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Lava from volcano eruption in Hawaii destroys two homes
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — At least 1,800 people were ordered to evacuate on Thursday because of an erupting volcano, a Hawaii County Civil Defense spokesperson told ABC News. No injuries have been reported so far and [Read More…]

NRA to host company with ties to sanctioned Russians at annual convention
Amazon(DALLAS) — An ammunition distributor with ties to a recently sanctioned Russian oligarch is listed among the expected exhibitors at the National Rifle Association’s Annual Meetings opening in Dallas, Texas, on Friday. TulAmmo USA is [Read More…]

Freehold woman shot dead in New Jersey while driving home
WABC-TV(FREEHOLD, N.J.) — A man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman as she was driving on a rural stretch of highway in Freehold, New Jersey, according to the Monmouth [Read More…]

School superintendent arrested for repeatedly defecating on another school’s property
Holmdel Township Police Department(HOLMDEL, N.J.) — The superintendent of a New Jersey school district has been arrested for repeatedly defecating on a neighboring school’s property, police said. Thomas Tramaglini, the superintendent of the Kenilworth School [Read More…]

Trump says date, location set for meeting with Kim Jong Un
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump said Friday that a date and location has been set for his upcoming summit with Kim Jong Un. “The trip is being scheduled,” Trump said as he departed the White [Read More…]

Meghan Markle’s dad will walk her down the aisle at her wedding to Prince Harry
iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — Meghan Markle’s dad, Thomas Markle, will walk her down the aisle at St. George’s Chapel when she weds Prince Harry, Kensington Palace announced Friday. Her mother, Doria Ragland, will accompany her by car [Read More…]

One of ‘Golden State Killer’s’ youngest victims recalls attacker in her bedroom
Courtesy of Margaret Wardlow(SACRAMENTO) — When Margaret Wardlow recalls her childhood in Sacramento, California, she divides it into two distinct time frames. There’s the Sacramento before 1977, which she described as “a beautiful place” where [Read More…]

Evacuations ordered as Hawaii volcano erupts
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — At least 1,800 people were ordered to evacuate on Thursday because of an erupting volcano, a Hawaii County Civil Defense spokesperson told ABC News. No injuries have been reported so far and [Read More…]

Inexpensive lightning cables could harm your phone
Obtained by ABC News(NEW YORK) — We spend so much time on our phones that one of our biggest concerns is keeping them charged. But could grabbing some of those inexpensive cables to charge our [Read More…]

Severe weather outbreak winding down after dozens of tornado reports
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Thursday was the fourth straight day of severe weather throughout much of the U.S., a period during which 38 tornadoes were reported across six states — 18 in Kansas; five each [Read More…]

Evacuations ordered as Hawaii volcano erupts
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — At least 1,800 people were ordered to evacuate on Thursday because of an erupting volcano, a Hawaii County Civil Defense spokesperson told ABC News. No injuries have been reported so far and [Read More…]

Volkswagen ex-CEO indicted in emissions defeat device scandal
Sean Gallup/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has been charged with alleged conspiracy to defraud the United States and VW customers in the so-called “defeat device” scheme, the Department of Justice announced [Read More…]

Tequila boom rooted in traditional farming techniques
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A growing thirst for tequila from New York to Tokyo has made the sale of the drink into a multibillion-dollar industry, but its production remains rooted in centuries-old methods of farming using [Read More…]

Alleged hazing attack by high school football team caught on camera
Obtained by ABC News(MOBILE, Ala.) — The parents of a high school freshman are demanding their son’s football coach be fired, saying their son was brutally beaten by members of his own football team in [Read More…]

Biological mother breaks down at sentencing of woman who stole and raised her child: ‘I am your mother, Kamiyah’
ABCNews.com(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.)– The woman accused of kidnapping a baby just hours after birth appeared in a sentencing hearing Thursday morning. Gloria Williams kidnapped Kamiyah Mobley in July 1998, hours after her mother, Shanara Mobley, gave [Read More…]

Marathon runner who received heart transplant meets donor’s parents for first time
Kristin N. Marx(GREENDALE, Wis.) — Seventeen years after the death of their daughter, Pam and Tim Huber got a chance to hear her heartbeat again, thanks to Kristin Marx. Marx met them for the first [Read More…]

Cellphone video shows Miami Police officer apparently kicking suspect in the head during arrest
Obtained by ABC News(MIAMI) — A Miami Police officer has been relieved of duty after cellphone video emerged on social media appearing to show him kicking a suspect in the head during an arrest. In [Read More…]

Twitter warns users to change their passwords
Bethany Clarke/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Twitter is warning users to change their passwords after a bug could have exposed them to prying eyes. The social media company identified a bug that stored passwords “unmasked” (in [Read More…]

Driver in New York City crash that killed 2 children charged with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide
Leah Finnegan/Twitter(NEW YORK) — The driver in a New York City crash that killed two children — including the 4-year-old daughter of Tony award-winning Broadway actress Ruthie Ann Miles — has been indicted on several [Read More…]

Engine cowling, not fan blade, damaged window on fatal Southwest flight: NTSB
National Transportation Safety Board(NEW YORK) — It was apparently a fragment of the engine cowling, not a fan blade, that struck the window of Southwest Flight 1380, resulting in depressurization of the aircraft and the [Read More…]