ABC News (FORT WORTH, Texas) — Opal Lee was only 12 years old when a racist white mob stormed and set fire to her home on 940 East Annie Street in Fort Worth, Texas. The violence raged on June 19, 1939 — the date now known as “Juneteenth,” the annual […]
Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — The Texas Medical Board released guidance on what qualifies for an exception to the state’s multiple abortion bans, weighing in on how physicians can provide care in medical emergencies. While the board voted to publish the guidance publicly, they will vote on adopting the […]
Getty Images – STOCK (CAMEL VALLEY, Calif.) — A 30-year-old woman who went on a day-trip hike in coastal California has now been missing for four days, according to authorities. Search and rescue teams are scouring the trails around the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center for Caroline Meister, the Monterey County […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Mega Million’s jackpot has surged to $977 million after no winners were selected in Tuesday night’s drawing. The next drawing is Friday night at 11 p.m. The numbers drawn Saturday night were: 24, 46, 49, 62 and 66 and gold Mega Ball 7. There […]
Smithsonian Institution (NEW YORK) — Scientists have discovered a new ancient amphibian species that could bridge the gap in understanding how modern-day frogs and salamanders developed. The fossilized skull of the 270-million-year-old amphibian ancestor was first unearthed in 1984 in a rock formation in Texas. However, it spent decades sitting […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Two suspected squatters have been taken into custody for questioning after they allegedly killed a woman who walked in on them living in her mother’s New York City apartment, police sources told ABC News. The victim, Nadia Vitel, a 52-year-old woman from Spain, came to […]
WKRN (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — The body of missing college student Riley Strain was recovered from the Cumberland River in West Nashville Friday morning following a two-week search, according to Nashville police. “No foul play-related trauma was observed,” police said. There’s no evidence to suggest anything besides Strain accidentally falling in […]
@MNPDNashville/X (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Two weeks after college student Riley Strain went missing after a night out at several Nashville bars, his body was recovered in the Cumberland River in West Nashville, police said. “No foul play-related trauma was observed,” police said. Here’s how the case has unfolded: March 8, […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The first weekend of spring is being ushered in with snow in the Midwest and New England, and heavy rain in major Northeast cities. Montana to Minnesota saw 4 to 8 inches of snow overnight as a second storm slammed Texas with hail. These storms […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Regina, a mother of three daughters, lives in one of the poorest counties in one of the country’s poorest states — Mississippi. She holds down a job during the day and is attending nursing school. Life for her is hard, but she manages as best […]
