran to negotiate a new nuclear deal, the country’s top diplomat told [Read More…]

Simone Padovani/Awakening/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — An out-of-control cruise ship in Italy crashed into a dock and tourist boat on a busy Venice canal Sunday, injuring multiple people. The crash occurred in the Giudecca canal around [Read More…]

the_guitar_mann/iStock(NEW YORK) — Boeing told officials with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that certain parts on its grounded 737 Max passenger planes may have been improperly manufactured, the administration revealed. The FAA released a statement [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — After weeks of heavy rain, many rivers in the central U.S. continue to rise to or toward record flood stages, including in Little Rock, where the Arkansas River reached its highest [Read More…]

Adam Calaitzis/iStock(GREENVILLE, N.C.) — A teenager was airlifted to a North Carolina hospital on Sunday after she was bitten by a shark. The 17-year-old girl suffered severe injuries to her legs, pelvis and hands while [Read More…]

kali9/iStock(CHICAGO) — At least 10 people were killed and 35 others were wounded in a tragic outburst of Chicago gun violence over the weekend, according to police. Officers with the Chicago Police Department attributed the [Read More…]

New Canaan Police Department(NEW CANAAN, Conn.) — Fotis Dulos, the husband of missing Connecticut mother Jennifer Dulos, has been arrested in connection with her disappearance, according to police. The girlfriend of Fotis Dulos, Michelle Troconis, [Read More…]

New Canaan Police Department(NEW CANAAN, Conn.) — Fotis Dulos, the husband of missing Connecticut mother Jennifer Dulos, has been arrested in connection with her disappearance, according to police. The girlfriend of Fotis Dulos, Michelle Troconis, [Read More…]

iStock(LONDON) — Mass protests have been planned for President Donald Trump’s upcoming state visit to the U.K., just a year after the giant “Trump Baby” blimp sparked controversy in London. Organizers of the protests from [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — After over 180 reports of severe weather on Saturday, concerning storms will move into the Northeast on Sunday afternoon. The storms will likely turn severe as they approach the major [Read More…]

iStock(MUNSIYARI, Inda) — Eight mountain climbers from the same expedition group, including two Americans, have gone missing in the Indian Himalayan Mountains, triggering a desperate search-and-rescue effort. The group, led by notable British climber Martin [Read More…]

iStock(SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.) — The mother of two young boys was killed on Friday when she plunged to her death from a waterfall in California. Stephanie Williams, 35, was hiking with her girlfriend at [Read More…]

Cook County State Attorneys Office(CHICAGO) — Nearly a week after a Cook County judge issued an order lifting the seal on files and documents related to the criminal prosecution of Jussie Smollett, the Cook County [Read More…]