Year: 2017

Monkey Business/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- At least 17 states are balking at the Trump administration’s request for voter registration data as part of the new "election integrity" commission, with six states outright declaring they will not provide the information.Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia have firmly stated that they will not adhere to the commission's request."I will not hand over Minnesota voters’ sensitive personal information to the commission," Minnesota […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A gunman opened fire at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center in the Bronx, New York, on Friday, killing one and injuring several others.The suspect, who took his own life, was identified as Henry Bello, a former doctor at the hospital, police sources told ABC News. Officials said he was armed with an AR-15 assault rifle that he had concealed underneath his lab coat.In addition to a female doctor […]

WPVI-TV(PHILADELPHIA) -- The father of 18-year-old Bianca Nikol Roberson, who was shot and killed in an apparent road rage incident on Wednesday, expressed anger to ABC News over his daughter's death."What can you say to a person like that?" Rodney Roberson told ABC News about the shooter, who is still being pursued by police.A manhunt across three states is underway to find the man who gunned down Roberson, a recent […]

iStock/Thinkstock(ORANGE COUNTY, Calif.) -- A twin-engine plane crashed on the 405 Freeway in Orange County, California, on Friday, the FAA has confirmed.According to the agency, there were two people aboard the Cessna 310, which erupted into flames when it slammed into the highway just short of a runway at John Wayne Airport. The occupants have traumatic injuries, Orange County fire officials told local ABC station KABC-TV.The plane clipped a single […]

iStock/Thinkstock(MIAMI) -- The U.S. Coast Guard won't install warning lights on a Florida jetty where Miami Marlins star pitcher Jose Fernandez crashed his boat, killing himself and two other passengers last year.The Coast Guard announced its decision in a press release Thursday, saying the existing color-coded, lighted buoys and lighted range markers were "sufficient."During an early morning trip on Sept. 25, 2016, the boat carrying Fernandez, 24, Eduardo Rivero, 25 […]

iStock/Thinkstock(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) -- A police chase saw officers pursue a suspect across two states.Louisville Metropolitan Police in Kentucky say officers tried to stop a robbery suspect just before 5 p.m. Thursday.The driver, identified by police as Robert G. Ellis II, allegedly sped off and led police on a 30-minute chase into southern Indiana.The suspect was finally cornered by police after a cruiser rammed his pick-up truck as it cut across […]