U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Morgan K. Nall(WASHINGTON) — A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed within 12 miles of the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Monday in a challenge to China’s maritime territorial claims that will likely set off renewed Chinese complaints. “The guided-missile destroyer USS Preble conducted …
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May 20
Duchess Kate brings her kids to enjoy new garden she designed for early childhood development
Yui Mok – WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) — Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, unveiled the “Back to Nature” garden she helped design at the RHS Chelsea Flower show this weekend. The duchess’ garden was created with a particular purpose — to encourage children to play outside — tying into the focus of her work on how …
May 20
Violent, long-lasting tornadoes threaten Oklahoma, Texas
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Over the weekend, 41 tornadoes were reported across eight states as severe storms again target the heartland. Violent, potentially life-threatening tornadoes may strike western Texas and Oklahoma as the threat of severe storms stretches all the way into Kansas. Six states also are under flood alerts, with flash flooding a major …
May 20
NJ police seen on video pinning down, punching 19-year-old during arrest
TheaDesign/iStock(DOVER, N.J.) — A video recorded during a violent arrest shows at least one New Jersey police officer punching a suspect who’s pinned to the ground. Cyprian Luke, 19, was apprehended around 2 a.m. on Saturday because of a warrant tied to a domestic case, ABC New York station WABC-TV reported. He and a friend …
May 20
Transgender woman brutally attacked on video last month fatally shot in Dallas
ChiccoDodiFC/iStock(DALLAS) — A transgender woman seen brutally attacked in a widely circulated video last month was shot to death in Dallas over the weekend. Muhlaysia Booker, 23, was found “lying face down” on a Dallas road early Saturday morning, police said, adding to a fast-growing number of homicides involving people who identify as transgender. Officers …
May 20
Suspected serial rapist arrested in second cold case murder nearly 45 years later
San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office(PALO ALTO, Calif.) — A former Stanford University employee was arrested in connection to a cold case murder from the 1970s this week, just months after genetic genealogy linked him to another decades-old slaying. John Arthur Getreu, 74, already was in custody on Thursday when officers with the San Mateo County …
May 19
Billionaire philanthropist shocks Morehouse grads by promising to pay off loans
Marcus Ingram/Getty Images(ATLANTA) — While most commencement speakers offer words of encouragement to college graduates headed into the cold and cruel work world, billionaire philanthropist Robert Smith left the class of 2019 at Morehouse University inspired and astonished by his pledge to “put a little fuel in your bus.” During his keynote graduation address on …
May 19
Columbine High shooting survivor dies from ‘the very disease he fought’: Family
iStock/wellesenterprises(NEW YORK) — He survived the Columbine High School mass shooting, but a 20-year battle with drug addiction that followed, one that Austin Eubanks had publicly said started with pills given to ease his pain from bullet wounds suffered in the 1999 rampage, has now cost him his life, his family said. Eubanks, 37, was …
May 19
4 Americans die in small plane crash in Honduras
iStock/bluefox42(NEW YORK) — Four Americans have died after a small plane plummeted into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Honduras, according to the U.S. State Department. “We express our condolences to all those affected by this tragedy,” a State Department spokesperson told ABC News. “We extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends …
May 19
US-China trade war could hit American pet owners in the wallet
iStock/Chalabala(NEW YORK) — U.S. pet owners could soon feel the impact of America’s intensifying trade war with China deep down in their pockets. Earlier this month, President Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. And China’s Finance Ministry responded by placing a tariff on $60 billion worth of U.S. …