Year: 2017

Issac Brekken-Pool/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- O.J. Simpson is set to face a parole board on July 20, the Nevada Department of Corrections announced Tuesday.Simpson was arrested in 2007 during a botched robbery in Las Vegas when he led a group of men into a hotel and casino to steal his own sports memorabilia at gunpoint. He was charged with a number of felony counts, including kidnapping and armed robbery. He […]

iStock/Thinkstock(FAIRFAX, Va.) -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is seeking custody of the El Salvador man who is accused of murdering a 17-year-old Muslim girl near a Virginia mosque this weekend, officials said.Darwin Martinez Torres, 22, has been detained for the murder of Nabra Hassanen of Reston, Virginia, after he allegedly "became so enraged" that he hit her with a baseball bat, the Fairfax County Police Department said Monday. Road […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- This week's terrorist attack targeting people leaving a London mosque after Ramadan prayers is part of a wider phenomenon, in which Muslims are the most affected by terrorism around the world, researchers told ABC News.While attacks by Muslims against non-Muslims in Europe have dominated headlines recently, researchers from the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), a research and education center at […]

Ethan Miller/Getty Images(LAS VEGAS) -- O.J. Simpson is holding out hope as he prepares to face a parole board in Nevada that could set him free, according to a friend."He's hopeful. He's not going to try and retry the case," Simpson’s friend, Tom Scotto, told ABC News. "He's done all positive things in prison for the prison and bringing everybody together."Simpson was convicted in 2008 on armed robbery and kidnapping […]

iStock/Thinkstock(SEATTLE) -- Family and friends of Charleena Lyles, a pregnant mother of four who was shot and killed by police officers last week, will gather in Seattle on Tuesday evening in memory of the slain woman.Lyles, 30, was fatally shot in her Seattle apartment at around 10 a.m. Sunday after she called the police to report a break-in at her home, according to authorities. The officers said Lyles confronted them […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Several people were killed in a massive pileup near the border of Arizona and New Mexico on Monday, according to authorities, who attributed the crash to a dust storm.The New Mexico State Police Department said 25 vehicles -- including 18 commercial motor vehicles and seven passengers vehicles -- were involved in the crash, resulting in multiple fatalities, and injuries, ABC affiliate KVIA reported.They did not confirm the […]