Year: 2017

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Two Metropolitan Transportation Authority police officers were captured on video appearing to wrestle a man to the ground outside Penn Station in New York City before one of the officers appears to punch the suspect repeatedly in the head in an apparent attempt to subdue him.In a video, the man can be heard asking onlookers for help. The incident, which occurred just before midnight Tuesday on […]

Ralf-Finn Hestoft/Getty Images(SEATTLE) -- A 16-year-old United Airlines passenger was left "traumatized" after a 28-year-old man allegedly groped her mid-flight, her lawyer tells ABC News.The girl -- who was traveling alone aboard United flight 1695 from Seattle to Newark -- awoke from a nap to find fellow passenger Vijakumar Krishnappa's hand on her thigh, according to a criminal complaint filed against him in federal court in New Jersey.Krishnappa removed his […]

iStock/Thinkstock (DURHAM, N.C.) -- Dozens of children were taken to local hospitals after a sodium hypochlorite leak at a YMCA swimming pool in Durham, North Carolina.The unintentional leak, which occurred at approximately 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Downtown Durham YMCA, affected 40 children ages 6 to 12 years old, as well as two adults, according to Durham County Emergency Management.Those affected showed symptoms including vomiting, respiratory illness, and skin and […]

ABCNews.com(NANTUCKET, Mass.) -- Newlyweds Arlene Sherman and Harvey Goldman held a magical "Beauty and the Beast"- themed wedding to appeal to their seven grandkids.It was the second marriage for both the bride and groom, so they agreed they didn’t want another traditional wedding."I’m a widow and Harvey’s divorced. We’ve been together 10 years," Sherman, 64, told ABC News. “We both agreed we didn’t want the traditional bride cuts the cake […]

@EstebanBravoP/Twitter(SARASOTA, Fla.) -- Two student animators combined their creative skills to make a short film they say elicits all the relatable emotions of young love.When Esteban Bravo and Beth David created "In a Heartbeat," they didn't predicted that their four-minute film without any spoken words would go viral in less than one day.The film depicts "a closeted boy who runs the risk of being outed by his own heart after […]

Credit: Sarah Irvin Photography(CRAB ORCHARD, W.V.) -- Brittany Yost's wedding day featured a special surprise from one of the people she loved the most, even though he couldn't be there in person.Brittany and Jordon Yost were married in Crab Orchard, West Virginia, on July 22. The bride had always hoped her grandfather would officiate her wedding, but he died in 2016."From the time I was little, I knew I wanted […]

ABC News(ROWLETT, Texas) -- Raygen Pruitt, 11, and Harper Pruitt, 6, knew for the past 10 months that their parents were working to adopt a child to join them and their two younger adopted brothers, Titus and Elliot.“They would ask all the time, ‘Have you gotten a call? When is our brother or sister coming home?’” the sisters’ father, Shane Pruitt, told ABC News. “And they definitely wanted a sister.”Shane […]

ABCNews.com(LIBERTY, Maine) -- A Maine man who won the lottery twice in recent months shared his winnings with employees and diners of a local restaurant he patronized nearly daily for more than a decade.Hal, who asked that his last name not be used, won a $2 million jackpot from the Maine lottery in April in a drawing among people who submitted their losing tickets.“I was there in the audience with […]