Year: 2017

Ron Chapple Stock/Thinkstock(ATLANTA) -- A man has been charged with arson in connection with a fire that led to the collapse of a heavily-used highway overpass in Atlanta.The man, Basil Eleby, had already been charged with first-degree criminal damage to property in connection with Thursday's blaze that led to the fall of a heavily-used Interstate 85 overpass.The arson charge against Eleby was added Saturday. The suspect, who remains in Fulton […]

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) -- Surveillance footage showing a Tennessee high school student at a Walmart in Oklahoma with the former teacher who allegedly kidnapped her has given hope to the teen's distraught family.“It was good to be able to see her face,” Elizabeth Thomas' father, Anthony, told ABC News on Friday. “I feel at least hopeful that I’ve seen her.”After receiving a tip late Thursday, investigators obtained […]

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) -- Surveillance footage showing a Tennessee high school student at a Walmart in Oklahoma with the former teacher who allegedly kidnapped her has given hope to the teen's distraught family.“It was good to be able to see her face,” Elizabeth Thomas' father, Anthony, told ABC News on Friday. “I feel at least hopeful that I’ve seen her.”After receiving a tip late Thursday, investigators obtained […]

iStock/Thinkstock(SAN FRANCISCO) --  The man who created the LGBT community's now-iconic symbol -- the rainbow flag -- has died.Gilbert Baker died in his sleep at his apartment in New York City's Harlem neighborhood, San Francisco supervisor Jeff Sheehy told ABC affiliate KGO. Baker was 65. #GilbertBaker gave us the #rainbowflag; a gift of hope born #WhereYouLive. We'll miss your colorful spirit, Gilbert. https://t.co/46VJvoLIJ0 pic.twitter.com/hNKYb48hFq— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) April 1, 2017 […]

iStock/Thinkstock(TAMPA, Fla.) --  One person is dead and at least four others are injured following a drive-by shooting in a parking lot in Tampa, Florida, police said.Police received a report of the shooting at 4:30 a.m. in a parking lot adjacent to a hookah lounge, The Palace Lounge, Tampa Police Department public information officer Steve Hegarty told ABC News.Hegarty said there was some sort of argument, after which the shooter […]

Pacharada17/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Almost everyone has fallen victim to an April Fools’ Day joke. But why does this tomfoolery take place every year on April 1?The origin of the holiday is a bit tricky.Some historians trace back the impish tradition to Geoffrey Chaucer's “The Canterbury Tales” in 1392. One of them, called “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale,” is a mock-heroic that emphasizes foolishness.The tale is set on “March 32,” which could […]

Pacharada17/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Almost everyone has fallen victim to an April Fools’ Day joke. But why does this tomfoolery take place every year on April 1?The origin of the holiday is a bit tricky.Some historians trace back the impish tradition to Geoffrey Chaucer's “The Canterbury Tales” in 1392. One of them, called “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale,” is a mock-heroic that emphasizes foolishness.The tale is set on “March 32,” which could […]