iStock/Thinkstock(BRANSON, Mo.) — Authorities released the names on Friday night of those who died in the duck boat tragedy at Table Rock Lake near Branson, Missouri. Nine of the victims came from the same family — the Coleman family — which was from Indiana and on vacation at the time […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Several clusters of thunderstorms are threatening the eastern U.S. on Saturday, with rain expected much of the day and the possibility for severe weather. One cluster is over Arkansas early Saturday and moving toward Mississippi, while another is over eastern Tennessee and moving toward Georgia. Parts […]
Brian Blanco/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — After a grand jury acquitted George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in July 2013, Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi created #BlackLivesMatter to start a broader conversation about racism in the U.S. Five years later, issues brought to the national fore […]
peangdao/iStock/Thinkstock(WILMINGTON, Del.) — The pool employee who allegedly told children wearing hijabs that they could not go into a public pool has been reassigned as tensions over accusations in Delaware continue to make waves. The leaders of a Muslim children’s summer camp joined with an advocacy group to sent a […]
aijohn784/iStock/Thinkstock(HOUSTON) — Houston police are searching for the suspect who fatally shot the prominent cardiologist who treated former President George H.W. Bush. Dr. Mark Hausknecht was riding his bike Friday when he was shot and killed, according to Houston Methodist Hospital. The former president released a statement about his doctor’s […]
Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A teen and his family accused Indiana police of excessive force for how they restrained the boy during an altercation at a festival where police accused him of slapping away an officer’s arm. “He didn’t try to swipe away their arm,” the boy’s mother, Elizabeth Montejano, told […]
mrdoomits/iStock/Thinkstock(WEST HAVEN, Conn.) — A 4-year-old died and his 2-year-old brother was hospitalized after they were found in a hot car at a Connecticut apartment complex Thursday afternoon, officials said. Many details in the deadly tragedy remain unknown, including how long they were inside the car, the West Haven Police […]
Photo by Michael Thomas/Getty Images(BRANSON, Mo.) — Investigators are working to find out what caused a duck boat in Missouri to capsize on a lake Thursday night, killing 17 passengers and injuring seven others. How the weather impacted the conditions on the water and what the tour boat operators knew […]
iStock/Thinkstock(BRANSON, Mo.) — A tourist duck boat capsized in a lake near Branson, Missouri, killing at least 17 people, including children, as severe thunderstorms struck the area Thursday night, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. Seven others were injured when the boat plunged into Table Rock Lake, officials said. “Our thoughts […]
ABC News(DES MOINES, Iowa) — Iowa, which usually averages about seven tornadoes in the month of July, saw 27 reported twisters rip through the state Thursday night, damaging buildings, overturning cars and rupturing gas lines. Marshalltown, Iowa, suffered major damage, while the Vermeer Plant in Pella took a direct hit […]
