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iStock/Thinkstock(CLEVELAND) — A Southwest Airlines plane was diverted Wednesday after a crack was reported in one of its windows, the airline confirmed to ABC News. Southwest Flight 957, scheduled to fly from Chicago, Illinois, to [Read More…]

Twitter/@muntazer_zaidi(BAGHDAD) —  The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush during an infamous 2008 news conference is running for parliament in Iraq. Muntadhar al-Zaidi gained fame when he hurled his shoes [Read More…]

KABC(BAKERSFIELD, Ore.) — A registered sex offender remains at large but his two young children and the family dog that he absconded with were found safe, following a nearly four-hour long pursuit of the man’s [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(PARKLAND, Fla.) — The brother of the young man accused of killing 17 people at a high school in South Florida has been arrested for the second time. A Broward County judge issued an out-of-county [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(SAN YSIDRO, Mexico) — At least 25 Central Americans traveling north to the U.S. border with the so-called migrant caravan had passed into the San Ysidro Port of Entry as of this morning, organizers said. [Read More…]

ABC News(SAVANNAH, Ga.) — At least five people are dead after a C-130 “Hercules” plane belonging to the Puerto Rico National Guard crashed outside the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport in Georgia at 11:28 a.m., according [Read More…]

ABC News(IRVING, Texas) — The Boy Scouts of America is changing the name of one of its iconic programs, after 108 years. The historic youth organization announced today that their program for children 11 to [Read More…]

ABC News(IRVING, Texas) — The Boy Scouts of America is changing the name of one of its iconic programs, after 108 years. The historic youth organization announced today that their program for children 11 to [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(SYDNEY, Australia) — Kangaroos may look incredibly sweet and cuddly, but they do come with a warning. Greg Piper, a lawmaker in Australia, wants tourists who travel to his country to stay away from the [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(ROME) — The city of Rome has banned the sale of alcohol in some areas and thousands of Italian and British police have been deployed in a bid to prevent violence ahead of a major [Read More…]

ABC News(DETROIT) — A Michigan high school that caused a social media firestorm when it put a so-called “modesty poncho” on display has decided it won’t be handing out the cover-up to girls who don’t [Read More…]

Texarkana Police Department(TEXARKANA, Texas) — When police were called to wrangle a “vicious” pit bull from a residential neighborhood in Texas, the responding officer said he realized almost instantly that the animal in question was [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(SEOUL) — U.S. troops will remain in South Korea regardless of any peace treaty with the North, Seoul’s presidential office said today. “U.S. armed forces in Korea is an issue between South Korea and United [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(LA PAZ, Bolivia) — Swimming with the piranhas and anacondas below the surface of the Amazon River in Bolivia is a rare species: pink, freshwater dolphins. These animals, locally known as “bufeos,” are an indicator [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK CITY) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has formally directed New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to investigate the way the NYPD’s Special Victims Unit and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office handled sexual [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — Queen Elizabeth arrived in style to meet her sixth great-grandchild, Prince Louis, for the first time. She was photographed carrying a bouquet of yellow flowers after arriving to Kensington Palace via a helicopter [Read More…]

Lonoke County Sheriff’s Office and Charlottesville Police Department(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) — A white man from Arkansas was found guilty on Tuesday in the brutal beating of a black man at last year’s deadly white nationalist rally [Read More…]

ABC News(OSAKA, Japan) — More than 60 thrill seekers were left hanging in midair for about two hours on Tuesday when a roller coaster stalled at a Universal Studios amusement park in western Japan. Riders [Read More…]

ABCNews.com(LEICESTER, Mass.) — Police in Massachusetts have arrested a suspect after he left behind at the crime scene Play-Doh that contained his fingerprints. The suspect was wanted in at least two other states and “is [Read More…]

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man shot late at night by police while standing in his grandmother’s yard, absorbed seven bullets, not eight, according to the County of Sacramento coroner’s [Read More…]