Month: July 2019

iStock(NEW YORK) — A South African man who was expected to become the first black African in space was killed when his motorcycle was struck by a car on Saturday. Mandla Maseko beat out a [Read More…]

iStock(NEW YORK) — A South African man who was expected to become the first black African in space was killed when his motorcycle was struck by a car on Saturday. Mandla Maseko beat out a [Read More…]

stefanofiorentino/iStock(WASHINGTON) — A dangerous flash flood emergency hit Washington D.C. during the Monday morning commute. With up to three inches of heavy rain falling in the region, the National Weather Service said the area was [Read More…]

Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Jeffrey Epstein, a wealthy financier and registered sex offender with a circle of rich and powerful friends, has been charged with sex trafficking and conspiracy, according [Read More…]

Hall County Sheriff(ATLANTA) — A manhunt is underway in Georgia after a sheriff’s deputy was gunned down Sunday night, authorities said. The Hall County Sheriff’s Deputy, whose name has not been released, was killed after [Read More…]

apomares/iStock(ELMER, N.J.) — A young child was killed by a falling tree branch at a campground in New Jersey over the weekend, authorities said. A tree branch fell and struck a 3-year-old girl who was [Read More…]

JITTRAPON KAICOME/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A year after an international team of divers pulled off one of the most dramatic rescues that the world has ever seen, the beneficiaries of the life-saving mission — 12 [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — A new storm system is developing in the Rockies, which will move east Monday, bringing severe weather with it. Severe storms will stretch from the Rockies into the Plains, including eight [Read More…]

CrackerClips/iStock(JACKSON, Miss.) — All 21 of Mississippi’s beaches have been shuttered for swimming due to the presence of toxic algae. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality announced two additional closures on Sunday due to a [Read More…]

KTRK-TV(HOUSTON) — The suspect in a road rage shooting that ignited fireworks inside a family’s car, causing serious burns, has surrendered to police. Houston County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez announced on Sunday evening that Bayron J. [Read More…]

ktsimage/iStock(NEW YORK) — A New York couple filed a federal lawsuit against a fertility clinic claiming they gave birth to twins that were not biologically theirs. The couple said they spent more than $100,000 on [Read More…]

Barbados Coast Guard(NEW YORK) — Authorities recovered a jet ski over the weekend bearing the same registration number as the one an American couple was riding before they went missing in Barbados last month. French [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Financier Jeffrey Epstein, a registered sex offender, was arrested on Saturday for alleged sex trafficking of minor girls in Florida and New York, multiple sources tell ABC News. Epstein’s arrest was first [Read More…]

Utku Ucrak/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The seventh round of U.S.-Taliban talks is on pause until Tuesday after “the most productive session to date,” according to the chief U.S. negotiator, Zalmay Khalilzad. The pause is for [Read More…]

Brad Greeff/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan said he did not accept reports of unsanitary conditions and limited food and water at U.S. Border Patrol stations, calling the situation at the [Read More…]

bensib/iStock(TEMPE, Ariz.) — Six Tempe, Arizona, police officers were asked to leave a local Starbucks on the Fourth of July because a customer said the officers were making them feel uncomfortable, prompting an outcry on [Read More…]