Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tvonia Thomas said that scratch-off lotto games were consuming every aspect of her life in Virginia. Even though she rarely won big jackpots, Thomas told ABC News Live that the rush of going out to the convenience store for those tickets was stronger than the […]
ABC News (HONOLULU) — For 26-year-old Ha’a Keaulana, surfing is practically part of her DNA. She’s been around surfing since she was a baby, even before she could walk or talk. Some of her first memories were being a surfboard with her grandfather, Hawaiian surfing legend, Buffalo Keaulana. “He was raised […]
Duncan Nicholls and Simon Webb/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — Blackjack players say they’ve been noticing a difference at the tables in Las Vegas lately. Even if they hit that lucky 21, they say they’re not getting the same amount of winnings as they did in the past. Blackjack and casino experts, […]
ABC News (INDIANOLA, Miss.) — Ken Featherstone, the mayor of Indianola, Mississippi, urged his community to “trust the process” amid an investigation into the police shooting of 11-year-old Aderrien Murry after he reportedly called 911 for help during a domestic disturbance at his home. Featherstone spoke out about the incident, which […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (RIVER GROVE, Ill.) — A child accidentally shot and killed another child in River Grove, Illinois, on Wednesday, according to police. The gun used in the incident belonged to the father of the deceased child, police said. River Grove police said the child was severely injured and […]
David Sacks/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a Virginia man who fell from a cruise ship balcony earlier this week. Ronnie Peale Jr., 35, went overboard from a Carnival Magic cruise ship traveling off the coast of Florida on Monday, the Coast […]
Courtesy of Rasor Family (HILLSBOROUGH, N.C.) — On Gary Rasor’s 80th birthday, his children asked him to retire because there was no financial need for him to work. Rasor refused and told his children that he loved working at Home Depot, where he trained young employees and enjoyed interacting with […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (DAVENPORT, Iowa) — The city government of Davenport, Iowa, has released dozens of documents in connection with an apartment building that partially collapsed as three residents remain missing and the community demands answers. The documents were published Wednesday evening on the city’s website. Three of the files […]
Robert Prange/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In tennis, love means zero, but for a two-time Grand Slam champion love was a walk in the park. Spanish-Venezuelan tennis star Garbiñe Muguruza just announced her engagement to Arthur Borges, a fan who wished her good luck during the 2021 U.S. Open while […]
The Home Depot (NEW YORK) — The surveillance video, from earlier this year, is startling: Four masked men march in a line through a Home Depot store in New York — two of them looking like menacing bodyguards — while the two others confidently push carts stacked with almost a […]
