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Lucille Holt Colden(MAPLE HEIGHTS, Ohio) -- A 12-year-old Ohio boy who operates his own lawn mowing business has gained more customers after one neighbor called the police one him for mowing part of her yard.Maple Heights resident Lucille Holt had employed 12-year-old Reginald Fields, who owns Mr. Reggie's Lawn Cutting Service, to mow her lawn on Saturday, she told ABC Cleveland affiliate WEWS.Reginald's cousins often help him work, and one […]

Twitter/@capgaznews(ANNAPOLIS, Maryland) -- The blood was fresh on the newsroom floor and the grief of its staff raw, but the Capital Gazette of Annapolis, Maryland, promised it would publish a newspaper on Friday. Hours later, freshly printed papers were on doorsteps around coastal Maryland. Just hours after a gunman stormed the newspaper killing five people and wounding several, the surviving members of its staff said they were determined not to […]

Twitter/@jessica_roy(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) -- In the aftermath of the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, LGBTQ communities around the country united around the phrase “love is love.” When a gunman opened fire during Sunday service at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, earlier this year, Christian leaders around the world — including Pope Francis — sent prayers.On Thursday, a 38-year-old gunman entered a newsroom in Maryland, and allegedly […]

iStock/Thinkstock(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) -- When a gunman stormed into the newsroom of the local Capital Gazette newspaper, intern Anthony Messenger made his first-ever call to 911. The college senior continued to call for help as shots were being fired -- but couldn't speak into the phone."I thought we were going to die," he told ABC News. Messenger then passed his phone to his co-worker Selene San Felice so she could call […]

WJLA-TV(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) -- The shooting at a Maryland newsroom that killed five people was a targeted attack, according to local police.Anne Arundel Police Department Bill Krampf said that the assailant, armed with a shotgun, looked for victims in the newsroom of the Capital Gazette, a daily newspaper in Annapolis, which is located in the first floor of a multi-office building."He looked for his victims as he walked through the lower […]

iStock/Thinkstock(KINGSLAND, Ga.) -- A Georgia police officer was arrested and charged with voluntary manslaughter after he allegedly shot and killed an unarmed man who ran from him following a traffic stop, authorities said.Officer Zechariah Presley, 25, a member of the Kingsland Police Department, surrendered on Wednesday to the Camden County Sheriff's Office after a warrant for his arrest was obtained by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.It is the second time […]

WJLA-TV(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) -- A reporter described the scene from inside the building of a Maryland newsroom where an active shooting opened fire on employees as a "war zone."Phil Davis, a courts and crime reporter for the Capital Gazette, a daily Annapolis newspaper, wrote that a single gunman shot through the glass door to the office and then opened fired on employees.Davis said he was taking cover under his desk when […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Strong thunderstorms are moving into the Northeast Thursday morning before some of the hottest temperatures this year, beginning Friday.Some of Thursday's thunderstorms could produce very heavy rainfall and flash flooding in spots. More thunderstorms will develop in the region during the day on Thursday, with an isolated severe thunderstorm possible and localized flash flooding. The greatest risk for flash flooding will be through parts of New […]

KOIN-TV(PORTLAND) -- A tent encampment erected by protesters that prompted the closure of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Portland, Oregon, was being dismantled by federal law enforcement agents.Federal officers wearing riot gear and wielding batons moved in about 5:30 a.m. Pacific Time on Thursday and began tearing apart tents and makeshift barricades that blocked the front entrance of the facility.At least eight protesters who apparently refused to […]