ABC News(NEW YORK) — A massive Pacific storm over the weekend brought powerful wind, torrential rain and heavy snow to the western U.S., causing widespread power outages, major travel delays and a mudslide near Malibu, California, near where the Woolsey Fire recently burned through. In the Seattle metro area, winds […]
txking/iStock(ELY, Nev.) — A Nevada death-row inmate who fought to speed up his own execution died of an apparent suicide over the weekend, authorities said. Scott Raymond Dozier, 48, was found dead in his cell at Ely State Prison in White Pine County, Nevada, on Saturday after he apparently hung […]
Provo Police(NEW YORK) — A police officer in Provo, Utah, was killed in the line of duty this weekend. Officer Joseph Shinners was shot in the nearby town of Orem trying to apprehend a fugitive Saturday night, authorities said. Shinners, 29, died at a hospital shortly before midnight, Provo Police […]
Katie DenDaas/ABC News(NEW YORK) — Hundreds of frustrated travelers were stuck on snaking lines inside the Delta Airlines terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York City Sunday afternoon, as a handful of airport employees tried to keep calm amid increased callouts by TSA agents during the government shutdown. The massive […]
Chalabala/iStock(NEW YORK) — A family of five headed home to Michigan from a Florida vacation was killed in a head-on crash by a pickup truck driver going the wrong way on a Kentucky interstate, police said. The pickup driver, who also died, was believed to be under the influence when […]
Chris Francescani/ABC New(NANTUCKET, Mass) — Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey is facing a high-visibility arraignment on Monday on a felony charge of indecent assault and battery on an 18-year-old busboy in Massachusetts stemming from an alleged incident in July 2016 at a Nantucket bar. Spacey, 59, and his attorneys sought last […]
Mario Tama/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The National Park Service plans to use money collected from entrance and usage fees in previous years to help pay for trash cleanup, restroom maintenance and increase law enforcement in the parks. Even though the Interior Department is largely closed during the shutdown, open-air national […]
Harris County Sheriffs Office(HOUSTON) — A 20-year-old man has been charged with capital murder in the death of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes, who was shot in the head when a gunman opened fire on her family’s car in Houston last week in what investigators believe was a case of “mistaken identity.” […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A strong Pacific storm came ashore late Saturday in the western U.S., bringing widespread strong gusty winds, very heavy rain and mountain snow. Rainfall rates of nearly eight-tenths of an inch in just 30 minutes were reported in parts of the Los Angeles metro region causing […]
Harris County Sheriffs Office(HOUSTON) — A 20-year-old man has been charged with capital murder for allegedly shooting 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes in Houston last month. Barnes was in the back seat of her mother’s car when a vehicle pulled up alongside and opened fire on Dec. 30. The Harris County Sheriff’s […]
