Year: 2017

NYPD43Pct/Twitter(NEW YORK) -- The son of a police officer killed in the line of duty received a special sendoff before boarding the bus for his first day of kindergarten on Tuesday.About 30 officers from the New York Police Department’s 43rd Precinct greeted 5-year-old Austin Tuozzolo, the son of the late Sgt. Paul Tuozzolo, and Lisa Tuozzolo at their home in Suffolk County.The officers accompanied Lisa and Austin Tuozzolo as they […]

Stephanie Hoekstra (HOUSTON) -- In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, a Texas firefighter was able to rescue his fiancee's wedding gown from a house that was flooded amid the deadly storm.Kyle Parry, a 35-year-old firefighter from Lumberton, Texas, found the wedding gown of his bride-to-be, 33-year-old Stephanie Hoekstra, untouched by the storm's floodwaters on Aug. 31. Days earlier, he hung the garment in his closet in an effort to keep […]

Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office /Twitter(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) -- A woman who was allegedly kidnapped by her former boyfriend in California last week was found safe in Nevada Monday night, while the suspected kidnapper -- who authorities say is dangerous and may be armed -- remains on the run.Virginia Paris, who authorities say was kidnapped by her ex several days ago, made two calls to a family member shortly before […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Stephanie Jeong has come a long way since she first took up the violin with teacher Betty Haag.“It was always a part of my daily life. Even if it was just for 15 minutes every single day, she made sure it was daily,” said 30-year-old Jeong, who started lessons at the age of 3.Haag founded and still runs the Betty Haag Academy of Music in the […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Residents and officials in Puerto Rico and Florida are preparing for Hurricane Irma as it strengthens over the Caribbean into a "potentially catastrophic" Category 5 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).The NHC said that "preparations should be rushed to completion" in hurricane warning areas, which include Puerto Rico and many other islands in the Caribbean.The storm is expected to approach Florida Sunday morning with winds […]

ABC News(HOUSTON) -- Texas cities and towns hit by Hurricane Harvey are at a critical point in recovering from the storm and catastrophic flooding, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency is on the ground to help, the agency's coordinating officer, Kevin Hannes, said."Now is that critical time when we move from response to recovery," Hannes told ABC News' "Good Morning America" Tuesday. FEMA is focused on "letting us start helping […]