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iStock/Thinkstock(LANCASTER, Calif.) -- A 10–year-old California boy has died after a fall investigators are calling “suspicious" and authorities removed seven other children from the apartment where the child was found, ABC station KABC reported.Anthony Avalos was found unresponsive in his family's apartment in Lancaster on Wednesday, reportedly suffering from a fall, officials said.Deputies from the Lancaster station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department responded to the apartment complex on […]

Greenville Police Department(GREENVILLE, S.C.) -- A man in South Carolina with gun tattoo on his face has been arrested for illegally possessing a gun.Michael Vines, who is federally prohibited from possessing a firearm, allegedly tried tossing away a loaded .38-caliber revolver after a recent car accident and was spotted by firefighters responding to the scene, police said.The Greenville firefighters alerted Greenville Police, who provided details of the arrest on the […]

Justin Merriman/Getty Images(PITTSBURGH) -- An unarmed African-American teenager killed by police while fleeing a traffic stop this week wrote a poem two years ago saying he never wants his mother to feel the pain of burying her son.Antwon Rose, 17, was shot dead by an East Pittsburgh police officer Tuesday after the teen and two others were pulled over in a car believed to have been connected to an earlier […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Hundreds of thousands of people upset about the separation of immigrant families at the border are putting their money into the fight, and making history in the process.A Facebook fundraiser called "Reunite an immigrant parent with their child" has now raised more than $18.5 million in less than a week, with more than 481,000 people contributing.A Facebook representative told ABC News it is the largest fundraiser to […]

NYPD(NEW YORK) --  The New York Police Department is searching for a man who allegedly attacked his wife and chopped off her arm with a knife.Police said the man, 35-year-old Yong Lu, attacked his 35-year-old wife on June 21 in the vicinity of 55th Street and 5th Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. The woman's right arm was severed as well as two fingers on her left hand, a NYPD spokesperson […]

The Gorilla Foundation/Koko.org(NEW YORK) -- Koko, the western lowland gorilla who learned sign language and became a pop-culture phenomenon, has died at the age of 46, the group that cared for her announced Thursday.The Gorilla Foundation, headed by Dr. Francine "Penny" Patterson, the animal psychologist who taught Koko sign language, announced that the famed super-simian died in her sleep Tuesday morning at the organization's preserve in Woodside, California."I'm totally aware […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Three-quarters of Americans say immigration is a good thing, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday.The number -- 75 percent -- is a "record-high" and includes majorities from all party groups, according to Gallup.The findings are based on a poll conduced between June 1 and June 13.Last year, 71 percent of those polled said they believe immigration is a good thing, while just 19 percent considered it […]

iStock/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) -- After the University of Chicago announced late last week it's scrapping a requirement for applicants to submit SAT or ACT test scores, some experts predict other colleges may soon do the same."I know other schools will follow," Bob Schaeffer, public education director at the nonprofit National Center for Fair and Open Testing, told Good Morning America. "It's a huge trend.""Evidence shows that there are better ways to determine […]

U.S. Geological Survey(HONOLULU) -- Lava from the Kilauea volcano eruption on the Big Island in Hawaii makes for very photogenic selfies and social media posts, but authorities are cracking down on thrill-seekers who are getting too close for comfort.Since the volcano first erupted on May 3, bubbling lava, molten rock and fissures have forced thousands of residents to evacuate the area. Some visitors, however, have posted selfies standing mere feet […]