Year: 2017

Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Elaine Duke, the acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Secretary, said Friday that while she was "proud" of the federal response in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, the situation on the ground is still "not satisfactory.""I am proud of the work that's being done," Duke told a press conference in San Juan this afternoon upon arriving in the U.S. territory. "Clearly, the situation here in Puerto […]

Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images(ANTIOCH, Tenn.) -- A 25-year-old accused of opening fire at a Tennessee church last weekend allegedly had a note in his car referencing some sort of retaliation for the Charleston church attack carried out by white supremacist Dylann Roof two years ago, a law enforcement official said.Police said on Sept. 24, 25-year-old Emanuel Samson shot and killed a 39-year-old woman in the parking lot of the Burnette Chapel […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- A federal operation dubbed “Regional Shield” has resulted in criminal charges against more than 3,800 alleged gang members in the U.S. and Central America, the Department of Justice announced Friday.Dismantling one particularly violent gang, the El Salvador-based group MS-13, has become a priority for the Trump administration, especially U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the department said in a press release.“[It] is one of the most violent and […]

iStock/Thinkstock(POLK COUNTY, Ga.) -- An officer in Polk County, Georgia, was shot dead after pulling over a suspicious vehicle on Friday, officials said.A second officer survived and is in good condition, Polk County Assistant County Manager Barry Akinson said, crediting his bulletproof vest.Akinson said the officers had received a call about a suspicious vehicle, and after they ran the plates and learned the vehicle was stolen, they pulled the car […]

U.S. Navy photo by Bill Mesta(WASHINGTON) -- An 894 foot-long U.S. Navy floating hospital, said to have one of the largest trauma centers anywhere in the United States, is heading to Puerto Rico.The USNS Comfort, which can hold as many as 65 civil service mariners and 1,215 Navy medical personnel, left Norfolk, Virginia, on Friday to help bring relief to the U.S. territory devastated by Hurricane Maria.U.S. officials estimate it […]

ABC News(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) -- After witnessing a desperate call for help on ABC News from a caretaker at a Puerto Rico nursing home devastated by Hurricane Maria, a Florida man chartered his company's private jet to bring critical supplies to the home's residents."I want the world to know there's a lot of old people here in Puerto Rico. They need help. We can't let them die. We can't […]

Jason Bean/Pool/Getty Images(LOCKLOVE, Nev.) -- After nine years in prison, O.J. Simpson could have to wait "a few days" beyond his earliest eligible release date to leave the Nevada Department of Corrections facility, his attorney said.Simpson was granted parole at a hearing on July 20, and the earliest date he is eligible for release is Oct. 1. But Simpson's attorney, Malcolm LaVergne, told ABC News that his client's departure from […]