Year: 2017

Carl Court/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. authorities have been engaged in discussions over whether to seek charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, according to a source familiar with the matter.The debate over charges was first reported by CNN.Officials have been debating whether Wikileaks -- the organization which has shared troves of confidential materials, often received via persons sharing it illegally -- should be viewed as a journalistic enterprise, as Assange claims, […]

Carl Court/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. authorities have been engaged in discussions over whether to seek charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, according to a source familiar with the matter.The debate over charges was first reported by CNN.Officials have been debating whether Wikileaks -- the organization which has shared troves of confidential materials, often received via persons sharing it illegally -- should be viewed as a journalistic enterprise, as Assange claims, […]

tonda/iStock/Thinkstock(SEATTLE) -- Two Seattle police officers were shot Thursday while responding to a robbery at a 7-Eleven, according to the city's police department.The two officers, one male and one female, were brought to the Harborview Medical Center. The hostpial tweeted that the male officer was upgraded to serious condition, and that the female officer remained in satisfactory condition. One officer suffered a shot to the chest, but was wearing a […]

Jupiterimages/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Alex and Clara Cazeau and Ricky and Emilee Player are a blended family raising Maelyn Player, 4, the daughter of Clara Cazeau and Ricky Player.The four parents unintentionally showed off their co-parenting skills at Maelyn’s soccer game by wearing customized jerseys identifying them each as mommy, daddy, stepdad and stepmom.“When I was younger my brother played baseball and my mom would get us shirts made so I […]

Jupiterimages/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Alex and Clara Cazeau and Ricky and Emilee Player are a blended family raising Maelyn Player, 4, the daughter of Clara Cazeau and Ricky Player.The four parents unintentionally showed off their co-parenting skills at Maelyn’s soccer game by wearing customized jerseys identifying them each as mommy, daddy, stepdad and stepmom.“When I was younger my brother played baseball and my mom would get us shirts made so I […]

KatarzynaBialasiewicz/iStock/Thinkstock(CECILVILLE, Ca.) -- Former Tennessee teacher Tad Cummins, who is accused of kidnapping his 15-year-old student, has been arrested in northern California, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.Authorities said the student, Elizabeth Thomas, has been "safely recovered."The Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department confirmed to ABC News on Thursday that it had located Cummins' vehicle. Siskiyou County is nestled in the northernmost part of California in the Shasta Cascade region along […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Surveillance footage shows the tense moments leading up to an altercation last week between a pilot and a passenger in a Missouri airport.The video shows two men entering the Kansas City International Airport through an American Airlines gate on April 12. One man is wearing a pilot’s uniform and the other is wearing a blue shirt, later identified by authorities as a passenger named Edward Foster.Foster appears […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- They sit for hours at a time, hunched over tables with scissors in one hand and marijuana in the other. The work is tedious, but it pays well -– for now. This once mostly black market trade is slowly becoming more regulated, hindering the flow of quick, under-the-table cash.Time melds together, the sound of snipping and sticky scissors clinking as they are dipped in jars of alcohol, […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Navy announced on Wednesday new regulations that make it a punishable offense for sailors and Marines to post nude pictures of service members online without consent.The new regulations are a direct result of the recent scandal involving male Marines and sailors who posted nude photos of female Marines online. Engaging in such activity now carries the potential for criminal charges.On Tuesday, Acting Navy Secretary Sean […]