Month: September 2019

LPETTET/iStock(NEW YORK) — Another parent has been arrested in connection to the so-called “Varsity Blues” college admissions scandal, this time for allegedly spending $400,000 to get her son a spot at the University of California-Los [Read More…]

Andrei Stanescu/iStock(NEW YORK) — After widespread reports that the coworking startup WeWork was going to go public imminently, the company announced in a statement that it was delaying its initial public offering until some time [Read More…]

Samantha Sergi/ABC News(NEW YORK) — Renowned ABC News journalist and political commentator Cokie Roberts has died at the age of 75. Roberts won countless awards, including three Emmys, throughout her decades-long career. She has been [Read More…]

RoBeDeRo/iStock(LONDON) — A painting by the illustrious and elusive artist Banksy, depicting Britain’s parliament as chimpanzees, will soon go up for auction — but not without one last dig at the artwork’s subjects. “Devolved Parliament,” [Read More…]

Tuscaloosa Police Dept.(TUSCALOOSA, Ala.) — A veteran police officer was shot and killed in the line of duty in Alabama Monday night, leaving behind two daughters and his fiancé. “The ultimate sacrifice of Officer Dornell [Read More…]

FILE – 00one/iStock(GREEN BANK, W. Va.) — Astronomers have discovered the “most massive neutron star ever measured,” amassing to more than two times the mass of our sun, that they dub “almost too massive to [Read More…]

Taylor Dunn/ABC News(NEW YORK) — Libby Wadle is a seasoned professional in the retail industry. She joined the J. Crew Holdings Group in 2004 and helped launch the label’s denim brand, Madewell, two years later. [Read More…]

Mumemories/iStock(PARIS) — Isabelle, Patricia, Céline, Laura…these are a few names of the 104 women murdered since the beginning of the year in France. A collective of women is making sure that everyone in Paris remembers [Read More…]

Samantha Sergi/ABC News(NEW YORK) — Renowned ABC News journalist and political commentator Cokie Roberts has died at the age of 75. Roberts won countless awards, including three Emmys, throughout her decades-long career. She has been [Read More…]

FILE – Erin Donalson/iStock(NEW YORK) — There are now 14 large uncontained wildfires burning in the West, not including smaller fires that broke out Monday. One of them, the Francis Fire in Davis County, Utah [Read More…]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(LONDON) — A 37-year-old breast cancer survivor from Colorado made history Tuesday as the first person to swim the English Channel four times in a row. “I just can’t believe we did it,” Sarah Thomas [Read More…]

stocknshares/iStock(NEW YORK) — Police agencies across the country are having trouble keeping and hiring police officers, according to a new survey obtained by ABC News. Produced by the Police Executive Research Forum, the survey shows [Read More…]