Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, Ken Pagurek, resigned on Monday, multiple sources confirmed to ABC News. Pagurek told colleagues he was frustrated by the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to dismantle FEMA and by new hurdles that slowed the agency’s response […]
Photo attached: credit – Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — William McNeil, Jr., the 22-year-old Florida man whose violent arrest by Jacksonville sheriff’s deputies was caught in a viral video, is expected to speak out about the incident during a press conference outside the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday morning. […]
Facebook / Shelby Township Police Department (DETROIT) — A man has been arrested and charged with murder in Michigan after a call for help suddenly cut off, police said. The incident occurred on Saturday morning around 6:45 a.m. when police in Shelby Township, near Detroit, received a 911 call from […]
Photo Credit: Photo by Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (FALL RIVER, Mass.) — The deadly fire at an assisted-living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, was accidental, however, the cause is classified as undetermined because investigators found two possible origins, officials said. State Fire Marshal Jon Davine there are […]
Ted Soqui/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Erik Menendez, 54, is in the hospital and has been diagnosed with a serious medical condition, his family confirmed to ABC News. The condition has not been disclosed. Erik and Lyle Menendez were resentenced in May to 50 years to life in prison, which […]
STOCK IMAGE/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tuesday, July 22 will be the second-shortest day of the year, as Earth completes a full rotation in less time than usual. The planet on Tuesday will experience a shorter rotation than the typical 24 hours, though not by much: 1.34 milliseconds less than […]
LAPD (LOS ANGELES) — The gun allegedly used in the killing of an “American Idol” music supervisor and her husband at their home in Los Angeles belonged to the victims, according to prosecutors. Robin Kaye and her husband, Thomas Deluca, both 70, were found shot to death in their Los […]
Georgia Secretary of State (NEW YORK) — A woman accused of impersonating four nurses from other states and using around 20 aliases since 2020 has been arrested and charged with dozens of counts, police said. Shannon Nicole Womack, 39, has been charged with 43 counts, including endangering the welfare of […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Columbia University announced on Tuesday that it is disciplining more than 70 students over anti-Israel protests that took over Butler Library on the New York City campus earlier this year and during Alumni Weekend last spring. The disciplinary action came as the university seeks […]
Obtained by ABC News (NEW YORK) — The U.S. State Department confirmed on Tuesday that a U.S. citizen was killed in Syria after disturbing videos surfaced showing him among a group of men apparently being executed by Syrian government forces. “We offer condolences to the family on their loss and […]
