Year: 2017

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) --  At least 10 people have died in fast-growing wildfires across northern California.Firefighters were battling 17 fires across multiple counties around the state as of late Monday night, authorities said. Intensified by strong winds, the fires charred about 90,000 acres of land, destroyed at least 1,500 buildings and forced nearly 20,000 residents to evacuate.Two of the largest blazes, dubbed the Tubbs and Atlas Fires by authorities, burned a […]

iStock/Thinkstock(LUBBOCK, Texas) -- A suspect is in custody after allegedly shooting and killing a Texas Tech University officer."Earlier this evening, Texas Tech Police made a student welfare check. Upon entering the room, officers found evidence of drugs and drug paraphernalia. Officers brought the suspect to the police station for standard debriefing," a school spokesperson said in a statement."During this time, the suspect pulled a gun and shot an officer in […]

Amy Lieberfarb/Instagram (SANTA ANA, Calif.) -- An unfortunate combination of wind and aridity in California created perfect wildfire growth conditions this morning, leading to the current devastation across the state.At least 10 people have died from the blazes, with hundreds of structures scorched and thousands forced to evacuate. The fires began around 10 p.m. local time Sunday night, said Ken Pimlott, director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire […]

ABC News(LAS VEGAS) -- It has been a week since Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old retired accountant and high-stakes video poker player, unloaded on 22,000 country music fans from his 32nd-floor suite in Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Resort moored on the city’s Sunset Strip, killing 58 people and wounding hundreds before fatally shooting himself in the head.Here are some of the latest details: Security guard shot before concert shooting beganOn Monday, […]

KGO-TV(SANTA ROSA, Calif.) -- Wildfires are tearing through northern California, leaving behind a trail of devastation."Everything burned," John Millier, a resident of Santa Rosa, told ABC station KGO-TV in San Francisco.One of Millier's properties was destroyed overnight by the flames, but firefighters were able to save his second property from the raging inferno.While police are calling for residents to evacuate as the fires continue to burn, Millier told KGO-TV he […]

iStock/Thinkstock(HOLLYWOOD, Fla.) -- Weeks after Miguel Antonio Franco died when his Florida nursing home lost air conditioning from Hurricane Irma, his wife, Cecilia Franco, became the 13th person to die from the incident, police confirmed to ABC News on Monday.Another patient was confirmed to have died, authorities said today, bringing the total to 14.On Sept. 13, more than 100 residents were evacuated from the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills after […]

iStock/Thinkstock(LAS VEGAS) -- Las Vegas' bright lights dimmed Sunday night, exactly one week after a mass shooting killed 58 people and injured hundreds of others.The digital marquees on The Strip darkened for 11 minutes -- from 10:05 p.m. to 10:16 p.m. local time -- to honor those killed and injured, as well as the heroes who intervened, when a gunman opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival from […]

Obtained by ABC News(LAS VEGAS) -- The man accused of carrying out last week's deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas was a caring person who tried his best to "make people happy," a friend and longtime employee of Stephen Paddock told ABC News’ “Good Morning America” today.“He actually cared about everybody,” Lisa Crawford, who worked for Paddock managing an apartment he owned from 2006 to 2012, said.“He tried to make […]