Authorities are asking local North Carolina residents to assist in the search for 3-year-old Mariah Woods, who went missing from her home Sunday night. The search was organized by Team Adam, a program for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children that provides on-site assistance to law enforcement agencies […]
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Net neutrality supporter threatens to kill congressman
A Syracuse man has been charged with threatening to kill a U.S. congressman in an ominous call to the offices of Republican Rep. John Katko in upstate New York. “Listen, Mr. Katko … If you don’t support net neutrality, I will find you and your family and I will kill […]
Bette Midler tweets her #MeToo story of Geraldo Rivera allegedly groping her
Bette Midler has tweeted a video of an interview she did with Barbara Walters in 1991 in which she said journalist Geraldo Rivera groped her in the 1970s. The video resurfaced today, a day after Rivera, now a Fox News reporter, defended Matt Lauer after he was fired as a […]
4.1 magnitude earthquake detected off East Coast
An earthquake was detected in Delaware Bay not far from Dover Base Housing in Delaware today. The U.S. Geological Survey initially reported that the earthquake registered a 5.1 magnitude, before revising it down to 4.4 and later 4.1. People quickly took to social media to share their surprise at the […]
‘Gomer Pyle’ star Jim Nabors dies at 87
“Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.” star Jim Nabors died peacefully at his home in Hawaii early Thursday, his assistant at Naborly Productions confirmed for ABC News. He was 87. Nabors, an Alabama native, got his big break in the 1960s as Gomer Pyle on “The Andy Griffith Show.” He followed that by […]
Russia won’t heed US request to break ties with North Korea, Lavrov says
Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has rejected a U.S. call to cut ties with North Korea. He said the U.S. appears to be provoking Pyongyang, one day after President Donald Trump promised to impose fresh sanctions on the country in the wake of its newest missile launch. Russia looked negatively […]
Tampa serial killing suspect held without bond
The man accused of killing four people in six weeks in Tampa, Florida, will be held without bond until his next court hearing, a judge ruled today Howell Donaldson III, 24, a Tampa native, made his first court appearance alongside one of his public defenders this morning via video link […]
With Raqqa fight over, 400 US Marines leaving Syria
Four hundred U.S. Marines will be leaving Syria soon after completing their mission to help defeat ISIS in Raqqa, the city the terror group once claimed as its capital in Syria, coalition officials said Thursday. “With the city liberated and ISIS on the run, the unit has been ordered home,” […]
White House crafted plan to replace Tillerson as secretary of state, source says
The White House developed a plan in recent months to remove Secretary of State Rex Tillerson from his post and replace him with current CIA Director Mike Pompeo, a source confirmed for ABC News on Thursday. The New York Times first reported that Tillerson’s ouster, spearheaded by White House chief […]
Co-founder of Ice Bucket Challenge dies after ALS battle
The ALS Association says a man credited as one of the co-founders of the viral Ice Bucket Challenge, which swept social media in 2014, has died after a yearslong battle with the condition known as Lou Gerhig’s disease. Anthony Senerchia was 46. The Anthony Senerchia Jr. ALS Charitable Foundation website […]