ABC News(NEW YORK) — Over 1,150 flights have been canceled Wednesday — many in the Washington, D.C., area — as a winter storm moves through the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and eventually the Northeast. Schools in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Omaha are all closed for the day and federal offices in D.C. are shuttered. Here’s the latest forecast: …
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Feb 20
NYPD detective slain by friendly fire to be laid to rest
tillsonburg/iStock(NEW YORK) — Grieving officers of the New York Police Department will come together Wednesday at a funeral for its own detective killed by friendly fire. Detective Brian Simonsen, 42, was shot dead while responding to a robbery at a Queens T-Mobile store on Feb. 12. Simonsen was an 18-year veteran assigned to the 102nd …
Feb 20
Vladimir Putin touts new weapons in annual address
Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his annual state of the union-style address on Wednesday, and, for the second year in a row, he used part of his speech to tout a new generation of nuclear weapons. Among the weapons is a nuclear-capable underwater drone, which Putin said will take to the …
Feb 20
Ford to stop selling heavy trucks in South America
fredrocko/iStock(SAO PAULO) — Ford is ending its sales of heavy trucks in South America in an effort to make its operations in the region profitable again. The automaker announced on Tuesday production at its São Bernardo do Campo plant in Brazil will cease this year and sales of its Cargo lineup, F-4000 and F-350 trucks, …
Feb 20
Huge storm system set to deliver snow, ice to Northeast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Two storms are combining on Wednesday morning over the Mississippi Valley that are set to move east with heavy snow, ice and flooding rain through much of the day. Over 1,000 flights had already been grounded before 6 a.m., and that was only expected to get much worse as the storm …
Feb 20
Police: Remains found of missing FL teen who may have witnessed murder
Sarasota Police Department(SARASOTA, Fla.) — The remains have been found of a missing teenager in Florida who may have witnessed a murder more than a year ago, police announced Tuesday night. Jabez Spann was 14 when he vanished on Sept. 4, 2017, in Sarasota, Florida. A week earlier, a woman who witnessed a murder allegedly …
Feb 20
Delta Air Lines flight declares emergency after apparent lightning strike
VanderWolf-Images/iStock(CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.) — A Delta Air Lines flight was forced to declare an emergency and make an unscheduled landing in Chattanooga, Tennessee after apparently being struck by lightning on Tuesday. The plane took off from George Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee and was supposed to land at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, before the …
Feb 20
University of California student indicted for allegedly running drug app
Public Domain(SAN JOSE, Calif.) — A University of California, Santa Cruz student was indicted on federal charges Tuesday, accused of developing an app to sell meth, cocaine and other illegal drugs. Collin Howard, 18, was indicted by a federal grand jury in San Jose, California, on drug distribution and possession charges for allegedly creating the …
Feb 20
California cold case solved nearly 50 years after strangled girl’s body found
Newport Beach Police(NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.) — Police in Southern California have arrested a suspect in the decades-old murder of 11-year-old Linda Ann O’Keefe, sources told ABC News on Tuesday. O’Keefe vanished while walking home from school in Newport Beach, California, on July 6, 1973, according to police. Her strangled body was discovered the following day …
Feb 20
Florida man originally charged with gun crime also charged with hate crime
Broward County Jail(MIAMI) — A Florida man has been charged with a hate crime after allegedly yelling racial slurs and waving a gun at a group of black protesters. Mark Bartlett, who is white, originally was charged only with carrying a concealed firearm after he allegedly pulled a gun on protesters blocking a Miami street …