ABC News (NEW YORK) — Two storm systems are on the move as revelers get ready to ring in the new year — and those headed to Times Square to see the ball drop should make sure to bring their ponchos. One storm system is bringing mountain snow and gusty winds to the Northwest and …
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Dec 30
1 killed after lion escapes enclosure at North Carolina animal center: Officials
iStock/MrRuj(CHARLOTTE) — One person was killed by a lion that escaped a locked space at a North Carolina animal center, officials said Sunday. “While a husbandry team led by a professionally trained animal keeper was carrying out a routine enclosure cleaning, one of the lions somehow left a locked space and entered the space the …
Dec 30
‘He was a role model:’ Relatives of slain California police officer Ronil Singh prepare for his funeral
iStock/Thinkstock(NEWMAN, Calif.) — Hundreds of law enforcement officers from across the nation are expected to descend on a small California farming town this week to honor a police corporal described as his family’s “role model,” who was gunned down in the line of duty by an alleged gang member a day after Christmas. Cpl. Ronil …
Dec 30
7-year-old girl shot and killed in car in Walmart parking lot; gunman still at large: Authorities
iStock/Thinkstock(HOUSTON) — A 7-year-old girl was shot and killed in a Walmart parking lot in Houston early Sunday when a gunman opened fire on a vehicle she was traveling in with her mother and three other young girls, authorities said. The girl, who has not been identified, was leaving the Walmart at 15491 Wallisville at …
Dec 30
Louisiana police department invites people to turn in meth for ‘testing’
moodboard/Thinkstock(HARAHAN, Louisana) — The Harahan Police Department is very concerned about Zika virus in your meth — and would love for you to just stop on by to drop it off for testing. The department in Harahan, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans, made the tongue-in-cheek post late Saturday on Facebook. “If you have recently …
Dec 30
Two systems will make for wet New Year’s Eve on East Coast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Two systems are set to bring unsettled weather across the country as revelers get ready to ring in the new year. The first system in the Northwest is the colder one and it’s bringing snow and some of the coldest air of the season. The second system in the South is …
Dec 30
1 year after Blaze Bernstein’s killing, parents look to turn alleged hate crime into ‘movement of hope’
KABC(LOS ANGELES) — Blaze Bernstein was a bright student, loyal friend and passionate culinary aficionado who spent the fall of 2017 as a sophomore taking pre-med courses at the University of Pennsylvania and acting as a managing editor of the school’s culinary magazine, friends and family recalled. “He was always so involved in ‘Penn Appétit’ …
Dec 30
Cyberattack targets newspapers in US, prevents some from publishing
iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — Several U.S. newspapers came under attack from apparent hackers on Saturday, preventing some from printing and distributing their daily editions. The Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, Chicago Tribune and Baltimore Sun were among the major newspapers that had printing issues on Saturday. The cyberattack appeared to target newspapers owned by the …
Dec 30
6 injured after jet bridge ‘equipment failure’ at Baltimore airport, officials say
Twitter/@starryeyd_(BALTIMORE, Maryland) — Six people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after a jet bridge failed at a Baltimore airport, officials say. Just before 8 p.m. on Saturday, Southwest flight 822 arrived at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) from the Dominican Republic. Paramedics met the flight to “assess an on board medical situation that occurred …
Dec 30
DoubleTree Portland Hotel fires 2 workers for calling police on black hotel guest
ABC News(PORTLAND, Oregon) — The DoubleTree Hotel in Portland, Oregon, fired two workers who were involved in calling police on a black man who was a guest in the hotel. Jermaine Massey was talking to his mother on his cell phone in the hotel’s lobby on Dec. 22 when he was approached by a security …