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Guatemala opens probe into possible negligence in wake of devastating volcanic eruption
ABC News(GUATEMALA CITY) — Guatemala has opened an investigation into possible negligence in the wake of Sunday’s volcanic eruption, as the death toll continues to climb. Guatemala’s attorney general and head of the Public Ministry, [Read More…]

Trump’s call for Russia to join G7 faces swift backlash
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s call Friday for Russia to re-enter the G7 four years after the country was kicked out from the group of countries over its annexation of Crimea has resulted in [Read More…]

Mom takes issue with classroom rhyme explaining school lockdown procedure for kindergarteners
iStock/Thinkstock(BOSTON) — A Massachusetts mother posted a now-viral photo online of a kindergarten classroom poster explaining lockdown procedures through a rhyme. Somerville resident Georgy Cohen, 38, was touring a kindergarten room before her 5-year-old daughter [Read More…]

How Anthony Bourdain became a vocal supporter of the #MeToo movement
@Bourdain/Twitter(NEW YORK) — The sudden death of renowned chef Anthony Bourdain is spurring reflection on the accomplishments that catapulted him to stardom. But aside from his successful books and TV shows, Bourdain recently gained attention [Read More…]

Pope Francis expected to address world’s top oil execs at Vatican climate change conference
iStock/Thinkstock(ROME, Italy) — While the G-7 leaders meet in Canada, the world’s top oil company executives are gathering at the Vatican for a two-day conference on climate change and the possibility of countries’ transitioning away [Read More…]

Gloria Williams, who kidnapped baby and raised her, sentenced to 18 years
ABC News(MIAMI) — The woman who pleaded guilty to kidnapping a baby from a Florida hospital hours after she was born was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison. Gloria Williams posed as a nurse [Read More…]

Police zero in on age, origin of newborn girl found dead off Florida coast
Palm Beach Sheriff(PALM BEACH, Fla.) — Authorities are zeroing in on the age of the newborn girl who was found dead in the ocean off the Florida coast as they continued to try to determine [Read More…]

2 more Mesa, Arizona, police officers placed on administrative leave after bodycam video surfaces
Mesa Police Dept.(MESA, Arizona) — Two more Mesa, Arizona, police officers have been placed on administrative leave following the release of bodycam footage showing a violent arrest. Video released on Thursday that showed a 15-year-old [Read More…]

Anthony Bourdain dies at 61
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Celebrity chef, longtime television personality and storyteller Anthony Bourdain has died in an apparent suicide, according to CNN. He was 61. CNN confirmed his death in a statement posted to Twitter [Read More…]

Teacher claims school made him resign for not using transgender student’s preferred name
Brett Taylor/Thinkstock(INDIANAPOLIS) — An Indiana orchestra teacher claims his former school forced him to resign after he refused to refer to a transgender student by their preferred name. Brownsburg High School has a policy that [Read More…]

Mom of ‘affluenza teen’ jailed after failing drug test: Report
iStock/Thinkstock(DALLAS) — The mother of “affluenza teen” Ethan Couch was sent back to jail on Thursday after a Texas judge issued an arrest warrant indicating she tested positive for drugs, ABC affiliate WFAA reported. Tonya [Read More…]

‘They’re all gone,’ woman says of family members lost in aftermath of volcano eruption
ABC News(GUATEMALA CITY) — Outside of an emergency shelter for evacuees of the Volcan de Fuego eruption in Guatemala, Norma Mavilia Azcon broke down in tears, desperate for any word on whether her two children, [Read More…]

New warning says you may need to change your tires sooner than you think
ABCNews.com(NEW YORK) — As summer storm season rolls in, new research offers fresh guidelines to ensure drivers roll safely to a stop. The American Automobile Association released a study on Thursday showing that worn tires [Read More…]

One suspect dead, another in custody after ATF agent ambushed, shot during undercover operation, officials say
WLS-TV(CHICAGO) — One suspect is dead and another is in custody after a federal agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was shot multiple times when he and other agents were ambushed [Read More…]

Pompeo distances administration from Giuliani’s North Korea comments
ABCNews.com(WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was forced to distance the administration Thursday from comments made by President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who said this week that Kim Jong Un begged “on his [Read More…]

‘It’s heartbreaking,’ says teen whose video of meeting her deported dad at the US-Mexico border went viral
iStock/Thinkstock(EL PASO, Texas) — Leslie Silva had yet to reach her teens when her father, Milo Silva, was deported for the third time. Since that deportation in 2012, Leslie, who now lives with her mother, [Read More…]

31 Orlando police officers sued over their response to Pulse nightclub massacre that left 49 dead
Released by US Attorneys Office, Middle District of Florida(ORLANDO, Fla.) — A city police officer acting as a security guard didn’t do his job and more than two dozen of his colleagues failed in their [Read More…]

Highlights from Vladimir Putin’s call-in show, including advice to his grandson
Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — President Vladimir Putin Thursday held his annual “Direct Line” telethon show in which he takes dozens of questions from ordinary Russians for hours during a live broadcast on state television. An [Read More…]

Governor Cuomo offers free legal help to pizza deliveryman facing deportation
ABC News(ALBANY, N.Y.) — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is offering free legal help to a pizza delivery man who was detained by immigration authorities when he tried to deliver an order to a military [Read More…]

Santa Fe police officer critically wounded in high school massacre released from hospital
KTRK (SANTA FE, Texas) — The officer who was injured when he confronted a shooter at a Texas high school last month has been released from the hospital after nearly three weeks. When a 17-year-old [Read More…]