WJLA(WASHINGTON) — Four sophomore junior varsity football players from a Maryland high school have been charged with rape for allegedly sexually assaulting freshman players with a broom, according to court records. The alleged incident occurred on Oct. 31 at Damascus High School, according to charging documents filed in Montgomery County court. The high school’s principal …
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Nov 27
Investigators find body while searching for missing 13-year-old Hania Noelia Aguilar, FBI says
FBI Charlotte(NEW YORK) — Authorities in North Carolina have located a body in the area where they are searching for 13-year-old Hania Noelia Aguilar, who has been missing since the beginning of the month, according to authorities. The body was found in the area off Wire Grass Road in Robeson County Tuesday afternoon, FBI Public …
Nov 27
Facebook and Google join list of companies withdrawing support for Sen. Hyde-Smith
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Facebook and Google joined the list of companies requesting refunds of campaign donations to Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith after a video surfaced on social media in which she talks about attending a hypothetical “public hanging.” “The recent public comments made by Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith do not reflect the values or …
Nov 27
Lion Air pilots battled doomed jet’s computerized safety system, black box shows
Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Black box data from the Lion Air jet that crashed in October reveals the pilots struggled to fight the plane’s malfunctioning safety system from takeoff to the moment it nose-dived into the Java Sea, killing all 189 people on board. Information that surfaced Tuesday from the flight data recorder, scheduled …
Nov 27
Sandra Bland’s sisters still demanding answers, fighting ‘outrage fatigue’ in 3 years since her death
Candice Elle Frank/ABC(NEW YORK) — More than three years after Sandra Bland died in a Texas jail after being arrested during a traffic stop, her sisters say they are still searching for critical information about her death. “For us in particular, I think closure is and will always be in far reach,” Sharon Cooper told …
Nov 27
Supreme Court considers the limits of Native American Indian reservation borders
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Where does Native American authority over reservation boundaries end? The question was at the heart of a feisty debate today at the Supreme Court that could determine whether a man on death row in Oklahoma lives or dies and whether the Muscogee Creek Nation still has authority over historic tribal lands. Justice Sonia …
Nov 27
Man holds on for dear life in hang-gliding mishap
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — An American tourist in Switzerland was forced to hang on for his life when his instructor didn’t properly attach his harness just before they went hang-gliding. Chris Gursky, who lives in Florida, posted a video of the ordeal on YouTube Monday, and it has garnered more than a million views in just …
Nov 27
Drill sparks active-shooter panic, lockdown at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A drill sparked active-shooter panic and prompted a lockdown at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, Tuesday afternoon, multiple sources told ABC News. Military police tweeted an alert about 2:15 p.m. of a possible active shooter and were searching through buildings, and calling in the Montgomery County Police to help. …
Nov 27
New details emerge in Thousand Oaks mass shooting, including gunman’s possession of 7 high-capacity magazines
Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — The suspected Thousand Oaks gunman was carrying seven high-capacity, 30-round magazines when he stormed the Borderline Bar & Grill earlier this month, authorities said. The magazines are illegal to buy or possess in California but easy to attain in neighboring states. Twelve people, including …
Nov 27
Trump threatens to cut subsidies for GM after layoff, plant closure announcement
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump threatened to cut subsidies to General Motors on Tuesday, one day after the Detroit automaker announced it was laying off 14,000 workers in North America and closing seven plants worldwide, including four in the U.S. “Very disappointed with General Motors and their CEO, Mary Barra, for closing plants …