Month: May 2022
At least 18 students, 2 adults dead after shooting at Texas elementary school
mbbirdy/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — At least 18 children and two adults are dead after a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. The [Read More…]
What we know about the victims of the Texas school shooting in Uvalde so far
Courtesy of Lydia Martinez Delgado (UVALDE, Texas) — A fourth-grade teacher was among those killed in a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday, ABC News has learned. At least 14 children were [Read More…]
Wife of WNBA star Brittney Griner speaks to ABC News’ Robin Roberts
Todd Wawrychuk/ABC (NEW YORK) — Cherelle Griner, the wife of WNBA superstar Brittney Griner, who has been detained in a Russian prison for nearly 100 days, spoke for the first time on Tuesday in an [Read More…]
Biden to address nation on ‘horrific’ Texas school shooting
Joseph Sohm; Visions of America/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With the U.S. still reeling from the mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store, not even two weeks ago, President Joe Biden will address Americans [Read More…]
Primary election updates: Stacey Abrams projected to win Dem gubernatorial primary in Georgia
Andi Rice/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — May ends with another round of notable primary elections on Tuesday, this time in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia and Texas. The most-watched races will be in Georgia, with primaries [Read More…]
Kellyanne Conway says she ‘never’ lied to Trump about outcome of 2020 election
Lou Rocco/ABC via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Kellyanne Conway, former campaign manager to Donald Trump, sat down with “The View” co-hosts on Tuesday to discuss her new memoir, her husband’s attacks on then-President Trump and [Read More…]
For Trump, the stakes are highest yet in Georgia’s GOP primary
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The power of former President Donald Trump’s endorsement and lasting influence over Republican midterm voters faces its biggest test yet on Tuesday in Georgia, where Trump and his former vice [Read More…]
After Perdue tells Abrams to ‘go back where she came from,’ she says Republicans just ‘deflect’
Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Stacy Abrams, a Black Democrat running for Georgia governor, declined on Tuesday to directly comment on Republican David Perdue saying she should “go back to where she came [Read More…]
Victims, parents of Oxford school shooting victims sue school employees
Scott Olson/Getty Images (OXFORD, Mich.) — Victims and families of victims of the November Oxford school shooting in Michigan filed a lawsuit against the Oxford school district and school administrators, accusing them of violating legally [Read More…]
14 students, 1 teacher dead after shooting at Texas elementary school: Gov. Abbott
mbbirdy/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — Fourteen students and a teacher are dead after a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, according to Gov. Greg Abbott. The 18-year-old suspect, a student at [Read More…]
Ohio man charged with plot to assassinate former President George W. Bush
Ryan Collerd/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — An Ohio man was charged with aiding and abetting a plot to kill former President George W. Bush, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Shihab Ahmed Shihab [Read More…]
Mixed views offered at Waters of the U.S. roundtable discussion
Stakeholders shared opposing viewpoints during a Midwest roundtable about implementing the latest Waters of the U.S. Rule. Iowa farmer Ray Gaesser says expanding the definitions of Waters of the U.S. might make it more difficult [Read More…]
Texas school shooting kills 18 children, 3 adults
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 18 children, officials said, and the gunman was dead. The death toll also included three adults, according [Read More…]
Legendary comedians getting the action figure treatment
The Nacelle Company Lenny Bruce, Joan Rivers and Bill Hicks blazed their own trails for comedy before they passed on, and now they’re blazing new ground: as action figures. The trio is being immortalized in [Read More…]
‘Doctor Strange’ bests ‘The Batman’, passes $800 million mark
Marvel Studios While comic book geeks might have technical reasons to disagree, Doctor Strange can beat Batman … at the box office, that is. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness might not have gotten [Read More…]
Multiple fatalities, including several children, after ‘active shooter’ incident at Texas elementary school: Sources
mbbirdy/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — Multiple people are dead, including several children, after an “active shooter” incident at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, law enforcement sources told ABC News. Multiple sources told ABC News [Read More…]
New York City subway shooting suspect in custody
New York City Police Dept. (NEW YORK) — The alleged suspect in the unprovoked fatal shooting of 48-year-old Daniel Enriquez on a Q train in New York City is in police custody, according to law [Read More…]
Fort Bragg to be renamed Fort Liberty among Army bases losing Confederate names: Exclusive
Logan Mock-Bunting/Getty Images (FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.) — A blue-ribbon Army commission has recommended new names for nine Army bases named after Confederate leaders, including Fort Bragg, which will be recommended to be renamed Fort Liberty, according [Read More…]
NOAA forecasts above-normal 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
NOAA (NEW YORK) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is forecasting an above-normal hurricane season in the Atlantic, with up to 21 named storms this year. Ten storms could become hurricanes, the agency said. [Read More…]
Father of woman wanted in murder of professional cyclist speaks out
ABC News (NEW YORK) — As the search for the woman wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson continues, the suspect’s father said he does not think his daughter [Read More…]