Frightening surveillance video shows four armed suspects carjacking a woman while her 11-month-old niece was with her on Monday. In the video provided to ABC News by Houston, Texas, police, four people can be seen ditching a wrecked car as they run toward a minivan. As the woman attempts to […]
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University chief: Security cost for Spencer speech ‘unfair’
A day before white nationalist Richard Spencer is scheduled to speak at the University of Florida, its president affirmed his belief in free speech but said the security costs of holding such an event at a public university put an unfair burden on taxpayers. UF President W. Kent Fuchs said […]
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell: ‘We believe everyone should stand’
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said that he and other team owners “believe everyone should stand for the national anthem” but left the league’s policy about asking players to do so unchanged. Goodell made the comments in a press conference Wednesday, one day after an annual meeting in which owners and […]
Devastated widow can’t imagine life without soldier at center of latest Trump dispute
A moving portrait of one of the fallen U.S. soldiers killed in an ambush in Niger has emerged in the wake of his death this month, with his longtime love speaking out about her devastation and the unfathomable prospect of raising their three children as a single mother. “For him […]
Puerto Rico governor and Trump to meet at White House
The White House says President Donald Trump and Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosello will meet Thursday to discuss the recovery and rebuilding effort on the island after it was ravaged by back-to-back hurricanes. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Rosello will visit the White House. The meeting comes […]
‘It’s all gone’: Hurricane-ravaged Dominica fighting to survive
Verlyn Peter picked her way through the wreckage of her home, searching for anything she and her family could save. “This used to be what we call our living room,” she said, then gestured to another area she said used to be her daughter’s bedroom. “It’s all gone,” Peter said. […]
AG Sessions says he has not been interviewed by special counsel in Russia probe
Attorney General Jeff Sessions told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that he has not be interviewed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller in relation to the ongoing investigation into Russian interference into last year’s presidential election. Sessions hesitated when pressed by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., about whether he met with Mueller […]
Why US troops are in Niger
The back and forth about President Donald Trump‘s condolence calls to the families of four fallen American soldiers in Niger has raised questions about the U.S. military presence in the West African country. Here are some answers to questions you might have about the U.S. military presence in Niger, West […]
Former drug czar nominee Marino defends role in opioid law
President Donald Trump’s former nominee to be the nation’s drug czar is defending his role in writing a law that critics say weakened the government’s authority to stop companies from distributing opioids. Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa., said he’s proud of his work on the 2016 law, which passed without opposition […]
Heartbreaking moment when fallen soldier’s widow weeps over casket
A heartbreaking moment unfolded on the tarmac of a Florida airport Tuesday when the widow of a fallen soldier received her husband’s casket. Myeshia Johnson, the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, who was killed during a mission in Niger, was on hand to receive the remains. Footage of the […]