WABC-TV(NEW YORK) -- The Brooklyn, New York man accused of murdering Queens jogger Karina Vetrano has now also been charged with sexual abuse in the case, the Queens District Attorney's Office said.Chanel Lewis, 20, was arrested in February for second-degree murder, a little over six months after 30-year-old Vetrano's death. She was fatally strangled on Aug. 2, 2016, while jogging alone in Howard Beach in the borough of Queens, on […]
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation(COLUMBIA, Tenn.) -- Elizabeth Thomas may still be out of sight, but she's not out of mind.A tree was planted Wednesday in a Columbia, Tennessee, park in honor of the 15-year-old, who was allegedly kidnapped three weeks ago by her former teacher, Tad Cummins, 50.So far, there's only been one confirmed sighting of the pair: At a Wal-Mart in Oklahoma City on March 15, two days […]
ABC News(SAN DIEGO) -- This suspect was caught by the seat of his pants, you could say.A man who is under arrest for allegedly hitting another man in the head with a rock tried to run from police but failed miserably.The alleged victim was standing near an apartment complex in San Diego on Monday when the suspect hit him in the head with a rock, according to police.The suspect, whom […]
Twitter/@WestMetroFire(GOLDEN, Colo.) -- A hiker in Colorado has been rescued after she was trapped beneath a 1,500-pound boulder in the Rocky Mountains, according to officials.The 30-year-old woman was unconscious when firefighters pulled the boulder off her on North Table Mountain in Jefferson County, according to West Metro Fire Rescue. She suffered multiple fractures and was in critical condition when she was found by first responders, who worked quickly to stabilize […]
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- A white Maryland man accused of roaming the streets of New York City looking for a black person to "assassinate" pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning to multiple counts of murder, including murder as an act of terrorism.James Jackson, 28, who is accused of fatally stabbing 66-year-old Timothy Caughman on March 20, is the first defendant charged with murder as an act of terrorism in Manhattan since the […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A majority of Americans approve of the Affordable Care Act -- the signature legislation from President Barack Obama -- for the first time, according to a new poll from Gallup.The health care plan was signed into law in 2010 and has drawn both praise and criticism since then.Gallup reports that the shift was most noticeable among independents as their approval went from 40 percent in November […]
Facebook(ORLANDO, Fla.) -- Noor Salman, the wife of Orlando nightclub gunman Omar Mateen, has given up her extradition fight and will return to Florida to face the federal charges against her.Salman, who was arrested by the FBI in San Francisco in January, signed a document Monday agreeing to the transfer. As of Wednesday morning she is still being held at the Santa Rita jail in Dublin, California.The U.S. attorney's office […]
iStock/Thinkstock(CAMP SPRINGS, Md.) — Air Force officials confirm that an F-16 fighter jet with the DC Air National Guard’s 113th Fighter Wing has crashed in suburban Maryland near Joint Base Andrews.Master Sgt. Craig Clapper, a spokesman for the 113th Fighter Wing, told ABC News the pilot was able to eject safely and has non life-threatening injuries.Another Air Force official said the aircraft had gone down south of National Harbor in […]
The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office(YAKIMA, Wash.) — Police are searching for two "dangerous” inmates who escaped from a correctional center in Washington state Tuesday.Authorities said the men, who escaped from the Yakima County Correctional Center, in Yakima, Washington, "should be considered dangerous.”The inmates, both from the Spokane, Washington area, had been arrested and booked at the Kootenai County Jail in Idaho, but were transferred to the Washington correctional center because […]
