Matt277/iStock(NEW YORK) — The New York Fire Department is in mourning after a young, newly hired man fell to his death in the line of duty. Probationary firefighter Steven Pollard had responded to a car crash at a bridge in Brooklyn Sunday. As he was heading to help the victims, he slipped through a gap …
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Jan 07
Japanese billionaire pens most retweeted post of all time
RomanOkopny/iStock(LONDON) — A Japanese billionaire has entered the record books as the author of the most retweeted post ever — after getting a boost by offering cash to random Twitter users who retweeted him. Yusaku Maezawa, 43, posted his tweet on Jan. 5, and as of Monday morning, the tweet had been retweeted more than …
Jan 07
As major Pacific storm heads east, two more head for West Coast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A massive Pacific storm over the weekend brought powerful wind, torrential rain and heavy snow to the western U.S., causing widespread power outages, major travel delays and a mudslide near Malibu, California, near where the Woolsey Fire recently burned through. In the Seattle metro area, winds topped 60 mph and resulted …
Jan 07
Supreme Court to decide if Fosamax users can sue Merck over bone fractures
NoDerog/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Like millions of Americans suffering from bone loss, Lorice Cortez embraced the prescription drug Fosamax with the hope of stopping osteoporosis in its tracks. But in August 2009 — a decade after she began regularly taking the medicine produced by pharmaceutical giant Merck — Cortez said she experienced a painful and debilitating side …
Jan 06
Massive lines at New York City airport amid worries about government shutdown, TSA callouts
Katie DenDaas/ABC News(NEW YORK) — Hundreds of frustrated travelers were stuck on snaking lines inside the Delta Airlines terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York City Sunday afternoon, as a handful of airport employees tried to keep calm amid increased callouts by TSA agents during the government shutdown. The massive lines at the airport happened …
Jan 06
Family of 5, including 7-year-old girl, killed in wrong way crash on interstate
Chalabala/iStock(NEW YORK) — A family of five headed home to Michigan from a Florida vacation was killed in a head-on crash by a pickup truck driver going the wrong way on a Kentucky interstate, police said. The pickup driver, who also died, was believed to be under the influence when he struck the family’s SUV …
Jan 06
Kevin Spacey, media to descend on Nantucket for actor’s sexual assault arraignment
Chris Francescani/ABC New(NANTUCKET, Mass) — Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey is facing a high-visibility arraignment on Monday on a felony charge of indecent assault and battery on an 18-year-old busboy in Massachusetts stemming from an alleged incident in July 2016 at a Nantucket bar. Spacey, 59, and his attorneys sought last month to head off an …
Jan 06
President Donald Trump confirms death of alleged USS Cole plotter killed in US airstrike
Photo Courtesy of U.S. Navy/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump confirmed that a U.S. military strike in Yemen last week killed Jamal al-Badawi, an al-Qaeda operative believed to be involved in the deadly 2000 attack on the USS Cole. Trump tweeted on Sunday that the U.S. military had “delivered justice for the heroes lost …
Jan 06
Shutdown prompts National Park Service to use money from fees for basic services
Mario Tama/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The National Park Service plans to use money collected from entrance and usage fees in previous years to help pay for trash cleanup, restroom maintenance and increase law enforcement in the parks. Even though the Interior Department is largely closed during the shutdown, open-air national parks remained open with limited …
Jan 06
Suspect charged with murder of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes in case of ‘mistaken identity’; 2nd man in custody
Harris County Sheriffs Office(HOUSTON) — A 20-year-old man has been charged with capital murder in the death of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes, who was shot in the head when a gunman opened fire on her family’s car in Houston last week in what investigators believe was a case of “mistaken identity.” Jazmine was in the back …
