Year: 2019

martinedoucet/iStock(DENVER) — Thousands of public school teachers in Denver walked off their jobs on Monday and formed picket lines for the first time in 25 years to demand higher wages and stem the tide of [Read More…]

MivPiv/iStock(WASHINGTON) — En route to Afghanistan on an unannounced trip, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Monday he has not received orders from President Donald Trump to reduce the number of U.S. troops in [Read More…]

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signs “Alyssa’s Law” in Trenton, N.J., Feb. 6, 2019. (N.J. Governor’s Office)(PARKLAND, Fla.) — The mother of Alyssa Alhadeff, who was among the students killed in the Parkland, Florida, school [Read More…]

Michael Tran/Getty Images(BERLIN) — As a young, female movie producer working in Hollywood in the 1980s, Gale Anne Hurd struggled for her talents to be recognized by her male peers. Although she’d already produced and [Read More…]

LPETTET/iStock(CHICAGO) — A $35,000 reward has been offered by several community activists after a 1-year-old boy shot in the head in Chicago, according to police. The 1-year-old boy was in a parked car with four [Read More…]

Stephanie Keith/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Nancy Dubuc has seen her fair share of media pitches. Dubuc worked for A&E Networks for 19 years, with the last six of those years as president and CEO, before [Read More…]

STR/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — For the very first time, alleged Russian agent Maria Butina can be heard telling her side of the story. In a series of recorded conversations with journalist James Bamford, whose several-thousand-word defense [Read More…]

Manjurul/iStock(LONDON) — The second-largest, second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has claimed the lives of nearly 100 children. At least 97 children, 65 of whom were younger than 5 years old, have died from Ebola virus [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — More than 14 inches of snow fell the last few days in Seattle, marking the snowiest February in the city’s history as powder also fell in Portland, Oregon, and throughout the [Read More…]

Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office(NEW YORK) — Police arrested three men who allegedly tried to extort $80,000 from an elderly man in a so-called grandparents scam. The suspects, identified as Leevansky Lambert and Eghosasere Auboraye, [Read More…]

Miller County, Missouri Sheriff’s Office(COLUMBIA, Mo.) — Police charged a jail nurse in Missouri with murder after she allegedly poisoned her husband and tried to cover it up by setting their home on fire — [Read More…]

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Tyler Diffie/Released(WASHINGTON) — Two U.S. Navy ships sailed within 12 miles of a disputed artificial island — claimed by China — in the South China Sea [Read More…]

aijohn784/iStock(NASHVILLE, Tenn) — Nashville police have arrested five minors in connection with the death of a 24-year-old musician who was shot during a robbery at his home. Kyle Yorlets, a member of the rock band [Read More…]

KABC(FULLERTON, Cali.) —  A 22-year-old California man has been charged with felony DUI after he allegedly mowed down nine pedestrians early Sunday morning. Christopher Solis allegedly struck and injured the victims with his red Toyota [Read More…]

Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images(DENVER) — Denver Public Schools teachers are planning to strike Monday after negotiations over a compensation package that allowed teachers to earn additional income failed. Negotiations between the [Read More…]

Tainar/iStock(SEATTLE) — The second winter storm in a week brought 7.9 inches of snow to Seattle on Friday night and Saturday. Nearly 2 feet of snow fell in the mountains outside the city of Seattle, [Read More…]

ABC News(HONOLULU) — An intensifying Pacific storm about 500 miles north of Kauai is rapidly moving south toward the Hawaiian Islands. The storm will come very near Hawaii on Sunday. The storm will continue to [Read More…]