David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (BOSTON) — There was no better place to watch the Boston Marathon than at the finish line on Boylston Street in Back Bay, according to Manya Chylinski, a resident of the neighborhood who has lived in Boston since the early 1990s. “There […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — As New York City deals with an increase in its unhoused population, advocates for children say they fear kids who are in families experiencing homelessness are being left behind. David Giffen, the executive director for the nonprofit group the Coalition for the Homeless, which has […]
KeithBinns/Getty Images (RICHMOND, Ind.) — A large fire at an Indiana recycling plant is now fully extinguished, officials said Thursday, while an evacuation order for more than 2,000 residents remains in place. “The fire has been fully extinguished ahead of schedule,” Richmond Mayor Dave Snow tweeted. “We’re now able to […]
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Tampa Bay 9, Boston 3 Baltimore 8, Oakland 7 Minnesota 11, NY Yankees 2 Detroit 3, Toronto 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati 6, Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 0 Milwaukee 4, San Diego […]
Courtesy of Haylee Ladner (PURVIS, Miss.) — For the first time this week, a Mississippi couple got to hold their baby quintuplets together and commemorate the milestone with a couple of precious family photographs. Haylee and Shawn Ladner of Purvis, Mississippi, welcomed their five children — Adalyn Elizabeth, Everleigh Rose, […]
Toussaint and Imbert Family (NEW YORK) — After being held for ransom for nearly a month in Haiti, a Florida couple was released Thursday after negotiations with their kidnappers, the Haitian National Police and the couple’s family told ABC News. Jean-Dickens Toussaint and Abigail Toussaint, who were visiting relatives in […]
Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — A Minnesota judge sentenced a man to life in prison without parole Thursday for the death of his first wife, 13 years after police said he shot her over their financial troubles and lied to investigators that it happened during a home invasion. […]
(Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) — Virginia lawmakers on Wednesday passed a resolution recognizing Abby Zwerner, 25, for what they characterized as courageous actions, saying she earned the state’s “admiration for her courage and dedication to the safety of her students.” The honor follows […]
Diana Vyshniakova / EyeEm / Getty Images (LLANO COUNTY, Texas) — A Texas county’s library system is being threatened amid an ongoing battle over banned books. On Thursday, the Llano County Commissioners Court discussed whether to “continue or cease operations” of the library system after previously removed books discussing race, health, […]
Al Drago/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s one-time director of national intelligence, John Ratcliffe, appeared before a federal grand jury investigating Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. Ratcliff is the latest former top Trump adviser to appear before […]
