Police in New York City announced an arrest in the shooting death of Zhiwen Yan, a Chinese food delivery worker, who was shot in the chest on April 30 while riding his scooter in the neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens. Glenn Hirsch, 51, was arrested Wednesday evening and charged with […]
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4 workers hurt when Boston subway trains collide
BOSTON — A collision of two subway trains in Boston sent four employees of the city’s troubled transit system to the hospital, officials said. Both Green Line trains derailed in the crash around 9:20 p.m. Wednesday, officials said. The subway system continued to experience service disruptions Thursday morning. A two-car […]
‘Don’t get used to our pain’: Ukrainian first lady in exclusive ABC News interview
Since the start of Russia’s invasion, the Ukrainian first lady has been in hiding with her two children. A difficult question her 9-year-old son keeps asking is when the war will end, Olena Zelenska said in an exclusive interview with ABC News. “Unfortunately, I don’t think any Ukrainian would be […]
Denmark gives ‘clear signal’ with EU defense policy vote
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said Thursday that he expects Denmark to join the European Union’s common defense policy after two-thirds of voters who cast ballots in a referendum supported abandoning a 30-year-old waiver that kept the EU country out. There are “a series of formal steps […]
Gun suicide soars as cause of death among youth: Report
The rate of young people taking their own lives with firearms in the U.S. has increased faster than for any other age group, and the youth suicide rate is at its highest point in more than 20 years, according to a new gun violence prevention report by Everytown For Gun […]
At least 4 dead, multiple people injured in shooting at Oklahoma medical building
At least four people are dead and multiple people are injured following a shooting at the Natalie Building at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Wednesday evening, according to police. Dispatchers received a 911 call shortly before 5 p.m. local time about a man walking with a rifle at […]
Cowboys say former running back Marion Barber dead at 38
FRISCO, Texas — Marion Barber III, the former Dallas Cowboys running back who is fourth in franchise history with 47 rushing touchdowns, has died, the team said Wednesday. He was 38. Barber played a final season with Chicago in 2011 after spending his first six years with the Cowboys. He […]
Mamie Till-Mobley’s life chronicled in new podcast
The first episode of new ABC News podcast “Reclaimed: The Story of Mamie Till-Mobley” premiered Wednesday, June 1, and is hosted by historian and ABC News contributor Leah Wright-Rigueur. Photo Illustration by ABC News | Gado via Getty Images The three-part series forms a powerful narrative about the life of […]
NJ residents say they’re waiting for Ida aid 9 months later
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey resident Shashuna Atwater is still living with the awful smell of sewage that inundated her basement when the remnants of Hurricane Ida struck New Jersey nine months ago, destroying photographs, diplomas and other irreplaceable belongings. Atwater, of Newark, was one of roughly two dozen people […]
Uvalde shooting highlights role of doors in security plans
Doors – both the one the gunman entered and the one police did not open for over an hour – have been at the center of the investigation into the killing of 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, and the police response to the massacre. School officials under […]