WABC(LAKEWOOD, N.J.) — A U.S. Marine was among four young men killed when a sedan they were in plowed into the back of a tanker truck in New Jersey early Wednesday, authorities said. The crash on the Garden State Parkway killed U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Robert Ordenana, 23, of […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A storm system playing havoc with holiday travelers returning home from vacation is moving into the Southeast on Thursday with severe storms and snow to the north. The storm stretches from the Canadian border all the way down to the Mexican border, with blizzard-like conditions from […]
iStock(ORLANDO) — A Florida fire department released audio of a frightening 911 call on Tuesday, capturing a dispatcher as she coached a caller through how to save a 1-year-old boy’s life. The scary moment happened on Christmas Day at around 3 p.m. when an Orange County woman dialed 911 after […]
Mokena Police Department(MOKENA, Ill.) — Police officer Peter Staglewicz narrowly avoided tragedy last month when he swerved off the road just a few feet from being slammed into by a speeding commuter train. Staglewicz, who works for the police department in Mokena, Illinois, was driving toward the train crossing when […]
WLS-TV(CHICAGO) — Police are searching for an 18-year-old University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) student who vanished two weeks ago. Shalyha Ahmad’s family said they dropped her off at a Chicago train station on Dec. 14, but they haven’t heard from her since. The family said they arrived to pick […]
Alex_Schmidt/iStock(NEW YORK) — A manhunt is underway to find a gunman suspected of killing a Northern California police officer during a traffic stop shortly after Christmas, authorities said. The suspect fled in his car after shooting Newman police Corporal Ronil Singh, 33, just before 1 a.m. Wednesday, said the Stanislaus […]
(Effingham County Sheriff) Elwyn Crocker and Candice Crocker are pictured in undated booking photos released by the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia. (GUYTON, Ga.) — A Georgia man employed until recently as a seasonal Santa Claus at a Walmart was arrested after the bodies of his two children, who […]
fallbrook/iStock(NEW YORK) — A desperate search is ongoing in the waters off the coast of Puerto Rico after a 20-year-old crew member of the Royal Caribbean cruise ship, Harmony of the Seas, apparently went overboard, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The crew member, Aaron Hough of the United Kingdom, […]
Phototreat/iStock(NEW YORK) — The death of an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy in government custody has raised renewed questions about how Customs and Border Protection agents are caring for the children and parents in their care at the southern border, especially in light of a 7-year-old girl’s death earlier this month. New […]
Mizpah Volunteer Fire Company 18-2(MIZPAH, N.J.) — A young volunteer firefighter from New Jersey was killed Christmas morning when her car crashed into a guardrail as she responded to an emergency call. Natalie Dempsey, 21, worked for the Mizpah Volunteer Fire Company 18-2 and was the vice president of the […]
