iStock/Thinkstock(JEFFERSON PARISH, La.) — The death of a 22-year-old black man who died in police custody in Louisiana has been ruled a homicide. Keevan Robinson died last week after he was apprehended by detectives of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office. Dr. Gerry Cvitanovich, the county coroner, said on Monday that […]
WABC(NEW YORK) — A good Samaritan was captured on camera taking down a man who assaulted two women Sunday. Surveillance video from outside a shop in Brownsville, New York, shows two elderly women walking down the street before they are viciously attacked by a man without warning. As the women […]
Sacramento Police Department(LOS ANGELES) — The daughter of a man who was allegedly murdered by the “Golden State Killer” came face-to-face with the suspected serial rapist and killer for the first time in court Monday. Jennifer Carole, whose father and stepmother Lyman and Charlene Smith were bludgeoned to death in […]
WABC(NEW YORK) — A New York City nanny who murdered two young children in her care is set to be sentenced Monday. Yoselyn Ortega had worked for Marina and Kevin Krim for two years when she killed two of their children, 6-year-old Lulu and 2-year-old Leo, on Oct. 25, 2012. […]
Austin Jewish Academy(AUSTIN, Texas) — An amazing 13-year-old student from Texas is doing her best to make sure every shelter dog in her area is not only adopted, but rescued by the right person or family. Aiden Horwitz, an eighth-grade student at Austin Jewish Academy, came up with “Dog Do […]
Janet Weinstein/ABC News(MURFREESBORO, Ark.) — It was a scorchingly hot day in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, but Kenneth Gillespie wasn’t ready to give up on his dream of hitting it big just yet. Since quitting his teaching job, Gillespie has been spending a lot of time at Crater of Diamonds State Park, […]
ABC News(NEW HAVEN, Conn.) — The Yale student at the center of a conversation about racial profiling on campus said she felt the need to post video of her recent interaction with university police because she feared for her safety. “I posted the video just for my safety,” Lolade Siyonbola […]
iStock/Thinkstock(MADISON, Wis.) — The University of Wisconsin gave students a scare on Sunday after it mistakenly sent an email that urged everyone on campus to “run, hide, fight.” Officials on the university’s Whitewater campus sent the “active alert” email at around 3 p.m. on Sunday, sounding the school’s emergency alarm […]
U.S. Geological Survey(HONOLULU) — An 18th fissure began spewing magma on Sunday as officials in Hawaii warned of the possibility for an “explosive eruption” as lava continues to withdraw from the summit lake at Kilauea. Hawaii’s Civil Defense Agency announced an 18th fissure had opened Sunday on private property in […]
iStock/Thinkstock(HOUSTON) — An African woman has filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against United Airlines charging she and her two young children were removed from a flight and publicly humiliated after she had a confrontation with a white passenger. The Nigerian woman, Queen Obioma, said she and her children suffered unnecessary […]
