Courtesy Keith Smith(BALTIMORE) — The killing of a Baltimore woman took a stunning twist Sunday when her husband and stepdaughter were arrested on murder charges, two months after they claimed a black man panhandling with a woman and a baby stabbed her when she gave them money. Jacquelyn Smith, 54, was stabbed to death just …
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Mar 03
Tornado leaves at least 10 dead as dangerous winds rip through Alabama
clintspencer/iStock(BEAUREGARD, Ala.) — At least 10 people were killed in southeastern Alabama on Sunday as damaging tornadoes winds swept through the area, according to Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones. The deaths were in Lee County, about 60 miles northeast of Montgomery, and the death toll is expected to rise, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said. …
Mar 03
29 deported parents return to US, hope to reunite with their separated children
ABC News(SAN ANTONIO) — This story is a part of an ongoing ABC News project called Borderline, documenting immigration at the US-Mexico border. At a San Antonio airport one day last May, Jesus, an immigrant from Honduras, waited for his 6-year-old son, Ariel, from whom he had been separated days earlier when the pair was …
Mar 03
Winter storm could dump 6 to 8 inches of snow on New York City; bring tornadoes, hail to South
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A new winter storm racing across the country will bring snow from the Plains to the Midwest during the day before bringing significant snow to the Northeast and severe weather to the South late Sunday. Dangerously cold air, with wind chills as low as minus 40, will move into parts of …
Mar 03
‘Miracle’ ending in Northern California as sisters Caroline and Leia Carrico, ages 5 and 8, found alive
Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office(SAN FRANCISCO) — Two young sisters have been found alive after wandering away from their Northern California, home and spending two nights in a cold, rainy forest, according to their mother and the local sheriff. The girls, 8-year-old Leia Carrico, and her 5-year-old sister, Caroline, were found by rescuers Sunday morning in …
Mar 03
SpaceX capsule becomes 1st commercial spacecraft to dock with International Space Station
ABC News/NASA(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) — SpaceX’s unmanned Dragon spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station early Sunday, one day after it blast into space using a Falcon 9 rocket. After taking off around 2:50 a.m. EST on Saturday, the capsule docked just before 6 a.m. Sunday, about 27 hours after liftoff. It will be …
Mar 03
4 women fined, sentenced to probation for leaving water for migrants crossing US-Mexico border
Phototreat/iStock(YUMA, Arizona) — A federal judge sentenced four women to 15 months probation and a $250 fine each on Friday as a result of charges stemming from leaving out jugs of water and cans of beans for migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. The women were convicted in January of operating a vehicle without a permit …
Mar 03
2 dead, several injured as car hits pedestrians in New Orleans while city celebrates Mardi Gras: Police
Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office(NEW ORLEANS) — Two people are dead and several others were injured after a car allegedly crashed into a number of bicyclists and pedestrians in New Orleans — about two miles away from the Mardi Gras festivities, police said. The New Orleans Police Department said it has a suspect involved with the …
Mar 03
Police arrest alleged hit-and-run driver after a crash that seriously injured a college student
Jim Gill(SARASOTA, Fla.) — A Florida driver was arrested on Saturday after allegedly leaving the scene of a serious accident earlier this week that left a college student with brain injuries. Zachari Brock, 24, of Bradenton, is facing felony charges for leaving the scene of a crash involving serious injury and driving without a valid …
Mar 02
U.S. ends annual Spring military exercises with South Korea
Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Seeking to give diplomatic efforts to denuclearize North Korea more of a chance, the U.S. and South Korea have decided to stop holding the large-scale annual spring exercises that have irritated North Korea in the past. Instead, replacing them with smaller-scale exercises intended to maintain the readiness of U.S. and South …
