iStock/Thinkstock(GILBERT, Minn) — Birds in northern Minnesota are swarming and dive-bombing cars and homes. The behavior might echo Alfred Hitchock’s “The Birds,” but there’s a key difference: “They literally get drunk,” Chelsea Trucano, a patrol officer with the Gilbert Police Department, told ABC News’ “Start Here” podcast. After a series […]
Department of Defense(WASHINGTON) — In the third floor hallway of the Pentagon, just outside the Army Chief of Staff’s office, there is a pigeon. Walking the corridors, the lifelike pigeon stands out among the cases of military history that display Revolutionary-era bayonets, Civil War uniforms and replicas of helicopters used […]
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is moving ahead with a plan to pay Mexico $20 million to deport migrants from that country and prevent them from reaching the U.S. – even after the plan had been halted by top Democrats in Congress and so far dismissed by the Mexican government. […]
Jane Roper / Instagram (WASHINGTON) — The debate over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination spilled into the streets of Washington, D.C., Thursday as hundreds of protesters rallied outside the Supreme Court. Vocal opponents to President Trump’s nominee for the nation’s high court chanted near the steps of the courthouse; some of Kavanaugh’s […]
WPVI-TV(ALLENTOWN, Pa.) — A Pennsylvania man who died on Saturday night in a car explosion with his 2-year-old son and his friend planned the explosion in a premeditated murder-suicide plot, officials announced Thursday. Earlier this week, authorities had confirmed that the child, Jonathan Schmoyer, his father Jacob Schmoyer, 27, and […]
ABC News(FLORENCE, S.C.) — Authorities have identified the man who allegedly opened fire on law enforcement officers in a residential neighborhood in South Carolina on Wednesday, killing one and injuring several others. A source with the Florence County Sheriff’s Office told ABC News on Thursday that the detained suspect is […]
iStock/Thinkstock(Afghanistan) — A U.S. service member was killed in Afghanistan on Thursday, according to a press release from the NATO Resolute Support mission. While the release did not provide details regarding the service member’s location or cause of death, the head of U.S. Central Command, Gen. Joseph Votel, told reporters […]
ABC News(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.) — At least 19 adults and children were sickened by pool chemicals in Southern California on Wednesday evening due to an equipment malfunction at a private swimming club, authorities said. Twelve people were rushed to local hospitals and others were treated on-scene for minor injuries at […]
Derek Lowe(FLORENCE, S.C.) — A suspect has been detained after seven police officers were shot in a residential neighborhood in South Carolina, according local authorities. One officer died in the shooting, the Florence County Coroner confirmed to ABC News. Three deputies from the Florence County Sheriff’s Office and four officers […]
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The FBI has taken a suspect into custody in connection to what was believed to be ricin letter threats that were mailed to the Pentagon and other locations Tuesday. Federal prosecutors authorized a probably cause arrest for William Clyde Allen of Logan, Utah, who has been taken into […]
