KABC(LOS ANGELES) — The man who allegedly pushed a random passerby in front of an oncoming truck in Los Angeles has been identified, according to police. Garrett Boldt, 29, was booked for attempted murder for the Wednesday attack in downtown Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The […]
kajakiki/iStock(NEW YORK) — Christmas trees can be deadly. That’s the urgent advisory from consumer safety experts who warn that it only takes a small ignition source to set a festive home ablaze. A tree without enough water is essentially flammable kindling, fueling what can become a devastating catastrophe. Several people […]
Obtained by ABC News(DENVER) — The parents of slain Colorado pregnant woman Shanann Watts told “20/20” in an exclusive interview that they are still grappling with how their son-in-law Chris Watts could have murdered their daughter and their two young granddaughters. “That’s the big word – Why?” said her father […]
KOMO(SEATTLE) — The Washington state teen who garnered national headlines after being turned in by his own grandmother over plans to commit a mass school shooting pleaded guilty to the charges on Thursday. Joshua O’Connor pleaded not guilty to the charges when he was arrested in February, but submitted a […]
WRIC(NEW YORK) — A Virginia high school teacher was fired for transgender discrimination on Thursday after he refused to use a student’s preferred pronoun, officials said. Officials at West Point High School, about 40 miles east of Richmond, cited nondiscrimination and anti-harassment policies when it terminated French teacher Peter Vlaming […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) — After dumping a record 1.91 inches of rain in Los Angeles, a storm continues to move east on Friday with 15 states from Nevada to Virginia under snow, ice and flood alerts. The storm system will move into southern Texas by Friday afternoon and evening, bringing […]
WABC-TV(NEW YORK) — The Time Warner Center in Manhattan, New York, which houses CNN, was evacuated after someone called in a bomb threat late Thursday, New York ABC station WABC reported. After a sweep of the building, police did not find any explosives and employees were allowed back inside the […]
KFSN-TV(VISALIA, Calif.) — A California high school teacher is behind bars after video surfaced Wednesday showing her forcibly cutting off a student’s hair while singing the national anthem. A video obtained by ABC television station KFSN-TV shows Margaret Gieszinger, a teacher at University Preparatory High School on the campus of […]
VallarieE/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Eight kids left. That’s how many children the government says are waiting to be reunited with family members as a direct result of then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision last April to prosecute every adult who crossed illegally at America’s southern border. “Zero tolerance” triggered an international outcry at […]
Courtesy Union Pacific(HOUSTON) — Thousands of mourners stood by railroad tracks in Texas Thursday to honor President George H.W. Bush as his funeral train carried his casket to his final resting place. Arrangements for his presidential funeral train took years of complicated planning, but one detail worked out just the […]
