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iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Investigators on Saturday continued scouring the home of a kidnapping suspect in Springfield, Massachusetts, where three dead bodies have already been found in and around the unassuming, green clapboard house. "Needless to say, the search has been very thorough, it's very painstaking and it's very much ongoing and it remains active," Hampden County District Attorney Anthony Gulluni told reporters Friday. The district attorney said the probe could […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- A dog on a cross-country flight was found dead in its cage upon arriving at its destination airport on Wednesday, according to the pet's owners and the airline. “I want to know what happened," said Michael Dellegrazie who with his girlfriend owned the Pomeranian named Alejandro. "The dog is not a pet. He's a member of our family.” Alejandro was sent on a Delta Airlines flight from […]

iStock/Thinkstock(PHOENIX) -- The killing of two paralegals has been tied to the recent murder of the notable forensic psychiatrist who worked on the JonBenet Ramsey case in Phoenix the day before, Arizona police said.Veleria Sharp, 48, and Laura Anderson, 49, were both shot about 2:15 p.m. on Friday near the law office where they worked as paralegals.One of the women was shot in the head and attempted to get help […]

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- A dirty tissue led to the arrest of one of the most-prolific serial killers in U.S. history, according to a newly unsealed search and arrest warrant. After four days of deliberation, a judge unsealed the 100-plus page warrant on Friday for alleged "Golden State Killer" Joseph DeAngelo in connection to at least 57 attacks and 13 murders starting in the mid-1970s. The warrant alleges the […]

Steven Ferdman/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations (RICO) lawsuit filed Friday in a Manhattan federal court accuses Harvey Weinstein’s defense attorney of deceiving a Connecticut woman who accused Weinstein of rape. Melissa Thompson’s claim was included in a proposed class-action lawsuit in which she and two other women allege they were sexually assaulted by the disgraced film producer. Thompson said that during a 2011 meeting in […]

Daytona Beach Police Department(DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.) --   A man speeding through the streets of Volusia County, Florida, had the help of police as he raced to take his wife who was in labor to the hospital, according to police. “Six officers stopped traffic so that Richie Kumm and Casidhe Kennedy could get to Halifax Hospital FAST after Casidhe's water had broken. About 20 minutes after arriving at Halifax, beautiful baby […]

Ohio House of Representatives (NEW YORK) -- Ohio state Rep. Emilia Sykes has had trouble on multiple occasions getting into the statehouse building and was even once told by security that she didn't "look like a legislator," she told ABC News. The state representative for the 34th district in Ohio said she believes she has been discriminated against because of her race in her own place of work. On Wednesday, […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- A slow-moving cold front is pushing through the Northeast and mid-Atlantic on Saturday morning, bringing rounds of strong thunderstorms to area. The cold front will slide south on Saturday and as it does so, a new disturbance will develop in the mid-Atlantic and stall over the region through the weekend. The primary concern is for more heavy rain, which could lead to flash flooding. A new flash […]

Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- On the first day of “Wear Orange Weekend,” the National Rifle Association and gun control advocates traded barbs on Twitter. Wear Orange Weekend is an initiative started by Everytown for Gun Safety, an organization launched in 2014 by former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg to lobby for more stringent gun control. Supporters were encouraged to wear orange starting all weekend starting on […]