Miami-Dade Police Department(MIAMI) — A Miami-Dade police officer was charged this week for forcefully arresting a woman, and then making false statements about what happened, in an incident that sparked outrage after video of the incident went viral. Police bodycam footage and a cell phone video recorded by the woman’s friend showed the officer, Alejandro …
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May 04
Richard Brown, longtime NYC DA who prosecuted Karina Vetrano case, dies at 86
iStock Photo/deberarr(NEW YORK) — Longtime Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown died late Friday. He was 86 years old. In January, Brown announced that he would not seek re-election and step down on June 1, “due to increasing health problems associated with Parkinson’s Disease,” according to a statement from Queens Chief Assistant District Attorney John …
May 04
1 dead, 2 missing in ‘ground-shaking’ plant explosion in Illinois
Twitter/@LakeCoILSheriff(CHICAGO) — One worker was pronounced dead and two colleagues were missing Saturday after an explosion rocked a manufacturing plant outside Chicago, authorities said. The body of a worker who had been missing was recovered and handed over to the Lake County coroner, Waukegan Fire Marshal Steve Lenzi told ABC News. Meanwhile, the search for …
May 04
Parents film newborn baby girl being dropped on head by doctor: ‘Treated like a sack of potatoes’
KNXV(PHOENIX) — Derrick and Monique Rodgers say they weren’t looking for much after he captured hospital staff dropping their newborn baby on its head moments after birth. An apology would have sufficed. Instead, Chandler Regional Medical Center in Arizona has given them the runaround and they decided to share the video publicly. The couple’s twins, …
May 04
Tyson recalls additional 11.7 million pounds of chicken strips
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Tyson Foods is massively expanding a previous recall for its brand of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strips due to consumers finding pieces of metal in them. The company issued a recall for 69,093 pounds of chicken strips on March 21, but it is now expanding that to 11,829,517 million pounds, according to …
May 04
Department of Defense Boeing 737 plane skids off Florida runway into the water; 21 taken to hospital
iStock Photo/Bogdan Khmelnytskyi(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — A Department of Defense plane from Guantanamo Bay skidded off a runway into shallow water in Jacksonville, Florida, late Friday, but officials said there were no serious injuries. Jacksonville Fire and Rescue said 21 passengers were transported to the hospital, all in good condition. There were two “very minor” injuries, …
May 04
Texas woman seeks to change law after DNA test reveals shocking truth about her genetic family tree
ABC News(CENTER, Texas) — Eve Wiley’s story wasn’t always so complicated. She was born in 1987 and grew up in Center, Texas, a small town just a few miles from the Louisiana border. Her father, Doug, a teacher at the local high school, died when she was seven, so her mother, Margo, the school nurse, …
May 04
North Korea launches ‘barrage’ of short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan: Officials
iStock/Thinkstock(PYONGYANG, North Korea) — In a surprise move, North Korea launched a “barrage” of unidentified short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, American and South Korean military officials confirmed to ABC News on Friday evening. The missiles were launched at about 9 a.m. local time on Saturday in North Korea from a peninsula on North …
May 03
Apple CEO Tim Cook talks protecting customers’ private data, limiting screen time: ‘You are not our product’
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Apple CEO Tim Cook is worried – about the protection of personal data, kids’ relationships with their devices, and the amount of time consumers are spending on devices. In an exclusive interview, Cook told ABC News’ Diane Sawyer that Apple is working hard to promote increased regulation of the use and …
May 03
Alleged burglar arrested for 2017 home invasion of former ‘RHONJ’ reality star: Officials
Robin Marchant/Getty Images for Cantor Fitzgerald(NEW YORK) — An alleged home invader was arrested on Friday for the 2017 burglary involving former “Real Housewife of New Jersey” reality star Dina Manzo and her then fiancée David Cantin. Manzo, then 46, and Cantin, then 37, entered the front door of their Holmdel, New Jersey, townhouse on …
