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All aboard this adorable Hello Kitty bullet train departing from stations in Japan
Sanrio/Western Japan Railway Co.(TOKYO) — For a limited time, a high-speed bullet train featuring the lovable Hello Kitty will launch in summer of this year. The railroad cars will be stylishly embellished with the character’s [Read More…]
Lava from Hawaii volcano destroys 10 more houses in Leilani Estates, officials say
U.S. Geological Survey via Getty Images(PAHOA, Hawaii) — Ten more homes in the path of Hawaii’s Kileaua volcano eruption have been destroyed overnight by fast-moving lava, a spokesperson for the Hawaii County Civil Defense told [Read More…]
Father of boy dangling from Paris balcony was out playing Pokémon Go, prosecutor says
iStock/Thinkstock(PARIS) — The father of a 4-year-old boy who was rescued from a Paris balcony this weekend had been out grocery shopping and playing Pokémon Go instead of watching his child, according to a French [Read More…]
Alberto makes landfall along Florida Panhandle
@michaelscig72/Instagram(NEW YORK) — Alberto, the first named subtropical storm of the 2018 season, has made landfall on the Florida panhandle, bringing heavy rain, gusty winds and flash flooding to the area. The storm, which began [Read More…]
Passengers escorted off rides after power outage at Cedar Point, spokesperson says
iStock/Thinkstock(SANDUSKY, Ohio) — Amusement park-goers enjoying their Memorial Day at Cedar Point in Ohio had to be escorted off rides after a section of the park lost power, a spokesperson confirmed to ABC News. The [Read More…]
‘Buy you a ticket back to Mexico’: Customer chides Jack in the Box worker
KTRK-TV(HOUSTON) — An angry Texas Jack in the Box customer said “buy you a ticket back to Mexico” to a worker after a dispute over a coupon, according to a video of the exchange. Footage [Read More…]
Indiana teacher who tackled gunman in class speaks out: ‘My actions… were the only acceptable actions I could have done’
Kevin Moloney/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The injured middle school teacher who tackled a gunman in his Indiana classroom said, “my actions on that day, in my mind, were the only acceptable actions I could have [Read More…]
Man who beat Atlantic Ocean poised to become 1st person to swim across the Pacific
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A historic expedition is scheduled for next week when long-distance swimmer Ben Lecomte begins a roughly 5,500-mile swim across the Pacific Ocean. Lecomte will start in Japan Tuesday and swim to San [Read More…]
Alberto nears landfall along Florida Panhandle
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The season’s first named subtropical storm, Alberto, is nearing landfall by Pensacola, Florida, as it brings heavy rain from Florida to Georgia to the Carolinas. As of 5 a.m., the storm was [Read More…]
‘I did not really think,’ says Paris migrant who climbed building to save child
iStock/Thinkstock(PARIS) — A West African migrant is being praised in France for scaling a building to save a boy hanging from a fourth-floor balcony in Paris. The man, Mamoudou Gassama, will be made a French [Read More…]
Boy, 11, prevents 3-year-old girl from drowning in ‘miracle’ rescue
KSTP(MINNEAPOLIS) — An 11-year-old boy in Minnesota is being hailed for helping to rescue a 3-year-old girl who nearly drowned at a beach over the Memorial Day weekend. Revelers enjoying unseasonably hot temperatures in Arden [Read More…]
Little Caesars employee allegedly shoots, kills man in clown mask outside store
Holly Hill Police Department(NEW YORK) — An employee closing up shop at a Little Caesars restaurant in Florida on Saturday night shot and killed a man in a clown mask after he was attacked with [Read More…]
Rescued Hawaiian man survived week ‘surrounded by lava,’ wishes he evacuated after volcano’s eruption
ABC News(HONOLULU) — Allen Bertram heard the calls to evacuate, but decided to stay put unless lava came near his Hawaiian home. A week ago his home was surrounded by a hellish pool of fire. [Read More…]
Civil rights leader says Starbucks training just the first step in rooting out implicit bias
Andrew Burton/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As Starbucks prepares to shut down 8,000 company-owned stores on Tuesday for a mass employee teaching session on combating racial bias, the president of one of the nation’s oldest and [Read More…]
Video of woman repeatedly punched by New Jersey cop during underage drinking arrest is ‘alarming’: Police chief
John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A New Jersey police officer was recorded repeatedly punching a Philadelphia woman as they wrestled on the ground at a New Jersey beach over the Memorial Day weekend. [Read More…]
Flash flood turns Maryland town’s Main Street into raging muddy river
iStock/Thinkstock(Ellicott City, Md.) — A small Maryland town’s Main Street metamorphosed into a raging muddy river on Saturday. Flash floods caused storefronts in Ellicott City, located just outside of Baltimore, to become engulfed by brown, [Read More…]
A valedictorian’s speech was barred as too political, so he gave it outside through a bullhorn
Christian Bales(COVINGTON, Ky.) — A high school valedictorian in Kentucky praised the fight for stronger gun laws by school-shooting survivors in Florida, and applauded his classmates for participating in an anti-abortion march, saying students should [Read More…]
On Memorial Day, remembering those who died in service, but not in combat
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Thomas Bailey and Karen Bushell have never met, but their families have eerily similar stories to tell. On August 16, 2017, Thomas was informed that his daughter 1st Lt. Kathryn Bailey, 26, [Read More…]
Former CIA chief unsure Trump ‘has done the homework needed’ on North Korea
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Former CIA Director Michael Hayden said he is unsure President Trump has “done the homework needed” for negotiations with North Korea over its nuclear program. “Kim Jong Un knows his program [Read More…]
Republican senator says Kim Jong Un ‘will not denuclearize’
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he is convinced that North Korea will not give up its nuclear program and that its release of U.S. [Read More…]