Month: August 2017

KatarzynaBialasiewicz/iStock/Thinkstock(ROCKAWAY, N.J.) -- The family of a New Jersey girl who killed herself in June after what they said was "months of relentless" cyberbullying announced plans to sue their school district for negligence, alleging it failed to prevent the abuse, according to their attorneys.Mallory Grossman, 12, took her own life after she was bombarded with bullying messages via Snapchat and texts, family attorney Bruce Nagel said in a Monday press […]

rcp/iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Navy is conducting a search and rescue mission for a sailor who went missing from the USS Stethem while the ship was conducting routine operations in the South China Sea on Tuesday.Ships and aircraft from both the American and Japanese military are currently looking for the sailor, who went missing at 9 a.m. local time Tuesday morning, according to a statement that was issued by the […]

Venerala/iStock/Thinkstock(ROCHESTER, N.Y.) -- Kim Peck of Rochester, New York, was reunited with her mother’s lost wedding dress the day after the second anniversary of her mom’s death.“It’s all surreal,” Peck, 43, told ABC News of having the vintage 1973 wedding gown back in her possession.Jeff Hopkins found the dress in a water-damaged box labeled “Linda’s dress” while cleaning out his attic in Throop, New York. His house is the childhood […]

ABC News(CINCINNATI) -- Julie and Will Rom of Cincinnati, Ohio, have been fostering children for nearly 10 years.Julie Rom said she and her husband were never able to conceive a child of their own, so they decided to help children who were in need of care."We [said], 'It's not meant for us to be parents right now. Let's foster and be the bridge for these kids while the parents get […]

ABCNews.com(SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) -- Rescue teams in Southern California have resumed their search for a young couple who went missing last week at Joshua Tree National Park, according the National Park Service.The couple, who were in their 20s, failed to check out of their nearby bed and breakfast Friday morning, Brian Rennie, a team member for the Joshua Tree National Park Search and Rescue, told ABC News.Authorities believe the couple […]

ABCNews.com(CLEVELAND) -- An Ohio mother of four was scheduled to be deported on Tuesday after authorities discovered her immigration status during a traffic stop last month.Beatriz Morelos, who’s lived in Painesville -- just west of Cleveland, Ohio -- for nearly two decades, was arrested for driving without a license last Monday, according to city records, which is when officials discovered that she had been living in the country illegally and […]

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- The White House Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis has asked President Donald Trump to “declare a national emergency” to help fight the deadly opioid epidemic.“The first and most urgent recommendation of this Commission is direct and completely within your control. Declare a national emergency under either the Public Health Service Act or the Stafford Act,” wrote the committee, which is led by New Jersey […]