Year: 2017

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- An eagle-eyed Massachusetts state trooper and a DNA match on the victim's hands led police to arrest the man suspected of killing Vanessa Marcotte eight months after she disappeared while jogging near her mother's Princeton, Massachusetts, home, officials said.On Aug. 7, 2016, 27-year-old Marcotte, an account manager at Google in New York, went for a jog in Princeton, a town about 60 miles west of Boston, and […]

File Photo iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- April the giraffe finally gave birth to a healthy male calf this Saturday in Harpursville, New York, as over 1 million people watched in real time from around the world on the Animal Adventure Park's livestream.The internet-famous baby giraffe, however, still does not have a name, according to Jordan Patch, the owner of Animal Adventure Park, who appeared live on "Good Morning America" today to […]

Allen Kee/ESPN Images(BOSTON) -- The 121st Boston Marathon got underway Monday morning as racers and observers remember the bombing attack, which took place four years ago on April 15, 2013. The race also marked the return of a marathon legend.Kathrine Switzer, who in 1967 became the first woman to ever complete the Boston Marathon, will be running in the race again this year.In 1967, Switzer was a 20-year-old Syracuse University […]

File Photo iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- April the giraffe finally gave birth to a healthy male calf this Saturday in Harpursville, New York, as over 1 million people watched in real time from around the world on the Animal Adventure Park's livestream.The internet-famous baby giraffe, however, still does not have a name, according to Jordan Patch, the owner of Animal Adventure Park, who appeared live on "Good Morning America" today to […]

iStock/Thinkstock(ATLANTA) -- A toxic chemical spill caused by an overturned tractor-trailer partially shut down a major highway in Atlanta early Monday.The accident took place at around 3:34 a.m. near 10th Street on Atlanta's Downtown Connector, a stretch of road where two interstate highways, I-75 and I-85, run side-by-side for several miles.After initially halting traffic in both directions, officials in Atlanta reopened the southbound lanes at around 6:30 a.m. this morning […]

Chris Illuminati(NEW YORK) -- A stay-at-home father of two found a way of letting his wife know exactly what happened while she was at work -- Post-It notes.Chris Illuminati began posting photos of the handwritten notes -- which detail the funny, heartwarming and painful moments of his days caring for the family's two children -- on social media. And he's now getting tons of attention online for his quips.One Post-It […]

iStock/Thinkstock(Clarksville, Ind.) -- A wild goose chase in Indiana involving law enforcement involved an actual goose.Video released by the police department in Clarksville, Indiana, shows a detective strolling back to his office on Thursday when his feathers were ruffled by a Canada Goose.The vigilant goose can be seen flapping its wings while in flight, directing its aim at the head of the detective.Speaking to ABC affiliate WHAS in Louisville, Kentucky, […]

Cleveland Police(CLEVELAND) — Cleveland, Ohio, police are searching for a suspect who they say killed an elderly man and uploaded the video to Facebook.The incident happened at about 2 p.m., police said. The suspect, identified by police as Steve Stephens, is described as 6-foot-1, 244 pounds and bald with a full beard. He is wearing a dark blue and gray- or black-striped polo shirt and believed to be driving a […]