Year: 2017

artolympic/iStock/Thinkstock(LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga.) -- Two Georgia police officers have been fired after videos surfaced online showing a man being punched and kicked during a traffic stop, police said on Thursday.The Gwinnett County Police Department in Lawrenceville, Georgia -- about 30 miles outside of Atlanta -- called the videos "shocking" and "disturbing" and announced today that two officers had been fired and that criminal investigations had begun.The first video to surface shows […]

Ingram Publishing/iStock/Thinkstock(UPPER MARLBORO, Md.) -- Emergency responders rescued 20 people stuck on a stalled roller coaster at Six Flags America in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, fire officials said Thursday.Prince George's County Fire and EMS Department Chief Spokesperson Mark Brady wrote on Twitter that the two dozen riders were "upright" and that no one appeared to be in distress.Video from the scene showed a ladder from a fire truck being extended to […]

IanMcD/iStock/Thinkstock(COLUMBIA, TN.) -- The family of Tad Cummins, the former Tennessee teacher who has been missing for one month and is suspected to have kidnapped his 15-year-old student, spoke out in an exclusive interview with ABC News, asking him to come home."No matter where you are, Daddy, no matter what you’ve done we just want you to come home," Cummin’s daughter, Erica Osborne, 29, said. "We miss you so much. […]

IanMcD/iStock/Thinkstock(COLUMBIA, TN.) -- The family of Tad Cummins, the former Tennessee teacher who has been missing for one month and is suspected to have kidnapped his 15-year-old student, spoke out in an exclusive interview with ABC News, asking him to come home."No matter where you are, Daddy, no matter what you’ve done we just want you to come home," Cummin’s daughter, Erica Osborne, 29, said. "We miss you so much. […]

DenKuvaiev/iStock/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) -- A suspect in the murder of a Chicago judge allegedly surveilled the judge's girlfriend for several weeks before the attack, prosecutors said on Thursday.The attack left Cook County, Illinois, criminal court Judge Raymond Myles dead and his girlfriend wounded.Prosecutors pointed to robbery as a motive at a bond hearing today for 37-year-old Joshua Smith, who is being charged with crimes including first-degree murder in the killing.Smith gave a […]

KatarzynaBialasiewicz/iStock/Thinkstock(PEEBLES, Ohio) -- Nearly one year has passed since killers "came in like thieves in the night," the local sheriff said, gunning down eight family members in four homes along rural roads in Pike County, Ohio, but the shocking murder is still unsolved.Some of the family members, who were found April 22, 2016, were found shot to death in their beds, including a woman as she was lying in bed […]

DenKuvaiev/iStock/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) -- A suspect in the murder of a Chicago judge allegedly surveilled the judge's girlfriend for several weeks before the attack, prosecutors said on Thursday.The attack left Cook County, Illinois, criminal court Judge Raymond Myles dead and his girlfriend wounded.Prosecutors pointed to robbery as a motive at a bond hearing today for 37-year-old Joshua Smith, who is being charged with crimes including first-degree murder in the killing.Smith gave a […]

KatarzynaBialasiewicz/iStock/Thinkstock(PEEBLES, Ohio) -- Nearly one year has passed since killers "came in like thieves in the night," the local sheriff said, gunning down eight family members in four homes along rural roads in Pike County, Ohio, but the shocking murder is still unsolved.Some of the family members, who were found April 22, 2016, were found shot to death in their beds, including a woman as she was lying in bed […]

praisaeng/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- A passenger flying on United Airlines was stung by what appeared to be a scorpion last week, according to the airline.The passenger was stung on a flight from Houston to Calgary, United said in a statement to ABC News. After the passenger was stung, the flight crew immediately consulted with a MedLink physician on the ground, who provided guidance and informed them that the sting was not […]