Year: 2017

Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- American University police issued a safety advisory to students on Friday with tips for how to respond and prevent cyber harassment after an online post targeted the university's first African-American female student government president.In a memo emailed to ABC News, officials say the post encouraged followers to troll Taylor Dumpson. Law enforcement officials immediately responded by sending additional security and technology protection […]

iStock/Thinkstock(BALCH SPRINGS, Texas) -- An arrest warrant for murder has been issued for the former Balch Springs, Texas, police officer who fatally shot 15-year-old Jordan Edwards, ABC News has confirmed. Roy Oliver was fired earlier this week, Balch Springs Police Chief Jonathan Haber announced at a press conference Tuesday. Oliver had been a member of the department for nearly six years. Oliver turned himself in Friday night to the Parker […]

iStock/Thinkstock(ROCKVILLE, Md.) -- Maryland prosecutors announced Friday they are dropping rape charges against two Maryland high school students whose cases sparked a national conversation about U.S. immigration laws.Jose Montano, 17, and Henry Sanchez Milian, 18, who are both undocumented immigrants, were arrested and accused in March of raping a 14-year-old girl in a bathroom at Rockville High School during school hours.“After a painstaking investigation and review of these matters, we […]

Sonoma County Sheriffs Office(JENNER, Calif.) -- A man in custody for the murder of his brother has been linked to the 2004 murder of a couple on a northern California beach, officials said.Shaun Gallon, 38, who was arrested several weeks ago for allegedly killing his brother in their home, is believed to be the killer of Lindsay Cutshall, 22, and her fiancé Jason Allen, 26, Sonoma County Sheriff Steve Freitas […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A tentative U.S. trial date for Joaquin Guzman, the Mexican drug lord known as "El Chapo," has been set for April 16, 2018.The trial date was set at the end of a hearing Friday in Brooklyn federal court in New York City. The drug kingpin appeared in court in connection to the four potential witnesses in his case who have been convicted of crimes, preventing his […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The biological mother of two children featured in "prank" videos their father and stepmother posted on YouTube, which garnered widespread backlash and allegations of child abuse, says she was horrified when she saw how her children were treated."It was very painful. I cried. I had an anxiety attack," Rose Hall told ABC News’ Nightline.Hall won temporary “emergency custody” of the two children, Emma, 11, and Cody, […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A tentative U.S. trial date for Joaquin Guzman, the Mexican drug lord known as "El Chapo," has been set for April 16, 2018.The trial date was set at the end of a hearing Friday in Brooklyn federal court in New York City. The drug kingpin appeared in court in connection to the four potential witnesses in his case who have been convicted of crimes, preventing his […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The biological mother of two children featured in "prank" videos their father and stepmother posted on YouTube, which garnered widespread backlash and allegations of child abuse, says she was horrified when she saw how her children were treated."It was very painful. I cried. I had an anxiety attack," Rose Hall told ABC News’ Nightline.Hall won temporary “emergency custody” of the two children, Emma, 11, and Cody, […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Two people aboard a cargo propeller plane flying packages for UPS died after the left wing struck the runway at Yeager Airport in West Virginia Friday morning, according to federal and local officials.The aircraft, a Short Brothers 330 model owned by Air Cargo Carriers, was contracted by UPS, airport spokesperson Mike Plante told ABC News.Plante told ABC News the aircraft exited the runway and went over a […]