The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — Police are searching for suspects who shot and killed a 7-year-old Florida girl at a shopping plaza over the weekend. Heydi Rivas Villanueva was sitting in a vehicle with her father on Saturday evening when a stray bullet struck her in the head, killing […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images(ALEXANDRIA, Virginia) — When you walk into Courtroom 900 in the federal court house in Alexandria, Virginia, you step into another domain, a territory ruled not by a mayor or a governor or even a president, but by a self-proclaimed emperor. “I’m a Caesar in my own Rome,” […]
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Thousands of people descended upon Washington, D.C., today for protests on the anniversary of the violent Charlottesville rally, but only a few dozen appeared to be in support of the Unite the Right protest. The build up ahead of the planned protest appears to have led to […]
ABC News(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — A toxic algae bloom is creeping up the west coast of the Sunshine State, killing wildlife and keeping residents and tourists away from the acclaimed beaches along the Gulf of Mexico. Higher than normal concentrations of Karenia brevis — also known as red tide or harmful […]
iStock/Thinkstock(LAUREL, Md.) — NASA has launched a mission to get closer than its ever gotten before to the sun, its corona and solar wind. After a 24-hour delay, the mission, called Parker Solar Probe, launched early Sunday. Here is what you need to know about the Parker Solar Probe.What is […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The first half of the weekend was a washout for much of the Northeast, thanks to heavy showers and thunderstorms that continued throughout the day. Many areas received 2 to 3 inches of rain, while Caldwell, New Jersey, received 4.92 inches and New York’s Central Park received […]
iStock/Thinkstock(OAKLAND, Calif.) — What was planned to be a sentencing for the two men charged in the December 2016 Ghost Ship fire that killed 36 people in an Oakland warehouse took a surprising turn when the judge tossed out the pair’s plea deal on Friday. The Ghost Ship was a […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Overcast skies and strong showers are expected across the Northeast this weekend. Winds will be off of the Atlantic Ocean, allowing for the formation of scattered thunderstorms. Heavy downpours with flash flooding are possible, with flash flood watches already issued for parts of Delaware, Pennsylvania, New […]
iStock/Thinkstock(SEATTLE) — An empty Horizon Airlines plane has crashed after it was stolen by a ground employee from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Friday around 8 p.m., according to local authorities and a senior federal aviation source. North American Aerospace Defense Command scrambled fighter jets to accompany the plane — which […]
KOMO(SEATTLE) — An airline worker who stole an otherwise empty passenger plane from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport talked to air traffic controllers as he flew, saying at one point he only wanted to do a couple of “maneuvers” and at another that he was “just a broken guy.” The ground services […]
