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Puerto Rico braces for hurricane season, 8 months after Maria
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Eight months after being struck by Hurricane Maria, the island of Puerto Rico is bracing as another hurricane season while still cleaning up and restoring power. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [Read More…]
Santa Fe school shooting survivors discuss solutions to make schools safer: ‘Inaction is not an option’
KTRK(SANTA FE, Texas) — Survivors of the Santa Fe High School shooting held a press conference Friday in which they detailed what they believe needs to be done to ensure safety in schools and other [Read More…]
Largely Roman Catholic Ireland votes 2-to-1 to repeal abortion ban
Charles McQuillan/Getty Images(DUBLIN) — Voters in deeply Roman Catholic Ireland support by a 2-to-1 margin repeal of a 1983 constitutional ban on abortions, the official vote tally shows. Official results of Friday’s referendum showed that [Read More…]
Mississippi, Florida declare emergency ahead of subtropical storm Alberto
ABC News(ORLANDO) — Mississippi’s governor joined Florida in declaring a state of emergency ahead of a subtropical storm’s hitting the Gulf Coast. Subtropical storm Alberto is forecast to move northward into the Gulf of Mexico [Read More…]
American jailed in Venezuela for two years to return home to US
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Joshua Holt, an American who has been jailed in Venezuela without a trial for two years, has been released, officials said on Saturday. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, who has advocated for Holt’s release, [Read More…]
White House to send team to Singapore in case Trump-Kim summit takes place
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The White House is still planning to send a team to Singapore in case a summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un happens after all. White House press secretary [Read More…]
Florida declares emergency before subtropical storm Alberto heads toward Gulf Coast
ABC News(ORLANDO) — Florida’s governor declared a state of emergency ahead of a subtropical storm’s hitting the Gulf Coast. Subtropical storm Alberto is forecast to move northward into the Gulf Of Mexico over the weekend, [Read More…]
Unruly passenger arrested after allegedly launching midair tirade
iStock/Thinkstock(MIAMI) — A passenger on an American Airlines flight to Miami was arrested after he allegedly launched into a midair, profanity-laced tirade and traded punches with others on the plane who were trying to restrain [Read More…]
Grocery store will suspend political donations after protest by Parkland students
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(ORLANDO) — The grocery store chain Publix was on the defensive Friday evening after Parkland student activist David Hogg staged a “die in” over the store’s donations to Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam [Read More…]
School district found negligent, not responsible for death of bullied student
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A school district in upstate New York was found negligent in the death of a student who committed suicide after he said he was bullied. However, the jury said the negligence was [Read More…]
School district found negligent, not responsible, for death of bullied student
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A school district in upstate New York was found negligent in the death of a student who committed suicide after he said he was bullied. However, the jury said the negligence was [Read More…]
University president to resign over former campus gynecologist scandal
Michael Kovac/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — University of Southern California President C. L. Max Nikias is stepping down over a scandal involving a former campus gynecologist, the school’s board of trustees announced Friday. In a letter [Read More…]
University president to resign over former campus gynecologist scandal
Michael Kovac/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — University of Southern California President C. L. Max Nikias is stepping down over a scandal involving a former campus gynecologist, the school’s board of trustees announced Friday. In a letter [Read More…]
Santa Fe school shooting survivors discuss solutions to make schools safer: ‘Inaction is not an option’
KTRK(SANTA FE, Texas) — Survivors of the Santa Fe High School shooting held a press conference Friday in which they detailed what they believe needs to be done to ensure safety in schools and other [Read More…]
Ireland overwhelmingly votes to repeal abortion ban, exit polls project
iStock/Thinkstock(DUBLIN) — Two major exit polls project that Irish voters have voted to repeal the country’s Eighth Amendment, passed by voters in 1983, which effectively bans abortions in the island nation. One poll, by The [Read More…]
Macron tries to woo Putin during state visit
Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images(ST. PETERSBURG, Russia) — France’s president Emmanuel Macron on Friday used a state visit to Russia to mount an energetic charm offensive on President Vladimir Putin. The two leaders rubbed elbows in a [Read More…]
Body camera footage shows police fatally shoot naked man
moodboard/Thinkstock(RICHMOND, Va.) — Police tased and then fatally shot a naked man after a confrontation on a Virginia highway earlier this month. Richmond police released the body camera footage of the May 14 incident today. [Read More…]
Staff surprises man with way to watch his twins’ graduation from a hospital room
iStock/Thinkstock(SANTA CLARITA, Calif.) — A man in a California hospital who thought he’d have to miss his twins’ high school graduation got a nice surprise from nurses and staff. Initially David Bernstein of Santa Clarita [Read More…]
‘Hero’ teacher ran at gunman, tackled him to ground, student says: ‘He pretty much protected all of us’
iStock/Thinkstock(NOBLESVILLE, Ind.) — When a middle school boy allegedly opened fire at his Indiana school, the teacher immediately ran and tackled him to the ground, one student in the classroom told ABC News. The suspected [Read More…]
Amazon responds to story that couple’s private conversation was sent to random contact
Amazon/ABC News(PORTLAND) — Amazon said that it was “evaluating options” after recent and shocking news that its Echo device had not only recorded a couple’s conversation inside their home, but also had sent it to [Read More…]