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Year: 2023

Authorities identify husband and wife whose car exploded in Rainbow Bridge crash

Authorities identify husband and wife whose car exploded in Rainbow Bridge crash

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The husband and wife occupants of the car that slammed into the U.S.-Canada border crossing in a fiery explosion on the Rainbow Bridge Wednesday have now been identified. Kurt P. Villani and his wife Monica Villani, both of Grand Island, New York, were killed […]

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Officials continue searching for three missing in Alaska landslide

Officials continue searching for three missing in Alaska landslide

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Officials in Wrangell, Alaska, said Thursday they have resumed their search for the adult and two children who went missing after a deadly landslide hit the region. The search was briefly paused Tuesday afternoon due to hazardous conditions, according to officials. “K9 teams will […]

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Former Obama official charged with harassment, stalking of halal cart vendor

Former Obama official charged with harassment, stalking of halal cart vendor

WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Obama administration adviser and State Department official Stuart Seldowitz has been arrested and charged for allegedly harassing a food cart vendor in New York City. In videos posted online, Seldowitz is heard berating the vendor about his Islamic faith and Egyptian roots. Seldowitz, 64, […]

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Toxic chemical spill from train derailment forces Kentucky residents to flee homes

Toxic chemical spill from train derailment forces Kentucky residents to flee homes

PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency in Rockcastle County following a multi-car train derailment Wednesday afternoon that resulted in a spill of hazardous chemicals. Around 16 train cars were involved in the incident, including two carrying molten sulfur that ended up […]

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Pro-Palestinian protesters force Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to stop

Pro-Palestinian protesters force Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to stop

Anadolu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was temporarily paused when a group of about 30 pro-Palestinian protesters ran into the street and apparently glued themselves to the pavement of the parade route in New York City. The protesters were demonstrating along Sixth Avenue when a handful of […]

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FBI: Rainbow Bridge crash, explosion not connected to terrorism

FBI: Rainbow Bridge crash, explosion not connected to terrorism

mbbirdy/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The two passengers who were killed in the Rainbow Bridge incident have been identified as husband and wife, according to a Department of Homeland Security document obtained by ABC News. One of the victims was a Western New York resident, Gov. Kathy Hochul said. “DHS […]

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Woman claims New York City Mayor Eric Adams sexually assaulted her in 1993

Woman claims New York City Mayor Eric Adams sexually assaulted her in 1993

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A woman accused New York Mayor Eric Adams of sexually assaulting her in 1993, according to a new court filing. The woman filed a summons under New York’s Adult Survivors Act that names Adams, the NYPD and two unknown entities as defendants. The filing […]

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Some US food banks see increased demand amid holidays

Some US food banks see increased demand amid holidays

CRISTINA PEDRAZZINI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As families across the nation prepare for the holiday season, some food banks across the United States dedicated to fighting hunger say they are experiencing an increase in demand following the end of pandemic-era SNAP benefits, an increase in inflation, and other […]

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Man stabbed to death at Minnesota bus stop

Man stabbed to death at Minnesota bus stop

mphotoi/Getty Images (EDINA, Minn.) — A man has been stabbed to death at a bus stop in Minnesota, police say. The stabbing took place around 7 p.m. on Wednesday night at a Metro Transit bus stop in the 6700 block of York Avenue South in Edina, Minnesota, approximately 10 miles […]

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Batting cage accident leaves high school senior in coma after being hit in head with baseball bat

Batting cage accident leaves high school senior in coma after being hit in head with baseball bat

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A high school senior is in a coma after he was hit in the head by a baseball bat in the campus batting cages, school officials said. Jeremy Medina, a senior at Gainesville High School — located approximately 55 miles northeast of Atlanta, Georgia […]

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