Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (SAN ANTONIO) — A man and woman who were taken from their San Antonio home in a targeted kidnapping have been found safe, and two suspects are in custody, police said Thursday. Officers responded to the couple’s home around 6 a.m. Wednesday and found five children — […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — As a dangerous heat wave hits the nation, Phoenix is poised to break its record for most 110-degree days. Phoenix has seen 52 days this year with a high temperature of at least 110 degrees. The city’s record is 53 days, which was set in […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Lee, now churning over the Atlantic Ocean, intensified very rapidly on Thursday, strengthening from a Category 2 hurricane to a Category 4 hurricane. Lee is forecast to become a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 160 mph by Thursday night. Lee is expected to […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON COUNTY, Utah) — Ruby Franke, a YouTuber who gained online notoriety with her tough and often controversial parenting advice, has been formally charged with six counts of felony child abuse in Washington County, Utah. The mother of six was arrested last week after her 12-year-old son […]
Salisbury Police Department (SALISBURY, N.C.) — A North Carolina community is praising the lifesaving actions of a police officer who rescued an unconscious driver. The Aug. 8 incident involving Lt. Corey Brooks of the Salisbury Police Department, about 30 minutes northeast of Charlotte, was captured on the officer’s body camera. […]
Metropolitan Police Department (WASHINGTON) — A homicide suspect is on the run after escaping from custody at a Washington, D.C., hospital, authorities said. Christopher Haynes, a 30-year-old who was arrested on Wednesday for homicide, escaped from GW Hospital at 3:38 p.m. Wednesday, according to D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department. Haynes was […]
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Another inmate died at Atlanta’s notorious Fulton County Jail after being found unresponsive by a jail official, the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. The incident marks the 10th inmate death at the jail this year. Shawndre Delmore, 24, was found unresponsive in his cell on […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation has launched an inquiry into the death of two teens after an incident with an Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) official early Wednesday morning, according to state officials. A sheriff’s deputy responded to a report […]
Blendon Township Police Department (NEW YORK) — The grandmother of a pregnant 21-year-old, who was fatally shot by an Ohio police officer, spoke out Wednesday during a virtual press briefing following the release of the police body camera video of the incident. Nadine Young said the body camera video of […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An 11-year-old Wisconsin boy accused of murdering his mother has been ordered to stand trial. The boy is charged with first-degree intentional homicide. The district attorney’s office is seeking to try him as an adult. The court has ordered that the boy’s name not […]
