iStock/Thinkstock(ARLINGTON, Va.) — Arlington National Cemetery is back open to the public on Wednesday afternoon after a bomb threat earlier in the day closed the cemetery for several hours. Around 11 a.m. EST, Arlington National Cemetery officials and Joint Base-Myer Henderson Hall emergency services responded to a bomb threat to […]
iStock/Thinkstock(ARLINGTON, Va.) — Officials are responding to a bomb threat at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. “Arlington National Cemetery officials and [Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall] emergency services are currently responding to a bomb threat to the cemetery,” Barbara Lewandrowski, director of public affairs for Arlington National Cemetery, said Wednesday. “All […]
iStock/Thinkstock(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio State University is creating a new office dedicated to handling gender-based harassment in the wake of several misconduct scandals and a federal investigation into how the school addresses claims of sexual abuse. The office will help people who have witnessed or experienced sexual harassment, violence and […]
iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — The family of a homeless man shot and killed on Los Angeles’ famous Skid Row will receive $1.9 million after the city came to a settlement agreement on Tuesday. Charly Keunang, 42, was shot by Los Angeles police in March 2015 after police responded to a fight […]
(HONOLULU, Hawaii) — Hurricane Lane is a Category 5 hurricane on Wednesday morning with winds of 160 mph. A hurricane warning has been issued for the Big Island, including Hilo, and hurricane watches are in place for Maui and Oahu, including Honolulu. Tropical storm conditions will be possible on the […]
(HONOLULU, Hawaii) — Hurricane Lane is taking aim at Hawaii as a Category 4 storm with fierce winds of 155 mph. The storm had reached Category 5 level, but weakened early Wednesday. A hurricane warning has been issued for the Big Island, including Hilo, and hurricane watches are in place […]
Poweshiek County Sheriffs Office(BROOKLYN, Iowa) — Yarrabee Farms, the Iowa farm that employed the suspect charged with killing Mollie Tibbetts, defended its vetting of Cristhian Bahena Rivera late Tuesday. The farm says Rivera passed the government’s background check and it had no idea he was an undocumented immigrant. Rivera, who […]
Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Office(BROOKLYN, Iowa) — A first-degree murder charge was filed on Tuesday against a young man in the case of missing Iowa jogger Mollie Tibbetts, state officials said Tuesday. The suspect, 24-year-old Cristhian Rivera, is an undocumented immigrant who lives in the rural area where the college student […]
WABC-TV(NEW YORK) — A plane made a successful emergency landing in New York after blowing two tires during takeoff at Teterboro airport in New Jersey, authorities said. Sixteen people are on board the aircraft, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. A spokesman for rapper Post Malone confirmed to ABC-owned station […]
WABC-TV(NEW YORK) — A plane is attempting to make an emergency landing in New York after blowing two tires during takeoff at Teterboro airport in New Jersey, authorities said. The plane, a Gulfstream Aerospace GLF-4 aircraft, is now being diverted to Stewart International airport in Orange County, New York, a […]
