ABC News/Elgin Police(ELGIN, Illinois) — Police in Elgin, Illinois on Thursday released body-cam and dashboard video related to the March 12, 2018 shooting death of 34-year-old Decynthia Clements. Police said on Twitter they had released more than 30 hours of video and posted a pared-down 21-minute version on YouTube that […]
iStock/Thinkstock(ATLANTA) — The city of Atlanta’s computer network was targeted today by hackers demanding ransom, prompting an investigation by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, officials said. “The city of Atlanta has experienced a ransomware cyber attack,” Richard Cox, the city’s chief operating officer, announced at a news […]
ABC News/Collazo Family(MIAMI) — A week after the deadly bridge collapse at Florida International University, one of the survivors is speaking out in the wake of filing a lawsuit against the engineers and construction companies behind the project. Katrina Collazo, who was injured in the collapse, was overcome with […]
iStock/Thinkstock(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Demonstrators in Sacramento, California, gathered Thursday evening to protest the death of 22-year-old Stephon Clark, who was killed in his grandmother’s backyard over the weekend after two police officers fired 20 shots at him. A crowd of people went to Sacramento’s City Hall, chanting phrases like “Stand […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — A Tennessee family recently had a run-in with an unexpected visitor while in the Smoky Mountains — a black bear. The Vastola family claimed to see the bear with their own eyes when it showed up near the front porch of their hotel room at the Quality […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-A former Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints mission leader under investigation by LDS Church officials over sexual assault allegations admitted asking the alleged victim to expose herself to him during a 1984 encounter, per a report released Wednesday afternoon. This represents the first public disclosure […]
ABC News(AUSTIN, Texas) — The parents of the man police say was responsible for a string of bombings in Texas are “devastated for the other families,” neighbors told ABC News. Jeff and Nancy Reep said the Conditts told them they had no idea their son, Mark Conditt, was the suspect […]
iStock/Thinkstock(ATLANTA) — A man claimed he was kicked off a Frontier Airlines flight in Atlanta, Georgia, in early March because of the imagery on his shirt. Professional skateboarder Justin Mallory, 45, was traveling to a Phoenix skateboarding convention when he claimed he was asked to leave his flight because his […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(MIAMI) — Authorities in Florida have released several 911 calls witnesses made to emergency dispatchers when a newly erected pedestrian bridge collapsed onto traffic on a busy Miami street last week. As emergency dispatchers in Miami-Dade County began to receive calls about 1:30 p.m. on March 15, one […]
Twitter/@idk_skylar(NEW YORK CITY) — A little boy was invited to pose in an adorable photo shoot last week after his brother was unable to attend a high school prom with his girlfriend. Clay Moak Jr., 2, took photos with his older brother’s girlfriend, Skylar Fontaine, 18, on March 16. Clay’s […]
