Month: August 2017

iStock/Thinkstock(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) -- Ten IRS employees in Kansas City, Missouri, reported feeling sick after a suspicious package was delivered to the IRS mailroom, fire officials said, according to ABC affiliate KMBC-TV in Kansas City.The employees are being treated at the scene, according to KMBC-TV. No one was evacuated and all other workers are safe, KMBC-TV said.KMBC-TV reported that the suspicious package had a scent of ammonia.Firefighters have the package […]

Chicago Zoological Society(CHICAGO) -- Kristi Flury, 12, thought she was on a mom-daughter date Thursday at Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo when she and her mom sat down to watch the zoo’s dolphin show.When Kristi, of Sycamore, Illinois, was chosen to participate in the show, it became a dream fulfilled.Kristi’s dad, Josh Flury, a captain in the U.S. Army Reserves, surprised her after a nine-month deployment to Kuwait.“My favorite moment was seeing […]

iStock/Thinkstock(SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va.) -- A Virginia man is accused of holding his girlfriend and their two children against their will for more than two years, authorities said.The woman and her children were rescued on Saturday after deputies in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, responded to a welfare check request. Deputies spoke to Kariem Moore, 43, on the front lawn of the home, the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release […]

iStock/Thinkstock(SEATTLE) -- Extreme heat in the Pacific Northwest is breaking records and causing a multitude of issues for residents.The hot weather has prompted the National Weather Service to issue excessive-heat and red-flag warnings for residents in six western states: Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.Residents in Oregon and Washington are feeling the brunt of these scorching temperatures. Smoke is producing unhealthy air quality levels across the Pac NW. Smokey […]

ABC News(TAUTON, Mass.) -- The cousin of Conrad Roy, a Massachusetts teenager who died of carbon monoxide poisoning after locking himself in his truck, said she feels "sick" that Roy's then-girlfriend, Michelle Carter, who sent texts urging him to commit suicide, will remain free pending appeals."I was just sick to my stomach [over] the fact that she can be free, and my cousin, he's not here," Makenna O’Donnell said in […]