Miami Police Department(MIAMI) — Police officers in Miami are searching for brazen armed robbers who were caught in the act on surveillance video. The video shows the victim putting his backpack in his trunk at about 1 a.m. Thursday when a car pulls up and two men get out from the passenger seat and back …
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Dec 22
Once mocked, Parkland shooting survivor, activist David Hogg will be attending Harvard
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images(PARKLAND, Fla.) — David Hogg may have been mocked for not being accepted into the universities he originally applied for, but the Parkland shooting survivor will be attending Harvard University in the fall. Hogg made the Ivy League announcement on Twitter Saturday. “Thank you all for the well wishes,” the student activist wrote. …
Dec 22
Mourners hold vigil at Colorado mom’s childhood church hours after fiancé’s arrest
Woodland Park Police Department(MOSES LAKE, Wash.) — Churchgoers in Washington state gathered Friday night to remember Colorado mother Kelsey Berreth, hours after her fiancé was arrested and accused of killing her. Berreth grew up in Moses Lake, Washington, where she worshiped at Moses Lake Seventh-Day Adventist Church, ABC Spokane affiliate KXLY-TV reported. Her hometown gathered …
Dec 22
Man allegedly stabbed wife to death, threw her body out in the trash, police say
Broward Sheriff’s Office(SUNRISE, Fla.) — A Florida man allegedly stabbed his wife to death after she refused to let him move back in, and then threw her body out in the trash and left it to be picked up by the garbage truck, according to police. Joseph Traeger, 50, of Sunrise, was arrested Thursday night …
Dec 22
Cold returns to Midwest, Northeast as storm moves out to sea
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The storm that plagued the Northeast on Friday is still working its way up the New England coast on Saturday morning. Rain showers stretch from Virginia to Maine, while snow is falling in the higher elevations of West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York. While there are a few spots of moderate …
Dec 22
Airbnb, Costa Rican resort sued by family of murdered Florida woman
iStock(MIAMI) — The family of a woman who was killed while on vacation in Costa Rica last month are suing Airbnb and the resort where she stayed. Carla Stefaniak, who lived in Miami, was found dead Dec. 3 after she was last seen on Nov. 27 — the night before her birthday. She had traveled …
Dec 22
Pence canceled North Korea human rights speech with Trump admin concerned about talks
Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images(WASHINGON) — Vice President Mike Pence was expected to give a speech on North Korea’s human rights abuses last week, adding firepower to an announcement of new sanctions and the release of a report on dictator Kim Jong Un’s brutal rule. But the speech was scrapped amid tensions in U.S.-North Korean talks over …
Dec 22
Dancing FBI agent pleads guilty to shooting, avoids jail time
iStock(DENVER) — Chase Bishop was already guilty of poor judgment on the dance floor, but on Friday the FBI agent pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge in order to avoid jail time. Bishop was off duty at a Denver bar in early June when he attempted a back flip while dancing and his service …
Dec 21
Report: Millions of faulty Takata air bags still haven’t been replaced
Kwangmoozaa/iStock(NEW YORK) — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released an update on Friday regarding the recall of faulty Takata air bags, noting that nearly one-third of the affected air bags have not been replaced. NHTSA says that repair rates among the recalled air bags increased by 30 percent in 2018. Still, nearly 17 million …
Dec 21
‘A life distinguished by service and sacrifice’: Chicago police gather to mourn young officer struck, killed by train
WLS-TV(CHICAGO) — Police and politicians gathered Friday to “honor a life distinguished by service and sacrifice” at the funeral for Chicago police officer Conrad Gary, who was struck and killed by a train in the line of duty Monday. Gary was an Air Force sergeant who served overseas before spending 18 months at the Chicago …