Year: 2017

Monkey Business/Thinkstock(HOLLYWOOD, Fla.) -- A 94-year-old woman living at the Florida nursing home where eight residents died after an air conditioning system failed in the wake of Hurricane Irma is now suing the rehabilitation center, claiming it showed "negligence and reckless indifference" toward its elderly residents.Rosa Cabrera's legal guardian filed the lawsuit in a Broward County state court on Friday on her behalf against the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills […]

@mskellydutton/Twitter(ST. LOUIS) -- As darkness fell in St. Louis and demonstrators gathered again in University City to protest the acquittal of a white police officer in the fatal shooting of a black man, officials said police are ready to respond to any incident."We will not tolerate violence," Police Chief Lawrence O'Toole said.Violence that marred the mostly peaceful protests on Friday resulted in 11 police officers being injured and 33 people […]

iStock/Thinkstock(TAMPA, Fla.) -- A week after Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida and barreled through the state, about hundreds of thousands of customers still have no power in the sweltering September heat.As of 5 p.m. on Saturday, Florida Power & Light said about 735,000 customers, or 15 percent of the utility's customers, were without electricity. Rob Gould, the utility company's chief communications officer, said they did not expect to have […]

Joey Foley/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Supporters of President Donald Trump and fans of the hip-hop duo Insane Clown Posse held separate rallies on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Saturday.The unrelated events brought hundreds of demonstrators to the area stretching between the Lincoln Memorial and the United States Capitol. Both had attracted widespread attention.Fans of Insane Clown Posse, known as "Juggalos," held the "Juggalo March" to protest their classification as […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- FBI Special Agent Leo McFarland grew up in New York City in the shadow of 9/11 -- a backdrop that inspired him to enter the high-stakes, high-risk world of criminal investigations.Just a few months into his role at the FBI, he had his first experience with a bomb investigation when he responded to the September 2016 bombing in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood."Our job is kind of […]

Photodisc/Thinkstock(HOLLYWOOD, Fla.) -- The personal cellphone of Florida Gov. Rick Scott was called by nursing home officials at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills asking for assistance, the governor's office confirmed to ABC News on Saturday.Eight residents of the nursing home, which is affiliated with Larkin Community Hospital, died this week after the facility's air conditioning system failed in the wake of Hurricane Irma.The governor's office said Friday that the […]