Geo Piatt/Getty Images (SEATTLE) — The largest school district in Washington state did not welcome students back for the second day in a row after its educators’ union went on strike. Wednesday would have been the first day of school for Seattle Public Schools, which serves more than 50,000 students. […]
ABC News Photo Illustration (NEW YORK) — Jackson, Mississippi, is not the first U.S. city to have a water crisis — nor is it likely to be the last. However, the city’s crisis has highlighted the ongoing fight for access to clean drinking water, which continues to be at risk […]
kali9/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — A young man who went on an hourslong shooting rampage around Memphis, Tennessee, gunning down at least four people, was arrested on Wednesday night, police said. Ezekiel Dejuan Kelly, 19, was taken into custody without incident in the Memphis neighborhood of Whitehaven at around 9 […]
Emily Fennick / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The number of suicides committed with firearms increased 11% over the past decade and was driven primarily by deaths in cities with more relaxed gun policies, according to new research first obtained by ABC News. Researchers from New York University and Everytown […]
amphotora/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — A county official has been arrested in connection with the murder of a Las Vegas investigative journalist, ABC News has confirmed. Robert Telles was arrested Wednesday night during a SWAT operation at his home, ABC News confirmed. Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German was […]
Memphis Police Department (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — As Memphis, Tennessee authorities released new details in the kidnapping of jogger Eliza Fletcher, the suspect in the fatal abduction appeared in court Wednesday to face murder charges. The suspect, Cleotha Abston Henderson, 38, appeared in Shelby County Criminal Court to answer to charges […]
Memphis Police Department (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — An attorney for the suspect in the fatal kidnapping of jogger Eliza Fletcher objected in court Thursday to the local police chief describing the defendant as a “dangerous predator.” Attorney Jennifer Case of the Shelby County Public Defender’s Office told Judge Louis J. Montesi […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The mother of Donovan Lewis, a Black man fatally shot by Columbus, Ohio police, spoke exclusively with ABC News’ Linsey Davis in her first interview since her son’s death — telling Davis she found out about her son’s death on the internet. “I made it […]
Kat Caulderwood/ABC News (UVALDE, Texas) — In some ways, 17-year-old high school senior Jazmin Cazares is like so many other teenagers. She can get bored easily, loves to sleep in and dotes on her attention-seeking dog. But since June, she’s been spending 30 to 40 hours a week pushing for […]
Wilmington Police Department / Facebook (WILMINGTON, N.C.) — A 19-year-old police horse named Elton is recovering after he was hit by an alleged drunk driver while on patrol — the second such incident in the 16-year veteran’s career on the force. “We were just patrolling downtown Wilmington (in North Carolina) […]
