Ivanka Trump arrived in South Korea to flashing cameras and a live broadcast across South Korean TV two days before she will attend the closing ceremony for the 2018 Winter Olympics. She was given the red-carpet treatment in Seoul as the leader of the U.S. delegation as she landed at […]
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At least 3 killed as small plane crashes into field
There were no survivors of a small plane crash in rural Indiana on Thursday night. Indiana State Police told Indianapolis ABC affiliate WRTV at least three people died in the crash. The cause of the accident is still under investigation. The Cessna 441 plane left from Eagle Creek Airport in […]
‘Avid gun owner’ documents ease of buying AR-15 on video to ‘shine a flashlight’
The “avid” gun-owning South Carolina man who posted a video documenting his step-by-step purchase of a semi-automatic AR-15 rifle wanted the world to see how easy it is for the sake of transparency, he told ABC News today, a week after the deadly shooting at a Florida high school with […]
Gov. Greitens indicted on felony charges, attorney says he’s ‘absolutely innocent’
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, once considered a rising star in national Republican politics, was indicted and arrested Thursday on felony charges of invasion of privacy by a grand jury in St. Louis — but his attorney says the GOP lawmaker is “absolutely innocent.” The grand jury’s indictment found that Greitens, […]
Former Trump aide formally retains veteran DC lawyer
Former Trump campaign aide Richard Gates has formally brought veteran Washington attorney Thomas Green into his case, according to an order of appearance filed late Thursday, a signal of potential movement in the special counsel case against him. Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed a raft of new charges against Gates […]
Trump’s stance on gun regulation has evolved after series of mass shootings
In the aftermath of the Florida school massacre, President Trump has told grieving family members and teen survivors that “we’re going to settle this all together.” Up until now, the president’s actions have appeared to be geared to a promise he made at the National Rifle Association annual meeting in […]
All 21 antidepressants researchers looked at work better than placebo: Study
Depression is the leading cause of disability, with 350 million people affected worldwide. While antidepressants have long been used, there’s been debate about how well they work. In a new study published in The Lancet, researchers trying to settle the matter found that all 21 antidepressants that they looked at […]
‘I see children in pieces’: Airstrikes pound besieged Damascus suburb, hundreds dead
After filming an airstrike on a hospital in rebel-held Eastern Ghouta, Syria, cameraman Diaa al-Din Samout checked on his uncle’s home next door. He found the building completely destroyed –- and worried that his 73-year-old grandmother, his 6-month pregnant aunt and her four children who were home, would not make […]
Armed deputy stood outside for minutes doing ‘nothing’ during massacre, sheriff says
A Marjory Stoneman Douglas school resource officer has been suspended without pay after Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said video shows him taking up a defensive position during the shooting but never entering the school. Israel announced Thursday that the decision to suspend Deputy Scot Peterson was made after reviewing […]
3 nursing-home staffers charged in death of WWII veteran
Three staff members at a Georgia senior-care facility have been indicted on charges that their actions not only caused the death of a resident in their care, but that they also tried to cover up his death. On Tuesday, almost four years to the day that James Dempsey, 89, of […]