Google maps(NEW YORK) — A pipe bomb loaded with explosive black powder was hand-delivered to the suburban New York City home of billionaire financier George Soros by a would-be attacker, prompting the FBI to launch an investigation into who would want to harm the philanthropist and political activist, a law […]
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The District of Columbia’s attorney general announced on Tuesday that his office was investigating whether the Archdiocese of Washington covered up the alleged sexual abuse of minors by priests and others. The District of Columbia joins 13 other states and the Department of Justice in an investigation into […]
ABC News(HOUSTON) — A man arrested for allegedly touching a woman’s breast on an airplane, according to court documents, told authorities “the president of the United States says it’s OK to grab women by their private parts.” Bruce Alexander was on a Houston-to-Albuquerque flight on Sunday when he twice leaned […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A woman verbally attacked a group speaking Spanish in a Virginia restaurant, telling them to “go back” to their country and “don’t freeload off America.” The video of the verbal altercation was first shared on Spanish-language station Telemundo 44. The news site reports that the main person […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Hurricane Willa is churning north toward Mexico as a Category 4 storm and is expected to make landfall Tuesday, bringing with it dangerous storm surge and heavy rain. This hurricane season has already seen other major storms. Hurricane Florence brought torrential flooding to the Carolinas and Hurricane […]
Christine Courtney(SYLVANIA, Ohio) — An Ohio father and grandfather who is in desperate need of a new kidney was surprised with the news that his neighbor and longtime family friend will give him her kidney on “Good Morning America” today. Nancy Seigneur, 52, surprised Dave Courtney, 63, her decades-long neighbor […]
iStock/Thinkstock(SALT LAKE CITY) — The University of Utah community is grieving after an “accomplished” student athlete was shot dead on campus Monday night, the school said. Lauren McCluskey, of Washington state, was found dead in a parked car on campus, witnesses told police, who have not announced a motive for […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history could be decided tonight. The prize is an estimated $1.6 billion, which a single winner could choose to take as a lump sum of more than $900 million. Are you going to win? Probably not. Your odds are about 1 […]
Timothy A. Clary/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — It took 15,000 paintings and more than eight centuries to produce the Portrait of Edmond Belamy, but the artist’s signature is the big reveal: a mathematical algorithm. Conceived by the Paris-based Obvious Collective, the resulting image — a blurry face of a European man […]
New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Childrens Hospital(NEW YORK) — After a grueling two-year cancer battle, an inspiring young patient had her lifelong wish come true to become an honorary chief officer of the New York Police Department. Aniya Ardon, 9, left New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital in September after […]
