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La Porte Police Department(HOUSTON) -- Newly released dashcam footage shows Texas police officers snatching an apparently distraught woman from the edge of a 180-foot bridge as she sat precariously with her legs dangling over the Houston Ship Channel. “Ma’am. Come talk to me, ma’am,” one of the La Porte, Texas, officers said to the woman as the three officers gingerly approached her Monday night on the Fred Hartman Bridge. “You’re […]

ABCNews.com(NEW YORK) --  Daniel Liu has aspirations to one day go to Harvard or the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Until then, he will spend lots of time in a University of Toledo laboratory -- where he has studied since he was 11. He is now 12. An assistant professor of chemistry at the university who is part of Daniel's research team said he was skeptical at first that an 11-year-old […]

Mario Tama/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) --  The number of deaths in Puerto Rico spiked dramatically toward the end of 2017, according to data released Friday by the island's Demographic Registry, bolstering claims of an undercount of fatalities related to Hurricane Maria. The figures show that there was an increase of 1,397 deaths on the island during the September through December 2017 compared to the same period the year before. Hurricane Maria made […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) --  Vermont is more than the place that provides the nation with delicious maple syrup, Ben and Jerry's ice cream and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders. Now, it's the state that will pay you up to $10,000 in moving and business expenses to move there. On May 30, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signed a bill committing his state to paying people to pack their bags, move to his state […]

iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) --  An alleged car thief suspected of driving under the influence led police on an odd, slow-speed car chase through the surface streets of Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley, according to ABC Los Angeles station KABC-TV. The chase began Thursday around 10:15 p.m. in Reseda and ended over an hour later in Los Angeles, KABC reported. It took four spike strips and nine different pit maneuvers […]

iStock/Thinkstock(MIAMI) -- An airport worker suffered minor injuries Friday, after his van plunged off the fourth floor of an airport parking lot, crashing into the roadway below. According to the Miami-Dade Police Department, the American Airlines employee, an adult male in his mid-50s whose identity has not been revealed, was behind the wheel of a company van when he drove through a wall in the employee parking garage. The van […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NASHVILLE) -- The fugitive who allegedly killed a sheriff's sergeant has been captured and charged with premeditated murder after a days-long manhunt in Tennessee, authorities said. Steven Wiggins, who had been on the run since the fatal shooting in Dickson County earlier this week, was taken into custody Friday morning, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI). An image of Wiggins released by the TBI showed him in handcuffs […]

Abcnews.com(ATLANTA) -- Two Georgia parents are facing fines and prison time for allegedly giving their 15-year-old son marijuana to treat his seizure disorder, authorities said. Suzeanna and Matthew Brill of Macon were arrested in April on reckless conduct charges after an investigation by the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services determined the pair had allowed their son, David, to smoke marijuana to deal with the seizures, Twiggs County Sheriff […]

iStock/Thinkstock(DENVER) --  An Uber driver allegedly shot and killed his passenger in Denver on a major interstate early Friday morning, police said. The shooting happened as the vehicle drove across a ramp from University Boulevard bridge to southbound Interstate 25 in Colorado's capital city, forcing the temporary closure of the roadway through morning rush hour. Footage from the scene showed the silver sedan had crashed into the wall at the […]