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‘This is not how I raised him,’ mother of mail bombing suspect Cesar Sayoc wrote in exclusive letter to ABC News
Obtained by ABC News(NEW YORK) — The mother of the man suspected of mailing more than a dozen suspicious packages to prominent politicians, media figures and celebrities said she did not raise her children to [Read More…]
Police officer plays piano during call to assist elderly couple
Pembroke Pines Police Department(MIAMI) — A South Florida police officer recently displayed his musical prowess while responding to a 911 call of an elderly man who had suffered from a bad fall. The Pembroke Pines [Read More…]
Driver jailed on suspicion of being intoxicated in crash that killed 3 Wisconsin Girl Scouts and an adult picking up highway trash
WAOW(CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis.) — As a community mourned three Girl Scouts and an adult supervisor who were killed when a pickup truck struck them as they were picking up trash alongside a Wisconsin highway, the [Read More…]
Migrants in caravan respond to Trump calling them criminals: ‘This is all propaganda’
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Battling hunger, exhaustion and President Donald Trump’s portrayal of them as criminals, thousands of Central American migrants traveling through Mexico were hoping to get rides Sunday to move them closer to [Read More…]
Woman who harassed two black women in a North Carolina parking lot turns herself in
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department(SUNSET BEACH, N.C.) — A woman who was caught on camera berating two African-American women in a parking lot lost her job and has turned herself in to police in Sunset Beach, North [Read More…]
Murder trial for suspect in Karina Vetrano killing set to begin 2 years after jogger’s brutal killing
karinavetrano/Instagram(NEW YORK) — Two years after jogger Karina Vetrano was strangled and sexually assaulted along a running path in Queens, New York, the high-profile murder case is headed to trial. The slaying was a mystery [Read More…]
Teen accused of killing mom and burying her in a fire pit after an argument over his D grade
WFTV(VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla.) — A Florida boy is expected to be charged with the murder of his mother after he allegedly strangled her to death and buried her in a church fire pit after an [Read More…]
Three Girl Scouts and adult picking up highway trash killed in alleged hit-and-run
WAOW(CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis.) — Three Girl Scouts and an adult supervisor who were picking up trash along a Wisconsin highway were killed on Saturday afternoon in what authorities said was a hit-and-run, according to Wausau [Read More…]
Alec Baldwin denies he ‘punched anyone over a parking spot,’ following assault arrest in New York
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Actor Alec Baldwin has denied that he “punched anyone over a parking spot” following his Friday arrest on an assault and harassment charges in New York. In a pair of tweets dispatched [Read More…]
Teacher arrested after two students he was having sex with told his wife
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A Florida science teacher was arrested after two students he was having separate sexual relationships with realized what was going on and told his wife, according to documents in the case reviewed [Read More…]
Nigerian Army appears to use Trump’s words to defend its killing of rock-throwing protesters
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Nigeria’s largest military arm on Friday appeared to use the words of U.S. President Donald Trump to defend its shooting of protesters over the past week. The official Twitter account of the Nigerian [Read More…]
2 dead after gunman opens fire on yoga studio in Tallahassee
WTXL-TV(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Two people were killed Friday evening when a gunman opened fire on a yoga class in Florida. People taking a class at Hot Yoga Tallahassee were sprayed with bullets when a gunman, [Read More…]
2 people die in Baltimore Amazon facility after storm causes building to partially collapse
iStock/Thinkstock(BALTIMORE) — Two people have died after a heavy storm caused an Amazon warehouse in Baltimore to partially collapse. Baltimore Fire Department Chief Roman Clark said that one of the victims was an adult male [Read More…]
At least 7 Coptic Christians killed in attack on buses in Egypt
iStock/Thinkstoc(NEW YORK) — At least seven people were killed and at least 19 others were injured in an attack on several buses carrying Coptic Christians near a monastery in Egypt on Friday, according to a [Read More…]
Archaeologists start on Europe’s largest dig ever, spanning 10,000 years of history: The beginning of High Speed 2
iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — Before they break ground or lay a single rail for the new High Speed 2 railway connecting London to other parts of the UK, archaeologists need to dig. Over the next two years, [Read More…]
Father speaks at vigil for three siblings fatally struck at school bus stop
Courtesy Elgin Ingle(NEW YORK) — A grief-stricken community in northern Indiana held a vigil Friday night for the three young siblings who were struck and killed while crossing the street to their school bus earlier [Read More…]
US service member killed in apparent insider attack in Afghanistan
iStock/Thinkstock(KABUL, Afghanistan) — A member of the U.S. armed forces was killed and another was wounded in an apparent insider attack on Saturday in the Afghan capital of Kabul, according to Resolute Support, the NATO [Read More…]
Marines join largest NATO exercise since end of the Cold War
iStock/Thinkstock(OSLO, Norway) — NATO has held its largest military exercises since the end of the Cold War. Called Trident Juncture, the war games are being held over two weeks in Norway and involve 50,000 troops, [Read More…]
Thousands of Koreans make kimchi together at annual festival
iStock/Thinkstock(SEOUL) — More than 2,000 people in Seoul, dressed in red aprons and pink rubber gloves, were on hand Friday to make the traditional Korean dish kimchi. The hundreds of cabbages and radishes thrown into [Read More…]
Three dead, including shooter, after gunman opens fire on yoga studio in Tallahassee
WTXL-TV(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Three people are dead, including the shooter, after a gunman opened fire on a yoga class in Tallahassee, Florida, on Friday evening. The shooting took place at Hot Yoga Tallahassee in the [Read More…]