Year: 2017

moodboard/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Following Monday's bombing that killed 22 and injured 59 at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, there are currently no plans to make significant security changes in the United States, according to a Department of Homeland Security official.The DHS official said that the federal security posture in the U.S. is already at high levels and that there is not much more to be done in the […]

WABC-TV(NEWARK, N.J.) -- Newark Liberty International Airport was temporarily closed on Tuesday night after a plane engine caught fire.Emergency chutes were deployed from United 1579 and passengers evacuated after "flames were reported coming from the right side of the engine," according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The Boeing 757 was headed to San Francisco from Newark, New Jersey, when the control tower notified the United Airlines crew of the apparent […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The budget released by the White House Tuesday contains proposed changes for the program that provides access to food for Americans who otherwise might not be able to afford it.And anti-hunger advocates aren't pleased. Lucy Melcher, associate director for advocacy with the anti-hunger group No Kid Hungry, argues that the proposed cuts are “devastating” to a program that research shows lifts people out of poverty.The Supplemental […]

Bill Pugliano/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. government filed suit Tuesday against Fiat Chrysler, alleging the automaker equipped more than 100,000 vehicles with so-called defeat devices that circumvent federal emission standards.The software -- installed on diesel-fueled Jeep Grand Cherokee and Ram 1500 in model years 2013 to 2016 -- allegedly caused the vehicles' emission system to "perform differently and less effectively during certain normal driving conditions than on federal emissions […]

iStock/Thinkstock(COLLEGE PARK, Md.) -- Bowie State University honored senior student Richard Collins III during its commencement ceremony on Tuesday, just days after he was stabbed to death at the University of Maryland, College Park.During Tuesday's ceremony, Bowie State President Mickey Burnim honored Collins with a posthumous bachelor's degree that was accepted by family and fellow cadets on his behalf.Collins, 23, was stabbed in the chest Saturday, allegedly by 22-year-old University […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- The deadly blast outside the security barriers of an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, marks the latest instance where a terror attack unfolded at a location that symbolized Western culture and also provided a so-called soft target.Experts tell ABC News that soft targets offer terrorists both practical and symbolic value.John Cohen, a former counter-terrorism coordinator for the Department of Homeland Security, listed concert venues, transportation hubs, […]