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A wallet lost in 1970 just turned up, as an amazing 1970 time capsule
ABC News(GRESHAM, Ore.) — A wallet lost in 1970 at a high school turned up during a building demolition at the school – and took its long-lost owner on a trip down memory lane. After [Read More…]
Seattle authorities luring homeless off the streets with plane tickets, rent payments
iStock/Thinkstock(SEATTLE) — It’s been almost three months since homeless tents began to crop up on the streets surrounding Seattle’s famous Space Needle, but now teams of city employees have begun clearing out the encampments near [Read More…]
Pentagon to house migrants on two Texas military bases, as more are under consideration
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon is looking at additional facilities that could accommodate migrants coming across the U.S.-Mexico border beyond housing at U.S. military bases in Texas, officials said Tuesday. “We are looking at [Read More…]
A few loyal accomplices aided French gangster’s daring prison escape, authorities say
iStock/Thinkstock(PARIS) — A few “loyal unidentified accomplices” helped infamous French gangster Redoine Faid escape from a prison in the southern suburbs of Paris, authorities said more than 48 hours after the audacious breakout. “According to [Read More…]
Newsroom mass shooting suspect sent 3 threatening letters before attack: Police
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The man suspected of opening fire at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland had first sent threatening letters to the Baltimore Circuit Court, Maryland’s Court of Special Appeals and a [Read More…]
2 in critical condition from shooting at Kansas elementary school: Police
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Two people are in critical condition Tuesday morning after a shooting at an elementary school in Overland Park, Kansas, Overland Park police spokesman John Lacy said. Two workers were shot but no [Read More…]
Iowa struck down a 72-hour abortion waiting period, many states have one
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — While Iowa is considering what could become the most restrictive abortion law in the country, the Hawkeye state won’t be one of the states with the longest waiting periods for abortions. The [Read More…]
Trump orders flags to half-staff for newsroom shooting after White House initially rejected Annapolis mayor’s request
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump has reversed the initial rejection of a request to lower the White House flag to half-staff to honor the newspaper employees who were killed in a Maryland shooting last week. [Read More…]
Secret Service warns of gas pump card skimmers as July 4 travel hits
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — As Fourth of July travel heats up, the U.S. Secret Service is warning motorists, businesses and police of a disturbing surge in criminals’ stealing credit information at gas pumps. Fraudsters are installing [Read More…]
Florida will seek death penalty for woman accused of killing doppelganger to steal her identity
South Padre Island PD(NEW YORK) — The Florida State Attorney’s Office 20th Judicial Circuit said on Tuesday it will seek the death penalty against Lois Riess, who allegedly killed a woman in Fort Myers Beach [Read More…]
Capital Gazette victim Rob Hiaasen remembered at ‘Celebration of Life’
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — Veteran journalist Rob Hiaasen, one of five employees gunned down at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland on Thursday, was remembered at a “Celebration of Life” memorial Monday night. Hiaasen, [Read More…]
Rescuers weigh options for extracting soccer team from flooded cave
Linh Pham/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Rescuers and authorities are considering their options for evacuating the soccer team — 12 boys and their coach — discovered alive after they’d gone missing for 10 days. Authorities are [Read More…]
Exclusive: Survivors of fatal Bahamas boat explosion speak out for the first time
ABCNews.com (NEW YORK) — Passengers who survived the fatal Bahamas boat explosion on Saturday are speaking about their experience for the first time. Sheila Jones, her son Haiden Jones and John Inman spoke exclusively to [Read More…]
Mom dials 911 screaming her daughter’s trapped in tree, surrounded by alligators
iStock/Thinkstock(ORLANDO) — A Florida mom made a frantic cry for help while on a call with a 911 dispatcher because her teen daughter was trapped in a tree for a half an hour with hissing [Read More…]
Pompeo heading to North Korea as regime shows little progress towards denuclearization
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Three weeks after the historic meeting between President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will return to North Korea on Thursday at a time the regime [Read More…]
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition saved after row over migration comes to an end
iStock/Thinkstock(BERLIN) — Those concerned about the future of Germany’s ruling coalition and the possibility of a snap election can now breathe a sigh of relief. The coalition will remain in place after a lengthy row [Read More…]
Trump administration ramps up pressure on Iran’s economy
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is claiming some early success in its quest to cripple Iran with sanctions in order to drag it back to negotiations and change its behavior, even as it softens its [Read More…]
3-year-old girl stabbed in Boise, Idaho birthday party rampage dies: Police
Google Maps(BOISE, Idaho) — A 3-year-old girl attacked at her birthday party by a knife-wielding man who stabbed five other children and three adults in Boise, Idaho, has died from her injuries, police said Monday. [Read More…]
Harvey Weinstein could face life sentence for new alleged sex crimes
Kevin Hagen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A Manhattan grand jury has returned a superseding indictment that charges disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein with additional sex crimes, including one that could land him in prison for life. [Read More…]
Twelve boys and their soccer coach found alive in cave
Linh Pham/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Twelve boys and their soccer coach, lost for 10 days in a cave in Thailand, have been found alive, officials announced Monday. “Thai Navy SEALs have found all 13 with [Read More…]