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Federal program housing nearly 1,800 Puerto Ricans post-Maria coming to an end
iStock/Thinkstock(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — Saturday marks the final day that nearly 1,800 Puerto Ricans will receive temporary housing assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA’s transitional sheltering assistance helps natural disaster victims with [Read More…]
Desperate search for boys’ soccer team lost in Thailand cave hampered by rains
Linh Pham/Getty Images(THAM LUANG CAVE, Thailand) — A nation continued to hold its breath Friday and hope for the safe return of 12 young soccer players and their coach who remain trapped in a flooded [Read More…]
Suspect in 44-year-old killing shoots himself to death as police close in with DNA evidence
ABC News(SANTA CLARA COUNTY) — A California man suspected in a decades-old unsolved slaying killed himself when police arrived at his home to serve a search warrant after DNA evidence helped identify him, authorities said. [Read More…]
Neighbors who call police on 12-year-old mowing lawn increase his business, customer says
Lucille Holt Colden(MAPLE HEIGHTS, Ohio) — A 12-year-old Ohio boy who operates his own lawn mowing business has gained more customers after one neighbor called the police one him for mowing part of her yard. [Read More…]
First of 8 alleged gang members indicted in fatal mistaken identity stabbing
Chief Terence Monahan/NYPDChiefofDept(NEW YORK) — Prosecutors lodged criminal charges against an Indiana man after he allegedly dropped his gun in Ikea and a 6-year-old boy picked it up and fired it. Francis T. Wright, 62, [Read More…]
Capital Gazette shooting marks deadliest day for news industry in US since 9/11
Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — Thursday’s shooting inside the office of a local newspaper was the deadliest day for the media industry in the United States since the 9/11 terror attacks. Five people were killed [Read More…]
Escape route fails suspect who crashes through store ceiling
iStock/Thinkstock(SPRUCE GROVE, ALBERTA) — A Canadian woman’s attempt to evade police in connection with an allegedly fraudulent purchase came crashing down. Police were called to a minimart in Spruce Grove, Alberta, Monday afternoon after Brittany [Read More…]
Video of man tased from behind as he sat on curb sparks ‘great concern,’ mayor says
ABC News(LANCASTER, Pa.) — Danene Sorace, the mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, said an investigation is underway after a viral video on social media showed a Lancaster police officer tasing a black man in broad daylight. [Read More…]
Capital Gazette mass shooting suspect Jarrod Ramos held grudge against paper
Anne Arundel Police(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — The alleged gunman accused of fatally shooting five people inside a Maryland newsroom may have been nursing a longstanding grudge against the newspaper. Jarrod Ramos, a 38-year-old resident of Laurel, [Read More…]
Capital Gazette shooting suspect barricaded door, tried to ‘kill as many’ as possible: Officials
WJLA-TV(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — A community is reeling a day after an alleged gunman targeted the local Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland and gunned down five unsuspecting employees. The suspect, Jarrod Ramos, allegedly walked into the [Read More…]
Capital Gazette intern who called 911 during newsroom shooting: ‘I thought we were going to die’
iStock/Thinkstock(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — When a gunman stormed into the newsroom of the local Capital Gazette newspaper, intern Anthony Messenger made his first-ever call to 911. The college senior continued to call for help as shots [Read More…]
India is world’s most dangerous country for women, experts say
iStock/Thinkstock(AHMEDABAD, India) — India is the most dangerous country for women, followed by Afghanistan and Syria, according to a poll of experts who focus on women’s issues. The Thomson Reuters Foundation contacted 548 women’s experts, [Read More…]
In the wake of Capital Gazette mass shooting, journalists react: ‘We love this damn job’
Twitter/@jessica_roy(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — In the aftermath of the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, LGBTQ communities around the country united around the phrase “love is love.” When a gunman opened fire during [Read More…]
How a Maryland paper covered a mass shooting in its own newsroom
Twitter/@capgaznews(ANNAPOLIS, Maryland) — The blood was fresh on the newsroom floor and the grief of its staff raw, but the Capital Gazette of Annapolis, Maryland, promised it would publish a newspaper on Friday. Hours later, [Read More…]
Maryland community reeling after mass shooting inside the Capital Gazette newsroom
WJLA-TV(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — A community is reeling hours after a gunman targeted the local Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland, looking for victims before he gunned down five unsuspecting employees. The suspect, whom law enforcement sources [Read More…]
Helsinki, city chosen for Putin-Trump meeting, has history of U.S.-Russia summits
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The White House and the Kremlin have announced that Finland’s capital, Helsinki will be the venue when President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold their first formal summit on July 16. [Read More…]
Extended heat wave begins Friday in Northeast
ABC News.(NEW YORK) — Excessive and dangerous heat has overtaken the central U.S. and is expanding toward the East Coast for this weekend. As this heat heads toward the Northeast, several consecutive days above 90 [Read More…]
Fashion mogul Tory Burch shares advice for fellow moms re-entering the workforce
Mike Pont/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Tory Burch said that before she launched her namesake fashion empire, she was a stay-at-home mom who had “no idea” what she would be doing in the future. She went [Read More…]
Tory Burch’s advice for moms re-entering the workforce: be confident
Mike Pont/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Tory Burch said that before she launched her namesake fashion empire, she was a stay-at-home mom who had “no idea” what she would be doing in the future. She went [Read More…]
Federal officers clearing out Occupy ICE encampment in Portland
KOIN-TV(PORTLAND) — A tent encampment erected by protesters that prompted the closure of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Portland, Oregon, was being dismantled by federal law enforcement agents. Federal officers wearing riot [Read More…]