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Televangelist who wants $54 million jet says he’ll donate old jet
Jesse Duplantis Ministries/Twitter(NEW ORLEANS) — A Louisiana-based televangelist swiped back at critics of his recent request for a $54 million jet after he asked his followers to help him replace his 12-year-old private jet. Speaking [Read More…]
Televangelist who wants $54M jet says he’ll donate old jet
Jesse Duplantis Ministries/Twitter(NEW ORLEANS) — A Louisiana-based televangelist swiped back at critics of his recent request for a $54 million jet after he asked his followers to help him replace his 12-year-old private jet. Speaking [Read More…]
Sheriff pleads for help in manhunt for person of interest in deputy’s death
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation(DICKSON, Tenn.) — A Tennessee sheriff made an emotional appeal for the public’s help in finding a person of interest believed to be connected to the shooting death of a sheriff’s deputy [Read More…]
Prosecutor rebukes former Missouri governor then drops felony case against him
Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The Robin Hood Foundation(ST. LOUIS, Mo.) — A day after Eric Greitens resigned as governor of Missouri, a prosecutor blasted his “dangerous and false rhetoric against the criminal justice system” before [Read More…]
Pennsylvania authorities discover source of mysterious booms in the middle of the night
WPVI-TV(PHILADELPHIA) — Authorities have discovered the source of the mysterious booms heard rocking a Pennsylvania neighborhood last week, ABC Philadelphia station WPVI-TV reported. The loud sounds — which have been heard in Bucks and Lehigh [Read More…]
San Juan mayor says that deaths following Hurricane Maria still haunt her
iStock/Thinkstock(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — San Juan mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz called Tuesday’s announcement of new death toll estimates in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria “a day of collective mourning” for the weather-battered island. “It [Read More…]
Landslide kills two in North Carolina home
Boone Fire Department(BOONE, N.C.) — The bodies of two people were found among the rubble of a home following a landslide in North Carolina. The names of the victims are being withheld until family can [Read More…]
Top US diplomat for Asia on ropes ahead of North Korea summit
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The fate of the U.S.’s top diplomat for Asia remains in limbo two weeks ahead of the expected historic summit with North Korea. In one of his first major personnel moves as secretary [Read More…]
‘Our hearts shattered’: Sheriff pleads for help in manhunt for person of interest in deputy’s death
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation(DICKSON, Tenn.) — A Tennessee sheriff made an emotional appeal for the public’s help in finding a person of interest believed to be connected to the shooting death of a sheriff’s deputy [Read More…]
San Juan mayor says that deaths following Hurricane Maria still haunt her
iStock/Thinkstock(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — San Juan mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz called Tuesday’s announcement of new death toll estimates in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria “a day of collective mourning” for the weather-battered island. “It [Read More…]
Uber rolls out panic button
Uber(NEW YORK) — Uber’s new panic button has hit phones nationwide. Announced in April in the wake of a spate of alleged sexual assaults, the panic button allows riders to dial 911 directly from the [Read More…]
Pennsylvania authorities discover source of mysterious booms in the middle of the night
WPVI-TV(PHILADELPHIA) — Authorities have discovered the source of the mysterious booms heard rocking a Pennsylvania neighborhood last week, ABC Philadelphia station WPVI-TV reported. The loud sounds — which have been heard in Bucks and Lehigh [Read More…]
Prosecutor rebukes former Missouri governor then drops felony case against him
Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The Robin Hood Foundation(ST. LOUIS, Mo.) — A day after Eric Greitens resigned as governor of Missouri, a prosecutor blasted his “dangerous and false rhetoric against the criminal justice system” before [Read More…]
Roseanne blames Ambien for racist tweet, blasts cast members who threw ‘me under the bus’
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — After issuing an apology, Roseanne Barr overnight slammed some of her former co-stars and retweeted defenses of her racist comments that prompted ABC to cancel her hit TV series. Barr [Read More…]
Russian opposition journalist shot dead at home in Kiev; Kremlin denies involvement
iStock/Thinkstock(KIEV, Ukraine) — A well-known Russian journalist who fled his home country last year amid a campaign of intimidation was shot and killed at his apartment building Tuesday in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. Arkady Babchenko [Read More…]
Belgium gunman allegedly killed man the night before Liege cop slayings
ABC News(LIEGE, Belgium) — The man who killed two policewomen and a civilian in the Belgian city of Liege Tuesday morning is now believed to have killed a man the night before, authorities said. Benjamin [Read More…]
Tesla on Autopilot crashes into parked police car
Laguna Beach PD(ORANGE COUNTY, Calif.) — A Tesla driver in California was driving in Autopilot mode when the car slammed into a parked police car, adding to a fast-growing list of recent autopilot-involved accidents. The [Read More…]
Former USC gynecologist may have assaulted as many as 52 women: Police
iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — At least 52 women have come forward with allegations of sexual abuse against a former campus doctor at the University of Southern California, police said Tuesday. The former patients of Dr. George [Read More…]
Group smashes glitzy Rodeo Drive storefront, steals designer clothes in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills Police Department(BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.) — Police are looking for at least a dozen thieves who drove up to a pricey storefront in Beverly Hills, California, and bashed in the windows before making off [Read More…]
Why is today celebrated as Moms Equal Pay Day?
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Today marks Moms Equal Pay Day. Why is there a day focused just on mothers and equal pay? Because today, around 150 days into 2018, marks how far into the year the [Read More…]