iStock/Thinkstock(DURYEA, Pa.) — In an emotional video, a 10-year-old girl is making a public plea asking people to stop bullying one another. On April 4, Jenn Slater of Duryea, Pennsylvania, shared the video of her daughter, Cassidy, on her Facebook page. The fourth-grader appears in the selfie video holding signs […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Just what happened to the top-secret Zuma satellite launched by SpaceX this past January is still a mystery — but the investigation into its failure has cleared SpaceX of any fault for the satellite failure. Sources close to the investigation tell ABC News the fault lies with […]
iStock/Thinkstock(SAN JOSE, Calif.) — A family of four who disappeared on a West Coast road trip may have been swept away into a river in Northern California. Sandeep and Soumya Thottapilly and their children, 12-year-old Siddhant and 9-year-old Saachi, were driving from Portland, Oregon, home to Southern California last week, […]
iStock/Thinkstock(MIAMI BEACH, Fla.) — The rescue of a blind elderly woman and her husband from a house fire early Monday morning was captured on police bodycam footage. Officer Alex Llaneras of Miami Beach Police noticed dark smoke coming through the roof of a home in the area he was patrolling. […]
iStock/Thinkstock(JERSEY CITY, N.J.) — An infant was found dead in a suitcase near train tracks in Jersey City, New Jersey, Wednesday afternoon, a law enforcement official told ABC News. The baby was discovered at about 1:15 p.m. under an overpass by the PATH trains near the Journal Square station, the […]
iStock/Thinkstock(ERIE, Pa.) — President Donald Trump has suggested arming teachers with guns to protect schools in the wake of a spate of deadly shootings. Others have suggested hardening campuses with bulletproof glass, metal detectors and extra security. But one Pennsylvania superintendent is taking a slightly different tack — putting a […]
iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — A knife-wielding man at a Los Angeles shopping mall was shot and killed by authorities Tuesday night, according to police and witnesses. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene after police shot him following a stand-off inside the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, according to the Los […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The number of parents using social media as a means to curb their child’s bad behavior has sparked a heated debate in the parenting community and raised alarm from some child psychologists. Last month, a Facebook Live video posted by Virginia father Bryan Thornhill, 33, of his […]
iStock/Thinkstock(PHILADELPHIA) — Philadelphia police arrested a 12-year-old boy after spotting him with an AR-15 rifle in hand on Saturday evening. Officer Krzysztof Wrzesinski arrested the teen and his 19-year-old brother in Northeast Philadelphia. The 19-year-old was in possession of a handgun, police said. Police said the brothers were on a […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Navy has instituted new policies and training designed to ensure safe opioid use by patients in its medical care system who are seeking access to opioid medications for the long-term treatment of chronic pain. Sailors, Marines and family members wishing to receive such care under Navy […]
