Bend Fire Department(WARM SPRINGS, Oregan) -- A motorcyclist died on Saturday after crashing into a bear in Oregon.Rhett Larson, who worked as a firefighter in Bend, Oregon, was killed when he hit the bear and fell off his motorcycle, police told Oregon ABC affiliate KATU. Larson was then stuck by an oncoming SUV on Highway 26 near Warm Springs.Larson was returning from Portland at the time of the accident, Oregon […]
ChiccoDodiFC/iStock/Thinkstock(SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.) -- As authorities in neighboring Arizona cities ramp up their investigations into the killings of a famed forensic psychiatrist and two paralegals, police have identified the victim of another fatal shooting -- which may be connected the others.Marshall Levine was found shot to death just after midnight on Saturday, according to the Scottsdale Police Department.The 72-year-old man's body was discovered by an acquaintance inside of his Scottsdale office […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(PARKLAND, Fla.) -- Nearly four months after a mass shooting killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the class of 2018 graduated and posthumous diplomas were presented to families of the four seniors who lost their lives.Hundreds of seniors from the high school in Parkland, Florida, were clad in sashes that read "MSD Strong" as they walked across the stage to accept their diplomas during a […]
nirat/iStock/Thinkstock(MARSHFIELD, Mass.) -- Tyler Soloman walked up to his graduation stage like the rest of the 336 fellow students to receive a diploma.But he got so much more.While handed the scrolled document, Marshfield High School Principal Robert Keuther shook Tyler's hand and then stalled him."Hold one sec," the principal can be seen in a video telling Tyler.In the foreground appeared a sight that lit up Tyler's eyes.U.S. Army Sgt. Damon […]
Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images(KAPOHO, Hawaii) -- Approximately twelve people are currently trapped in the Hawaiian town of Kapoho by lava that continues to flow from the Kilauea volcano.Hawaii State Senator Kai Kahele told ABC News that the people likely refused to evacuate the town when orders to do so were given. At least three people were airlifted out of the area early Sunday, and the others remaining will either […]
ABC News (PARKLAND, Fla.) -- Joaquin Oliver was one of the 17 students and faculty murdered on Valentine's Day at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, when a former student allegedly opened fire with an AR-15-style rifle.On Sunday, his fellow seniors will walk across The BB&T Center stage to accept their diplomas.But Joaquin and three other seniors gunned down -- Nicholas Dworet, Meadow Pollack, and Carmen Schentrup -- […]
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Deafening chants of "We want Bobby!" filled the stifling Embassy Room of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles around midnight on June 5, 1968, as New York Sen. Robert Francis Kennedy weaved his way across a jam-packed stage.When he finally reached the microphones, they weren't working."Can we get something that works?" the senator shouted to his aides in a Boston Brahmin accent that reminded […]
ABC News (SANFORD, Maine) -- A woman in Maine has been charged with manslaughter after she hit a man while driving out of control onto a baseball field during a little league game Friday evening.Carol Sharrow, of Sanford, Maine, allegedly blew through a gate and drove onto the field at Goodall Park, sending players and bystanders scattering for safety, police said. The woman turned around right in the middle of […]
KTRK(CLEVELAND, Texas) -- Most toddlers are learning how to write or count. Thankfully, one Texas 3-year-old learned how to call 911.Dorothy Craig, of Cleveland, Texas, may very well have saved her mother's life -- or her siblings' lives -- on Wednesday when she collapsed and fell unconscious on the floor, according to Houston ABC station KTRK.That's when Dorothy, not even old enough to go to school, sprang into action. The […]
