Year: 2017

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- An influx of great white shark sightings has residents and tourists worried about potential encounters in the water, especially during the heart of summer.Senior Fisheries Biologist Dr. Greg Skomal told ABC News the increase in the great white shark population off the Massachusetts coastline is correlated to the gray seal population and that numbers are expected to rise even further."We've been studying sharks off the coast of […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Transit officials said human error, not a track defect, is to blame for a subway train derailment in New York City on Tuesday morning that injured nearly three dozen people and caused major delays.The incident occurred just before 10 a.m. ET Tuesday as a southbound A train approached the 125th Street station in Harlem. The eight-car train suddenly came to a grinding halt just 200 feet from […]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- An investigation has been opened by authorities after two railroad employees were killed Tuesday night after being struck by an Amtrak train as it approached Union Station in Washington, D.C.The victims were employees of CSX Transportation, the railroad company confirmed. They have not yet been identified.Both Amtrak and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the incident."Our thoughts are with the families and friends of our […]

Mike L. Baird/Getty(HOUSTON) -- Animal rescue workers in Houston seized dozens of venomous tarantulas and scorpions from a Houston apartment on Tuesday after their owner abandoned them, according to police.The Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) seized 69 animals, including more than 50 baby scorpions and three dead tarantulas, from the vacant apartment after a maintenance worker discovered them stuffed in shoe boxes and plastic containers, […]

The Lakeland Police Department(LAKELAND, Fla.) -- A Florida man who police say was trying to help a missing toddler locate her parents over the weekend ended up beaten and shamed on social media by the child's family after they mistook him for a kidnapper, according to a report.The "good Samaritan," who was not identified by authorities, was attempting to help a 2-year-old who had become separated from her parents while […]

iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) -- The Big Bang Theory star Johnny Galecki lost his ranch on California's Central Coast on Monday, his publicist confirmed, when a massive wildfire torched nearly 1,600 acres of land in the area.Galecki’s home in San Luis Obispo County, California reportedly burned down in the wildfire that has grown to 2.5 square miles since it began on Monday afternoon, according to a report from TMZ that was later […]

iStock/Thinkstock(HUNTSVILLE, Ala.) -- Movements were restricted Tuesday afternoon at the Redstone Arsenal, an Army base in Huntsville, Alabama, as authorities investigated morning reports of an active shooter.Redstone Arsenal Col. Tom Holliday confirmed Tuesday afternoon that there was no active shooter on the scene. There were no casualties in the incident as well, he said.Around 9:40 a.m., authorities received two 911 calls about a potential active shooter in the Sparkman Center […]