Today marks the start of Iowa Private College Week, a way for students and their parents who are trying to make the big decision to coordinate a campus tour schedule. Andy Baumert, vice president of the Iowa Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, says more than two-dozen of the state’s private, nonprofit schools are taking […]Powered by WPeMatico
iStock/Thinkstock(JASPER, Ala.) -- Six Alabama prison inmates -- including two in jail for attempted murder -- were on the loose Sunday night after a jailbreak at Walker County Jail, officials said.Twelve inmates originally escaped from the jail, but six of the inmates were captured, according to the Walker County Sheriff's Office.Still at large Sunday night were: Steven Blake Lamb, 28, of Quinton, in jail for attempted murder and other charges; […]
Patiwit/Thinkstock(HOLLYWOOD, Fla.) -- An American tourist vacationing with his family in Turks and Caicos had to be medically evacuated to Florida after he was shot during an armed burglary Friday night.The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force said a 57-year-old U.S. citizen was shot by a masked gunman while in his vacation villa in the Leeward residential area of of Providenciales, an island in the Turks and Caicos archipelago, […]
ugurhan/Getty(LOS ANGELES) -- A vehicle plowed into a crowd in the Midwilshire section of Los Angeles, Sunday afternoon, injuring nine people. Eight patients were transported to hospitals and one man is in critical condition, according to the LAFD. One of the victims was an off duty LAFD firefighter in the crowd and he did not sustain injuries. The driver has been arrested for felony hit and run, according to police. […]
iStock/Thinkstock(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- The Ohio State Fair announced it will open for "normal operations" Sunday morning, with rides reopening on the midway, just days after the Fire Ball attraction there malfunctioned, killing a young man and injuring seven others.However, fair officials told ABC affiliate WSYX-TV that the Fire Ball ride will not reopen as the investigation continues. Later this morning, the Ohio State Fair will open for normal operations with […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- After Donald Trump on Friday made remarks that seemed to encourage rougher treatment of people in police custody, several police departments across the country came out and distanced themselves from the president's comments.Speaking to law enforcement officers in Brentwood, New York, Trump said, "When you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon, you see them thrown in rough. I said, 'Please […]
The chairman of the Iowa Republican Party is widely known for his high-volume speeches, but he’s under doctor’s orders to try to protect his voice. There are a wide variety of classic Jeff Kaufmann vocal performances. For example in May of last year, to counter the “NeverTrump” movement among some conservatives in his party, Kaufmann began shouting to […]Powered by WPeMatico
iStock/Thinkstock(HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C.) -- Thousands of tourists had to evacuate two islands along the hugely popular Outer Banks in North Carolina after a construction company caused a massive power outage.The Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative said in a press release that PCL Construction told the cooperative it had accidentally driven a steel casing into an underground electric transmission cable while working on the new Bonner Bridge on North Carolina's coast Thursday […]
iStock/Thinkstock(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- An Ohio coroner has said that preliminary findings show 18-year-old Tyler Jarrell died of blunt force trauma after a ride he was on fell apart in mid-air at the state fair in Columbus this week.Franklin County Coroner Anahi Ortiz told ABC News affiliate WSYX-TV on Friday that Jarrell suffered head, trunk and lower extremity injuries when the Fire Ball malfunctioned at the Ohio State Fair on Wednesday […]
