ABCNews.com (NEW YORK) — Passengers who survived the fatal Bahamas boat explosion on Saturday are speaking about their experience for the first time. Sheila Jones, her son Haiden Jones and John Inman spoke exclusively to ABC News about the moments leading up to the fiery explosion off the coast of […]
iStock/Thinkstock(ORLANDO) — A Florida mom made a frantic cry for help while on a call with a 911 dispatcher because her teen daughter was trapped in a tree for a half an hour with hissing alligators below. “My daughter’s stuck in a frickin’ tree and there’s gators surrounding her,” the […]
Google Maps(BOISE, Idaho) — A 3-year-old girl attacked at her birthday party by a knife-wielding man who stabbed five other children and three adults in Boise, Idaho, has died from her injuries, police said Monday. The girl, whose name had not been released, died at a trauma center in Salt […]
iStock/Thinkstock(CLEVELAND) — An Ohio man has been accused of plotting an attack on Wednesday’s Independence Day parade and fireworks in downtown Cleveland, the FBI announced Monday. Agents said they had charged Demetrius Nathaniel Pitts with one count of attempting to provide material support to Al-Qaeda. “I’m trying to figure out […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — Just a few days after five staff members were gunned down in the newsroom of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, the local paper released a letter on Sunday to express their appreciation of the community’s response and remind readers of the frequent attacks on […]
ABCNews.com(NEW YORK) — The American who was killed when a boat exploded in the Bahamas this weekend was celebrating her wedding anniversary with her husband. Maleka Jackson was killed and nine were injured when the small tour boat exploded off the coast of Exuma on Saturday. Jackson and her husband, […]
Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Officials are searching for a suspect who allegedly stabbed a Lyft driver in the head following a verbal altercation between the passenger and the driver in Washington, D.C. The driver got into a “verbal altercation” with the suspect while dropping him off at his destination over […]
Kevin Hagen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. announced Monday that new charges have been filed against disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein. A grand jury has charged Weinstein with an additional count of criminal sexual act in the first degree for a forcible sexual act against […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — Veteran journalist Rob Hiaasen, one of five employees gunned down at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland on Thursday, will be remembered at a “Celebration of Life” memorial Monday night. The event in Owings Mills, Maryland, is “summer casual” because “Rob would never want you […]
ABCNews.com(NEW YORK) — Stefanie Schaffer and her mother, Stacey, had traveled to the Bahamas to spend a vacation soaking in the sun, swimming in the clear blue waters and spending time with Stefanie’s younger sister Brooke and stepfather Paul Bender. Now the rest of their family is rushing to their […]
