Year: 2017

iStock/Thinkstock(SAN DIEGO) -- The man accused of opening fire at a birthday pool party at a San Diego apartment complex, killing one and injuring seven, was purportedly despondent over a recent breakup with his girlfriend, police said Monday.The suspected shooter, identified by officials as Peter Selis, 49, was shot and killed by police after the shooting at the pool area of the La Jolla Crossroads apartment complex Sunday evening, San […]

iStock/Thinkstock(HINDSVILLE, Ark.) -- Sheriff's deputies in Arkansas are searching for an 18-month-old child who was swept away in floodwaters caused by severe storms over the weekend.The 18-month-old and a 4-year-old were inside of a car that was swept away on a low-water bridge near Hindsville, said Madison County Sheriff Rick Evans.It is not clear if the children remained in the vehicle or were able to escape, Evans said. The 4-year-old […]

Monkey Business/Thinkstock(DALLAS) -- A Dallas paramedic is in "critical, but stable condition" after he was shot and injured while responding to a shooting Monday, officials said.The suspect is believed to be dead and the threat is believed to be over, authorities said.City officials said that after Dallas Fire-Rescue members arrived to begin treatment on a civilian who had been shot this morning, a gunman approached and opened fire, wounding the […]

Monkey Business/Thinkstock(DALLAS) -- A Dallas paramedic is in "critical, but stable condition" after he was shot and injured while responding to a shooting Monday, officials said.The suspect is believed to be dead and the threat is believed to be over, authorities said.City officials said that after Dallas Fire-Rescue members arrived to begin treatment on a civilian who had been shot this morning, a gunman approached and opened fire, wounding the […]

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- The Pentagon's latest survey of sexual assault in the military estimates that the number of sexual assaults decreased to 14,900 in 2016, down from the 20,300 measured in the last survey conducted in 2014. Meanwhile, the number of sexual assaults reported by victims in 2016 rose slightly to 6,172, an increase that Pentagon officials said indicated greater awareness of the care and responses available to victims.“Overall, this year's […]

Alex Stone/ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- Thousands of protesters around the U.S. are expected to demonstrate Monday in recognition of May Day, the first day of May also known as International Workers Day, which has for more than a century been an occasion for political action by labor unions and other progressive organizations.This year's demonstrations -- planned in major cities from New York to Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles as […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Parts of the South and Midwest kicked into recovery mode Monday, after a weekend of powerful storms that left more than a dozen people dead.The weekend round of storms included high-intensity winds, hail and isolated tornadoes in East Texas.Twenty-four tornadoes were spotted over the weekend, stretching from Texas to Illinois, ABC News meteorologists said.Flash-flooding wreaked havoc in Arkansas, while aerial footage of the Missouri storms showed entire […]

File photo. (iStock/Thinkstock)(HARPURSVILLE, N.Y.) -- The calf whose birth captured the internet’s attention has been given a name: Tajiri.The name of April the giraffe’s calf was announced Monday on Good Morning America by Jordan Patch, the owner of Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, New York.“Tajiri is a word in Swahili that means hope,” Patch said. “The name also stands for confidence, which our calf is -- very, very confident.”   […]

iStock/Thinkstock(MYRTLE SPRINGS, Texas) -- A deadly weekend of storms and tornadoes claimed at least 14 lives in parts of the South and Midwest this weekend, but the toll could have been higher if not for a group of good Samaritans who rushed to rescue a father, toddler and infant from their truck that had flipped over and was submerged in rushing water.Video shot on a cellphone by local resident Tom […]