Year: 2017

pkujiahe/iStock/Thinkstock(PHILADELPHIA) -- During the 2012 to 2013 school year, ABC News' Diane Sawyer and ABC News producers captured the chaos inside Philadelphia's Strawberry Mansion High School.In a special ABC News "Hidden America" report on the school that first aired in May 2013, the team followed the daily lives of students and faculty, including new principal, Linda Cliatt-Wayman, who set out to change the school, breaking up fights, erecting 94 security […]

kaarsten/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- A New York Police Department sergeant has been indicted for second-degree murder, first and second-degree manslaughter, and criminally negligent homicide for the fatal shooting of a mentally ill Bronx woman last October, according to a news release from the Bronx District Attorney's Office.“A special grand jury investigated this case for more than two months. After a thorough, deliberate investigation, they have indicted NYPD Sergeant Hugh Barry for […]

(ORLANDO, Fla.) -- Orlando, Florida police released 11 hours of new body camera footage on Wednesday from inside the Pulse nightclub on the night of the worst mass shooting in American history almost one year ago.The footage contains dramatic scenes of chaos and carnage as first responders tried to save the wounded and hunt down the shooter who killed 49 people in the name of the Islamic State.In a series […]

Irving Police Department, Texas(IRVING, Texas) -- Irving, Texas, police have arrested a 17-year-old in connection with the shooting death of a teen killed hours after his graduation.Jeremiah Robinson was arrested Monday and charged with murder in connection with Sunday's shooting death of Ledajrick Cox, according to a police report obtained by ABC News. It is unclear if Robinson has an attorney, but Irving police told ABC News that Robinson was […]

Google Trends(NEW YORK) -- For New Yorkers, it's "beautiful."For Pennsylvanians, it's "sauerkraut."And for Wisconsinites, it's, well..."Wisconsin."Just in time for the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee -- which started on May 28 and runs to June 4 -- Google trends has released a map of "America's Most Misspelled Words."The map, based on data from Jan. 1, 2017 to April 30, 2017, breaks down the most commonly searched "how to spell" words […]

CHP - Valley Division(NEW YORK) -- Authorities staged a dramatic rescue in California over Memorial Day weekend after a couple who had gone hiking with their dog ran into trouble on the rocky terrain. They had been hiking near South Lake Tahoe when the dog started to slip, according to California Highway Patrol -- Valley Division.According to the hikers, the boyfriend had helped his dog over a ledge when the […]

iStock/Thinkstock(PORTLAND) -- The survivor of a stabbing attack in Portland, Oregon, that left two people dead and allegedly involved hate speech told ABC News that it is the "civic duty" and "moral responsibility" of all Portland residents to make sure all who live there feel at home. On Friday afternoon, 35-year-old suspect Jeremy Joseph Christian allegedly hurled insults at two young women, one of whom was wearing a hijab, while […]

iStock/Thinkstock(HARRISBURG, Penn.) -- Three Mile Island, the Pennsylvania nuclear power plant that was the site of the worst commercial nuclear power accident in the United States nearly 40 years ago, will close in 2019 unless it receives a state bailout, according to its parent company, Exelon Corp. The company said it cannot continue operating Three Mile Island, which is located about 10 miles from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on the Susqeuhanna River, […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Two decades after an infamous sex scandal threw them into the national spotlight, Mary Kay Letourneau Fualaau and husband Vili Fualaau are separating, according to court documents.Fualaau, 33, requested to legally separate from his 55-year-old wife and former sixth-grade teacher on May 9, according to court documents filed in King County, Washington.The two married in May of 2005 in Washington state after Letourneau completed a seven-year prison […]