ABC News(DALLAS) -- Brandt Jean, the 18-year-old who hugged Amber Guyger, the woman convicted of killing his brother, in court spoke out for the first time about the moment that shocked the nation and spurred a national conversation on forgiveness."I just told her that I forgave her and with usual instances the words only, they mean something, but I felt that wasn’t enough," Jean said in an exclusive interview Friday […]
Hillsborough County Sheriffs Office (NEW YORK) -- A Florida woman is behind bars and facing 24 counts of making a destructive device with an attempt to harm after being turned in by her parents.Just after 5 p.m. Thursday, the parents of 27-year-old Michelle Kolts called 911 after allegedly finding bomb-making materials in their home, officials said. When deputies entered Kolts’ room, they found dozens of weapons including 24 pipe bombs, […]
Courtesy Kings County Sheriffs Office(TACOMA, Wash.) -- Twenty-eight years after a 16-year-old girl was found slain outside her Washington state high school, a man is now in custody, linked by DNA to the crime, authorities say. Patrick Nicholas, now 55, is accused of killing Sarah Yarborough on Dec. 14, 1991, when she arrived at her high school in Federal Way, just outside of Tacoma, on an early Saturday morning to […]
Warner Bros. Pictures(HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.) -- A “credible” threat over the new psychological thriller “Joker" forced a California movie theater to close down temporarily, police said. Authorities were called to the Century Huntington Beach and XD theater on Thursday about a possible threat in response to the opening of the film, which has been cause for concern over the possibility that it will incite violence, according to a statement from […]
shaunl/iStock(IOWA CITY, IA) -- Thousands of climate marchers gathered in Iowa City, Iowa, Friday as part of the ongoing global Climate Strike marches. Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish activist who helped spearhead these "Fridays for Future" protests, made an appearance at the Iowa march. Thunberg has called on governments and corporations around the world to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions and heed the warnings from scientists. She's said there […]
Wendy Van/iStock(ATHENS, Ohio) -- Five months after the death of a student in an alleged hazing incident led to the expulsion of one of its fraternities, Ohio University has suspended all 15 of its Interfraternity Council (IFC) fraternity chapters amid new reports of hazing. Ohio University Senior Associate Vice President and Dean of Students Jenny Halls-Jones made the announcement in a two-page letter sent to all IFC presidents Thursday. "Last […]
BlakeDavidTaylor/iStock(KILLEEN, Texas) -- A soldier who was hailed a hero after he said he helped save children during the Walmart El Paso shooting has been arrested for military desertion, officials said. Glendon Oakley Jr., 22, was arrested in the early morning hours on Thursday in Killeen, Texas, a spokesman for Harker Heights Police Department, Lt. Stephen Miller, told ABC News. Police made the arrest after the military issued a warrant […]
iStock(BOSTON) -- Police in Boston are searching for a suspect who killed a college student in an alleged post-party fight.Boston police said Daniel Hollis, a 19-year-old sophomore at Emerson College, was found "unconscious and suffering from a head injury" when police responded to calls about an assault and battery in the Brighton neighborhood at around 1:30 a.m. Saturday. He died Wednesday in a local hospital.The Boston Police Department put out […]
iStock(FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.) -- A Florida woman was on a walk with her husband when she was reportedly attacked by a bobcat early Friday, officials said.The couple was walking on a path within their apartment complex in Lauderhill, near Fort Lauderdale, when they called 911 at 5:14 a.m. to report an attack by a bobcat, Lauderhill Assistant Fire Chief Jeff Levy told ABC News.Her husband tried to fight off the […]
