iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A viral tweet has inspired people to donate millions of frequent flyer miles to help reunite separated immigrant families. Non-profit organizations have been working to reunite hundreds of children and parents who were separated from each other at the U.S.-Mexico border. This week, they got a little […]
State of Nevada Department of Corrections(CARSON CITY, Nev.) — Authorities have used DNA to link four cold case murders from 1984 in Colorado to a man already serving time for attempted murder and deadly assault charges in Nevada. Prosecutors from Arphahoe and Jefferson Counties as well as the Colorado Bureau […]
San Diego Crime Stoppers (SAN DIEGO) — A rare cello worth $100,000 that was used in the soundtrack of the “Star Wars” films has been stolen from a hotel room in San Diego. The cello belongs to John Walz, the principal cellist of the LA Opera Orchestra, who returned after […]
Google, 2017(BOSTON) — A man who shares a name with the Bard was convicted of a “brazen daytime murder” in Boston committed while the victim’s 4-year-old son sat nearby. William Shakespeare shot and killed Marcus Hall, 31, in broad daylight outside the Hair It Is barbershop in Boston on June […]
ABC News(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) — The spot where counter protester Heather Heyer was killed when a car plowed down a street during the Charlottesville protest last year has become an unlikely space of refuge for her mother. “This is where I feel a connection to Heather,” Susan Bro said while visiting […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Heading into the weekend, gusty winds of 30 to 40 mph from California into Montana could exacerbate wildfires and lead to more record-high temperatures. More fire and heat warnings have been issued across the region. Temperatures are expected to dip slightly over the next few days […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — California Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday night declared a state of emergency for two counties near Los Angeles as a nearby fire spread to cover more than 10,000 acres. The Holy Fire, which began burning on Monday, is encroaching on Orange and Riverside Counties and was last […]
Andrew Shurtleff-Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A year after Heather Heyer was killed at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, her mother, Susan Bro, has turned to activism instead of “dwelling in hate or anger.” “I think if we don’t focus on fixing the issues that caused this in the […]
KATU(VANCOUVER, Wash) — The 16-year-old girl who said her friend pushed her off a bridge into a river spoke out Thursday from a hospital in Vancouver, Washington. Jordan Holgerson suffered five broken ribs and lung injury after she was pushed of the Moulton Falls Bridge on the Lewis River outside […]
ABC News(STANFORD, Calif.) — The Stanford swimmer whose light sentence after a sexual assault conviction had both his appeal and request for a new trial denied. The latest legal step in the controversial case of Brock Turner came Wednesday when his appeal to have his convictions overturned was rejected by […]
