An 8-year-old girl in Florida was killed after a morning storm caused a tree to crash through her house, fatally injuring her and another child in the home, police said. Officers responded to a 911 call from the home just after 8 a.m. Friday, the Leon County Sheriff’s Office said […]
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Romney ‘sickened’ by White House ‘dishonesty’
The Latest on congressional reaction to special counsel Robert Muellers report (all times local): 5:15 p.m. The Justice Department says the subpoena issued by House Democrats for the full special counsel report is unnecessary. Justice Department spokesperson Kerri Kupec says Attorney General William Barr released the report with minimal redactions. […]
Officials accused of trying to sell alleged Robert Kraft sex tape
Attorneys for the owner and manager of a Florida day spa, where New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and other men were allegedly caught on camera receiving sexual favors are claiming either prosecutors or police are trying to profit from the unauthorized sale of the footage “to the highest bidder,” […]
Warren calls for House to begin impeachment proceedings
Elizabeth Warren is urging the Democratic-controlled House to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. Warren is reacting on Twitter to the report by special counsel Robert Mueller released Thursday. The Massachusetts senator writes that to ignore a presidents repeated efforts to obstruct an investigation into his own disloyal behavior […]
NYC Ballet must rehire 2 dancers fired over nude photos
The New York City Ballet must reinstate two male dancers who were fired for sharing nude photos of women and sexually explicit texts, an arbitrator ruled Friday. The arbitrator decided the company should not have fired Amar Ramasar and Zachary Catazaro, who were both named in a lawsuit by a […]
Underwater cave rescue of diver captured in video
Exclusive video obtained by ABC News goes inside a murky, underwater cave in Tennessee during the daring rescue of a highly trained British diver who went missing while exploring. Josh Bratchley, a member of the elite international team that helped save 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded […]
No charges filed in death of 5th grader after classroom fight
A pathologist’s review of fifth grader Raniya Wright’s death revealed that she had a rare birth defect that caused her death, rather than the fight that she was involved in minutes before she became unresponsive, officials announced on Friday. Her mother and attorney still question the role of teachers and […]
Feds seek 180 years for Iowa coach who exploited 400 boys
A former elite youth basketball coach who sexually exploited more than 400 boys over a decade in Iowa deserves to spend the rest of his life in prison, federal prosecutors argue. Prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence 43-year-old Greg Stephen to the maximum possible penalty of 180 years behind […]
Slain Missouri KKK leader’s wife admits to killing him
The wife of a Missouri Ku Klux Klan leader admitted Friday to fatally shooting her husband. Malissa Ancona was sentenced to life in prison Friday under a deal in which she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, tampering with evidence and abandonment of a corpse in the February 2017 death of […]
Climate protests close London bridge; 570 arrests in 4 days
Climate protesters are once again trying to shut down parts of London to urge residents to do more to protect the Earth from rising temperatures. Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson joined a rally by the Extinction Rebellion protesters in central London on Friday. She told the demonstrators in Oxford Circus “it […]