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2 cold case homicides tied to convicted murderer, police say
Prince George’s County Police Department (FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.) — A Virginia man convicted of murder has been charged in connection with two decades-old cold case homicides, authorities said. Charles Helem, 52, is currently serving life [Read More…]
Prosecutors lay out ‘missed opportunities’ in Robert Durst murder investigation
Myung J. Chun-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A series of “missed opportunities” and an overreliance on false statements made by Robert Durst delayed his prosecution for the murder of his then-wife, Kathleen “Kathie” Durst, by [Read More…]
Suspect captured in furniture store slaying, a crime that ‘shocked’ LA neighborhood
Facebook/Brianna Kupfer (LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles police on Wednesday arrested the man they say killed a 24-year-old woman while she worked alone in a furniture store. The suspect, believed to be homeless, attacked Brianna [Read More…]
Judge blocks hospital from turning off ventilator of severely ill COVID-19 patient
Google Maps Street View (COON RAPIDS, Minn.) — A Minnesota man with COVID who had been fighting for his life for months was transferred to a new hospital days after a judge blocked another hospital [Read More…]
COVID-19 live updates: Biden administration website to order free tests goes live
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 851,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]
DHS, FBI warn faith-based communities they ‘will likely continue to be targets of violence’
Nes/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Faith-based communities have been and will “likely” be the target of violence “by both domestic violent extremists and those inspired by foreign terrorists,” according to a note sent nationwide to law [Read More…]
3 Pennsylvania officers charged in shooting death of 8-year-old girl at high school football game
Delaware County District Attorney’s Office (SHARON HILL, Penn.) — Criminal charges have been filed against three Pennsylvania police officers in connection with the shooting death of an 8-year-old girl and the wounding of three others [Read More…]
Alleged hostage-taker at Texas synagogue was known to British authorities, sources say
Obtained by ABC News (COLLEYVILLE, Texas) — The man who allegedly held people hostage at a Texas synagogue on Saturday may not have appeared on any American watch lists but he was known to British [Read More…]
COVID-19 live updates: Italian police arrest nurse accused of faking shots for anti-vaxxers
JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 850,000 Americans, according to real-time data [Read More…]
Passenger fatally shot on Amtrak train, search underway for suspect
Mario Tama/Getty Images (LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo.) — An assailant in the fatal shooting of a passenger on an Amtrak train in Missouri remained on the run Sunday as investigators worked to determine why the train [Read More…]
Tsunami advisory issued for American Samoa after another volcano eruption in Tonga
Tonga Geological Services (NEW YORK) — The National Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami advisory for American Samoa after another undersea volcano eruption near the island of Tonga. While the volcano has been erupting for [Read More…]
Texas rabbi ‘grateful to be alive’ as synagogue hostage-taking suspect ID’d
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (COLLEYVILLE, Texas) — A Texas rabbi taken hostage with three members of his congregation by an armed man demanding the release of a convicted terrorist, posted a message on social media Sunday [Read More…]
East Coast bracing for snow, ice from widespread winter system
Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans on the East Coast are bracing for severe winter weather as a widespread storm system continues to march east. The storm that brought dangerous [Read More…]
Woman killed after pushed onto NYC subway tracks in unprovoked attack, police say
Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A woman died after she was pushed onto the New York City subway tracks and struck by an oncoming train, police said. The incident occurred [Read More…]
Armed man takes hostages at Texas synagogue, source says
Google Maps Street View (COLLEYVILLE, Texas) — A hostage situation is underway at a synagogue in the Dallas-Fort Worth area Saturday, several sources told ABC News. An armed suspect claiming to have bombs in unknown [Read More…]
75 million Americans under alert for winter storm, chilling temperatures
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Some 75 million Americans in 33 states, from the Dakotas to Georgia to Maine, are under alert Saturday through Monday for a massive winter storm and chilling temperatures. At least [Read More…]
FAA to change how some planes land in effort to cut emissions
Aaron Foster/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In an effort to cut emissions, the Federal Aviation Administration announced it’s changing the way some planes land at U.S. airports. Currently, most planes that land at airports descend in [Read More…]
6 hospitalized, 1 in critical condition, after shooting at Oregon concert
kali9/Getty Images (EUGENE, Ore.) — Six people were transported to hospitals after a shooting at a concert hall in Eugene, Oregon, police said. At 9:29 p.m. Friday, there were reports of multiple shots fired outside [Read More…]
Virginia, North Carolina issue states of emergency as snow takes aim on East Coast
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Southern states have declared states of emergency as snow targets the East Coast this weekend. The storm first hits the Midwest Friday night into Saturday. Roads will be dangerous in [Read More…]
Students walk out over COVID-19 in-person learning conditions in schools
Cheney Orr/Bloomberg via Getty Images (CHICAGO) — Students are walking out of their classes in Boston, Chicago and other cities across the country in protest of in-person learning conditions as COVID-19 rages on. Public school [Read More…]