SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah criminal justice professor who wrote an inflammatory series of tweets about police-brutality protests says he has resigned. Scott Senjo told The Associated Press in an email Wednesday that he agrees that his tweets were simply wrong and his resignation from Weber State University […]
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesBy JON HAWORTH and ELLA TORRES, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The death of George Floyd, a black man who died on Memorial Day after he was pinned down by a white Minnesota police officer, has sparked outrage and protests in Minneapolis and across the […]
Durham, N.C., Police Chief Cerlelyn “CJ” Davis appears on “Good Morning America” on June 3, 2020. – (ABC News)By CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The head of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives called for “sweeping changes and police reform” as she reacted to the nationwide […]
DNY59/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY and CHRISTINA CARREGA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A 13-year-old boy charged in connection to the stabbing death of Barnard College student Tessa Majors is expected to plead guilty Wednesday in family court. The juvenile is one of three teenagers accused of fatally stabbing Majors during a […]
DNY59/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY and CHRISTINA CARREGA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A 13-year-old boy charged in connection with the stabbing death of Barnard College student Tessa Majors pleaded guilty to robbery charges Wednesday in family court. The unnamed teen pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery as a juvenile. He will be […]
Kameleon007/iStockBy JACK DATE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — There were 59 mass shootings in May, the highest monthly total ever tallied since the Gun Violence Archive (GVA), a nonprofit research group, began tracking the data in 2013. GVA defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more […]
marvinh/iStockBy CHRIS LUMSDEN, ABC News(ATLANTA) — Twenty-five students received the surprise of a lifetime on their front doorsteps when they learned they had been accepted into a prestigious program at Harvard University. The Harvard Debate Council Diversity Project usually has a grand surprise ceremony to reveal all of the students […]
amphotora/iStockBy MIKE LEVINE and JOSH MARGOLIN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Federal authorities are increasingly worried that “violent opportunists” are infiltrating otherwise peaceful protests across the country and could be “emboldened” to attack law enforcement as they see police officers targeted elsewhere, according to new warnings from the FBI and Department […]
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Severe weather has moved through a wide swath of land overnight all the way from Colorado to New York. There were nine reported tornadoes Tuesday from Colorado to Minnesota and damaging winds of up to 74 mph were reported in Iowa […]
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The death of George Floyd, a black man who died on Memorial Day after he was pinned down by a white Minnesota police officer, has sparked outrage and protests in Minneapolis and across the United States. Manslaughter […]
