ABCNews.com(BATON ROUGE, La.) — The two Baton Rouge police officers involved in the controversial 2016 shooting death of Alton Sterling won’t face charges in the case, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said Tuesday. In the wake of the ruling, Sterling’s family urged peace and said the people of Baton Rouge […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The funeral for a 15-year veteran of the New York City Fire Department who died while battling a five-alarm fire in Manhattan was held Tuesday at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Michael Davidson of Engine Company 69, who lived in the Floral Park neighborhood of Queens, died […]
NYPD(NEW YORK) — A brick and prayer may not be enough. A would-be burglar made the sign of the cross twice before bashing his way into a high-end Brooklyn clothing store using a large block Thursday night, according to police and surveillance video. The NYPD said the suspect broke into […]
Broward County Sheriff(PARKLAND, Fla.) — Two people have been arrested for allegedly stealing items from the mass shooting memorial at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, officials said. Michael Shawn Kennedy, 37, and Kara O’Neil, 40, were arrested Sunday after witnesses told authorities they saw them “willfully and knowingly […]
ABCNews.com(LEXINGTON PARK, Md.) — New details have emerged about the alleged shooter in last week’s deadly high school attack at a Maryland high school, authorities said. Suspect Austin Rollins, a student at Great Mills High School, shot himself in the head at the same instant the school’s sole resource officer, […]
ABCNews.com(DALLAS) — Over 20 million Americans from Texas to Alabama are at risk for severe weather through Thursday as a storm system moves through the central U.S. over the next few days, bringing several rounds of heavy rain. An additional 20 million Americans are at risk for flooding from Texas […]
iStock/Thinkstock(FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.) — Police in Fayetteville, North Carolina, are searching for a soldier from Fort Bragg who was reported missing on Sunday. Authorities found his car and cellphone abandoned in a Walmart parking lot, according to ABC affiliate in Durham, North Carolina, WTVD-TV. Sgt. Carl Seeman, 25, is a paratrooper […]
Don Hogan Charles/New York Times Co./Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Linda Brown, the namesake of the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case that abolished school segregation, has passed away at age 76. Cheryl Brown Henderson, Brown’s sister, confirmed her death to the Topeka Capital-Journal. Brown’s family has […]
Don Hogan Charles/New York Times Co./Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Linda Brown, the namesake of the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case that abolished school segregation, has passed away at age 75. Cheryl Brown Henderson, Brown’s sister, confirmed her death to the Topeka Capital-Journal. Brown’s family has […]
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The FBI is investigating several suspicious packages found at military installations and government facilities around the Washington, D.C., area, the agency confirmed Monday. The FBI says each package was collected for further analysis, but it was not clear as of Monday evening whether they contained any active explosive […]
