iStock/Thinkstock(BARRON, Wis.) — Authorities are scaling back operations in the search for missing Wisconsin 13-year-old Jayme Closs due to a declining number of tips, the sheriff said Thursday. Jayme was abducted and her parents were shot dead at their rural Wisconsin home in October, prompting a massive investigation by federal, […]
iStock/Thinkstock(TYRONE, Pa.) — A 7-year-old boy waiting at a school bus stop in Pennsylvania was struck and killed Thursday morning by a vehicle, officials said, the latest in a string of traffic incidents in the United States this week involving kids being hurt or killed at school bus stops. The […]
Courtney Fischer/KTRK(HOUSTON) — A 23-year-old sheriff’s deputy died after her car became trapped in rising floodwaters during a storm near Houston Wednesday night. Loren Vasquez was responding to a water rescue call when she drove through a flooded road, causing her car to become airborne and land upside down in […]
iStock/Thinkstock(PITTSBURGH) — The man accused of massacring 11 Jews at a Pittsburgh synagogue entered a not guilty plea Thursday as three of his alleged victims were laid to rest. Suspect Robert Bowers, 46, showed no emotion during his Thursday morning court appearance, only raising his voice to answer with an […]
WABC(NEW YORK) — Police on Long Island are investigating human remains discovered on Wednesday in a house whose owner went missing almost 60 years ago, officials said. The remains were found when the current homeowner — Michael Carroll, 57 — was excavating his basement with his two sons in his […]
iStock/Thinkstock(TAMPA, Fla.) — Multiple children were injured Thursday morning when they were struck by a vehicle in Tampa, Florida, according to police, the third traffic incident this week in the United States in which kids were hit or killed on roadways. The latest incident happened around 8 a.m. on a […]
iStock/Thinkstock(PITTSBURGH) — The man accused of massacring 11 Jews at a Pittsburgh synagogue is due to return to court Thursday as three of his alleged victims are laid to rest. Suspect Robert Bowers, 46, “made statements indicating his desire to ‘kill Jews’” in the rampage at the Tree of Life […]
KABC-TV(IRVINE, Calif.) — A synagogue in California was covered with obscene words on Wednesday, sparking fears about a possible uptick in hate crimes in the wake of the deadly shooting in Pittsburgh last week. Police said a vandal wrote anti-Semitic messages across the Beth Jacob Synagogue in Irvine, California, early […]
iStock/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) — American Airlines flight 363 was only supposed to have 86 people on board — its 87th was hungover and asleep in the cargo hold. A hungover employee for regional carrier Piedmont Airlines fell asleep in the cargo hold of an American Airlines flight from Kansas City last week […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The large storm system responsible for four tornadoes Wednesday in Texas and Louisiana, and other damaging storms, is now covering 10 states from Louisiana to New York. Tornado watches and warnings continues in the South from New Orleans to Jackson, Mississippi, and flood watches are in […]
