An Alabama police officer shot late Tuesday night has died. Justin Billa was struck by gunfire after he and other police officers went to set up a perimeter around the home of Robert Hollie, Mobile Police Chief Lawrence Battiste said at a press conference for local media. Billa later died […]
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Shooting survivor Gabby Giffords rolls out anti-gun ad attacking Florida governor
Former congresswoman and mass shooting survivor Gabby Giffords is calling out Florida Gov. Rick Scott over his inaction on gun violence and ties to the National Rifle Association a week after 17 people were killed in a school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Giffords rolled out an ad campaign against the […]
Brendan Dassey lawyers ask Supreme Court to take case
The legal team for Brendan Dassey filed a petition before the United States Supreme Court Tuesday to hear his case. Lawyers submitted a writ of certiorari, which asks the Supreme Court to review the lower court’s decision on the case. Dassey was convicted as a teenager in 2007, along with […]
North Koreans scrapped secret meeting with Pence: US official
A secret meeting planned between Vice President Mike Pence and North Korean officials at the Olympics was scrapped at the last minute, an official in Pence’s office has confirmed to ABC News. An account of the planned meeting was first reported in the Washington Post. The meeting was set for […]
COLUMN: The Parkland massacre won’t define me or my school
Nicolle Martin, 14, is a survivor of the Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of ABC News. There are no words to describe the pain I feel right now, the pain we feel, the students, the […]
School shooting suspect was fascinated by talk of guns: School records
The teenager accused of gunning down 17 people at a Florida high school had a fascination with talk of guns and was preoccupied with wars and terrorists, according to school records obtained by ABC affiliate WPLG. Nikolas Cruz, 19, was arrested after last week’s Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman […]
Trump tweet ‘not necessarily’ linking shooting to Russia investigation: Sanders
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders has walked back President Donald Trump‘s tweet from last weekend suggesting the FBI could have prevented the Parkland high school shooting if it hadn’t been so focused on the Russia investigation. On Friday, the FBI said it failed to follow up on a tip […]
President Trump says he wants to improve background checks, but budget calls for cuts
While the White House has said President Donald Trump is “supportive of efforts” to update the nation’s background check system in the wake of the Florida high school shooting last week, the president’s proposed budget for 2019 would actually roll back federal grants to help states in reporting to the […]
Weapons cache found at home of Md. teen accused of bringing gun to school, police say
A cache of weapons and an apparent list of grievances were discovered at the home of a Maryland teenager arrested last week for allegedly bringing a loaded pistol and a knife to his high school. Alwin Chen, 18, was taken into custody at Clarksburg High School campus last Thursday after […]
Airstrikes pound rebel-held Damascus suburb, leaving more than 200 dead
The Syrian government and its allied forces pounded a besieged rebel-held Damascus suburb on Tuesday, killing dozens of civilians just a day after the enclave’s highest death toll in three years. Airstrikes and shelling have killed at least 210 civilians, including 54 children, since Sunday night, the Syrian Observatory for […]