avid_creative/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — An assailant who gunned down an 88-year-old Air Force veteran in broad daylight as he sat behind the wheel of his parked car in Philadelphia remained unidentified on Wednesday, according to police. Richard Butler, who was also a retired driver for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, […]
New England Aquarium (NEW YORK) — A gray whale, whose species has been considered extinct in the Atlantic Ocean for 200 years, was recently spotted off the coast of Nantucket, an Island in Massachusetts, researchers announced. The “incredibly rare” event was captured by the New England Aquarium aerial survey team […]
WPVI (PHILADELPHIA) — Eight students were shot, leaving two students in critical condition, after gunfire rang out at a SEPTA bus stop in Philadelphia on Wednesday afternoon, according to Philadelphia police. Multiple people opened fire as the students were attempting to board a bus at approximately 3:00 p.m., local time, […]
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is pursuing a “deluded fantasy” case against former President Donald Trump by tying a hush payment to an attempt to influence the 2016 presidential election, defense attorneys wrote in a court filing Wednesday. “The People must […]
WPVI (PHILADELPHIA) — At least seven people were hurt in a mass shooting at a SEPTA bus stop in Philadelphia on Wednesday afternoon, according to Philadelphia police. The victims are believed to be juveniles, police said. Their conditions are not clear, police said. A SEPTA bus was “caught in crossfire,” […]
Pool via ABC News (SANTA FE, N.M.) — Prosecutors told jurors that “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez “repeatedly” failed to maintain proper firearm safety and that her negligence led to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, while the defense countered that the 26-year-old is a “convenient scapegoat” during closing arguments in […]
Jason Redmond/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Boeing has not fully cooperated with the National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation into the Alaska Airlines door plug incident, NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said during a Senate hearing on Wednesday. “Boeing has not provided us with the documents and information that we have requested numerous […]
Stafford County Sheriff’s Office (FAIRFAX, Va.) — A man has been arrested in connection with a Virginia woman’s 1986 cold case murder, and authorities say DNA evidence also links him to a second murder from the ’80s. Jacqueline Lard, 32, was last seen at her job, Mount Vernon Realty, on […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Heavy rainfall is in the forecast for the Northeast, while severe thunderstorms could bring tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds to the South. The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch from New Jersey to Massachusetts for Wednesday afternoon into Thursday, warning that heavy […]
Diyosa Carter/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A former librarian has filed a lawsuit against Llano County, Texas, and local library officials after she says she was fired for refusing to purge certain books from the library’s collection. “A public library is a foundation of any good society,” Suzette Baker, who […]
