iStock/Thinkstock(HANOVER, N.H.) — Details of alleged widespread sexual harassment conducted by tenured professors in Dartmouth College’s psychology department are beginning to emerge as plaintiffs in a class action Title IX lawsuit against the Ivy League school publicly recount their experiences. A complaint filed Thursday in federal court for the District […]
Alabama District Attorneys Association(MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — A district attorney in a rural Alabama county was shot after he was ambushed Thursday, police said. Greg Griggers, the district attorney for the 17th judicial circuit, suffered non-life threatening injuries, a spokesperson for the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation told reporters Thursday. Griggers […]
ABC News(BURLINGTON COUNTY, N.J.) — The “heartwarming tale” of a New Jersey couple helping drug-addicted homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt was “predicated on a lie,” designed to dupe thousands of people into contributing to a GoFundMe campaign, a prosecutor said Thursday. Bobbitt, and the couple, Kate McClure and Mark D’Amico, allegedly […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A Nor’easter is churning through the East Coast Thursday, bringing many Northeast cities their first snowfall of the season. The snow and ice have caused over 1,000 flights to be canceled. The winter weather will stay put through the evening, causing a treacherous rush hour commute […]
U.S. Department of State(WASHINGTON) — Two SEALs from the Navy’s elite Seal Team Six and two Marines have been charged with murder and involuntary manslaughter in the death of Army Green Beret Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar in Mali in June 2017. If the case moves to a court-martial, the four […]
ABC News(BURLINGTON COUNTY, N.J.) — A New Jersey couple has been hit with criminal charges stemming from a GoFundMe campaign that raised more than $400,000 for homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt, who was also arrested in connection with the money-raising effort that now appears to be an elaborate scam, authorities said. […]
Ventura County Sheriff(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.) — Family and friends will gather Thursday to mourn the sergeant killed in the line of duty in the Thousand Oaks, California, mass shooting. Sgt. Ron Helus, a 29-year veteran of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department, was among the 12 people shot dead on Nov. […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A record-breaking winter blast has penetrated all the way to the Gulf Coast. Houston International Airport saw its earliest snow ever recorded. Louisville, Kentucky, has seen its earliest ice storm since 1989. And in Jackson, Mississippi, the high temperature was 36 degrees on Wednesday, the coldest […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Authorities are investigating the death of an American woman on board a Princess Cruises ship on Tuesday. The 52-year-old woman, described only as a “female guest” on the Royal Princess from the U.S., died under unclear circumstances. The ship was on a seven-day cruise from Fort Lauderdale, […]
iStock/Thinkstock(SAN ANTONIO) — Education officials in Texas launched an investigation into the possible discrimination of an African-American student after a white lecturer was recorded on a cellphone video having police remove her from a classroom — allegedly, according to witnesses, for having her feet on the seat in front of […]
