WABC-TV(NEW YORK) — When Palm Springs police Officer Jose “Gil” Vega, a married father of eight, was gunned down with his partner while they responded to a domestic disturbance call, the 35-year veteran was two months away from his retirement. Days after the double killing, Vega’s soft-spoken daughter, Vanessa, 8, […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The prisoner who escaped from immigration officials at John F. Kennedy International Airport earlier this week was captured halfway across the country on Friday. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement official confirmed Mohamadou Lamine Mbacke was taken into custody in Chicago Friday afternoon. Chicago ABC station WLS-TV reported […]
ABCNews.com(NEW YORK) — Two different fast-moving storms are set to affect the Midwest and Northeast over the next few days. Regardless of snow totals, much of the Midwest and eastern U.S. are entering a pattern similar to late February or early March as opposed to April. The first storm is […]
Baton Rouge Police Department(BATON ROUGE, La.) — Officer Blane Salamoni, who shot Alton Sterling, has been fired from the police department, Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul announced Friday. Paul said he came to his decision “based on the actions of the officers” in the incident. “These actions were not […]
iStock/Thinkstock(ORLANDO, Fla.) — Noor Salman, the wife of Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen, was declared not guilty on all counts Friday morning. She faced charges of obstruction and providing material support to a terrorist organization. She faced life in prison if convicted. “The family is elated,” said Susan Clary, a […]
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Stephon Clark was shot eight times — including seven times in the back, according to a private autopsy ordered by the family. Civil Right Attorney Benjamin Crump released an independent autopsy report in the police shooting death of Clark, an unarmed 22-year-old black man who […]
iStock/Thinkstock(ORLANDO) — Noor Salman, the wife of Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen, was declared not guilty on all counts Friday morning. She faced charges of obstruction and providing material support to a terrorist organization. A guilty verdict could have led to life in prison. Prosecutors and defense attorneys painted radically […]
iStock/Thinkstock(HOLLYWOOD, Md.) — Friends and family of 16-year-old Jaelynn Willey have gathered at her funeral service Friday morning after the teen was gunned down at her Maryland high school. On March 20, Willey was in a hallway at Great Mills High School when she was shot once in the head, […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The severe weather pattern that dumped more than 10 inches of rain in parts of Texas and Louisiana is now heading east toward Florida. In the Northern Plains and Great Lakes region, another winter storm is forming, which could bring half a foot of snow to […]
Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office(NASHVILLE) — The former teacher who allegedly fled Tennessee with a teenage girl last year wants to change his plea from “not guilty” to “guilty.” The motion to change Tad Cummins’ plea was filed in federal court in Nashville on Thursday. He is charged with transporting a […]
