iStock/Thinkstock(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — The Florida House voted to pass a gun-school safety bill spurred by the Valentine’s Day mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High that left 17 people dead. The bill now heads to Gov. Rick Scott’s desk. Scott has not said whether he will sign it. It includes […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday the driver who fatally struck two children in Park Slope on Monday should never have been behind the wheel. Investigators believe the driver, 44-year-old Dorothy Bruns, suffered a seizure, NYPD Chief of Transportation Thomas Chan told […]
Durham Police Department(DURHAM, N.C.) — A distraught North Carolina woman is pleading for the safe return of her 27-year-old son who, police say, was kidnapped right in front of her and several other witnesses earlier this year. Four men abducted Charleston Prentice Goodman Jan. 28 at about 6:20 p.m., Durham […]
JANIFEST/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A second nor’easter is barreling through the East Coast Wednesday, just days after a deadly storm tore through the region. At least 60 million Americans are in the storm’s path, and a treacherous commute home is expected for those in the Northeast. The storm is prompting flight […]
BrianAJackson/iStock/Thinkstock(PARKLAND, Fla.) — A grand jury has indicted Nikolas Cruz on 34 counts related to last month’s mass shooting at a South Florida high school. Cruz, 19, allegedly opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on Feb. 14, killing 17 people and injuring others. On Wednesday, the […]
ABC News(SAN ANTONIO) — Hannah Overton, a south Texas mother of five whose wrongful conviction for the 2006 death of her foster son was overturned last year, is expected to receive over $500,000 in compensation from the state for the years she spent in jail. “I’m very thankful that this […]
ABC News(ST. GEORGE, Utah) — A Utah high school student, who had allegedly researched information on the Islamic State terrorist group, has been arrested on suspicion planting a homemade backpack bomb in his school cafeteria and attempting to detonate it at lunchtime, authorities said Wednesday. Classmates of the suspect thwarted […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A Utica College student has been arrested for allegedly making “terroristic” threats against the school in upstate New York this week, police said. Fahrudin Omerovic, 23, was arrested Tuesday and charged with four counts of “making a terroristic threat,” according to Utica Police Department spokesman Lt. Bryan […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Nikolas Cruz apparently tried to buy an AR-15-style rifle at a South Florida gun shop, but was turned away due to his age, just months before he allegedly opened fire at a nearby high school. In a recent interview with ABC affiliate WPLG, the owner of Coconut […]
Mike Stocker-Pool/Getty Images(BROWARD COUNTY, Fla.) — The 19-year-old accused of killing 17 students and teachers in Florida last month was observed “smiling and giggling” on multiple occasions during his time behind bars, according to jail records. Deputies said Nikolas Cruz “appeared to break out in laughter” while in custody Feb. […]
