Year: 2017

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Wisconsin authorities are investigating a letter sent in the mail that made unspecific but violent threats against churches in Waukesha County. The author of the letter claims to be Joseph Jakubowski, the fugitive accused of robbing a Wisconsin gun shop and sending a manifesto to President Donald Trump.The Waukesha Sheriff's office is currently determining the authenticity of the letter, which threatened violence against a number of unspecific […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- At least 12 former faculty members at the elite Connecticut boarding school Choate Rosemary Hall engaged in "substantiated instances of sexual misconduct" with students dating back to the 1960s, the school said in a new report.The report came as a result of an independent investigation led by investigator and former prosecutor Nancy Kestenbaum of Covington & Burling LLP after the school engaged the firm to conduct […]

KTRK(NEW YORK) -- One woman’s drive on a Texas road got wild when she spotted something hanging out of another motorist’s window -- that turned out to be a snake.“I thought it was a guy’s arm with tattoos,” Amber Cranfill told ABC station KTRK.What was initially mistaken for an arm turned out to be the tail of a giant snake.  Cranfill grabbed her cellphone and snapped a shot of the […]

KTRK(NEW YORK) -- One woman’s drive on a Texas road got wild when she spotted something hanging out of another motorist’s window -- that turned out to be a snake.“I thought it was a guy’s arm with tattoos,” Amber Cranfill told ABC station KTRK.What was initially mistaken for an arm turned out to be the tail of a giant snake.  Cranfill grabbed her cellphone and snapped a shot of the […]

WABC(WALLINGFORD, Conn.) — At least 12 former faculty members at the elite Connecticut boarding school Choate Rosemary Hall engaged in "substantiated instances of sexual misconduct" with students dating back to the 1960s, the school said in a new report.The report came as a result of an independent investigation led by investigator and former prosecutor Nancy Kestenbaum of Covington & Burling LLP after the school engaged the firm to conduct the […]

iStock/Thinkstock(LAS VEGAS) — The roof of the famed Bellagio Hotel and Casino caught fire on Thursday night, prompting the closure of the Las Vegas Strip.The Clark County Fire Department responded to the blaze, which they said was difficult to access given its location, but that they had nonetheless managed to knock down the fire.Bystanders in the area, particularly out front of the Bellagio's water fountain -- whose famous water show […]

iStock/Thinkstock(MOSCOW, Idaho) — Four people were injured at the University of Idaho campus on Thursday night after an explosion stemming from an experimental rocket test gone awry, school officials and local authorities said.The incident at the college campus in Moscow, Idaho, occurred as individuals were gathered to test the device in an unoccupied parking lot next to a steam plant.Daniel Ewart, vice president of infrastructure at the school, said during […]