nazarethman/iStock(RICHMOND, Ind.) — Community members in Richmond, Ind., came together at a candlelight vigil Sunday to support a mom who alerted police about her teenage son who brought a gun to a middle school and turned the weapon on himself after exchanging gunfire with police. The mother called 911 Thursday to alert authorities “to the …
Dec 17
Coast Guardsman kills wife, son before taking own life in Miami: Officials
kali9/iStock(MIAMI) — An 8-year-old girl is fighting for her life after her father allegedly shot her and killed her mother, her little brother and himself at their Miami home, police said. Petty Officer 1st Class John Presnar, 44, allegedly opened fire on his family after getting into an argument with his 39-year-old wife early Sunday, …
Dec 17
Translating farm data into financial management
Farmers can collect mounds of data. But how can they use it to better manage this farm? In this Managing for Profit, Rabo AgriFinance and Conservis will talk about the technology they are developing to help farmers improve their financial management. AUDIO: Managing for Profit with Curt Hudnutt, Rabo AgriFinance and Pat Christie, Conservis Continue …
Dec 17
Google investing $1 billion to open new campus in New York City
JHVEPhoto/iStock(NEW YORK) — Google is investing over $1 billion to establish a new campus in New York City, the company announced in a blog post Monday. The 1.7 million square-foot campus in Manhattan, named Google Hudson Square, will comprise of two buildings on Hudson Street and another building on Washington Street. The company says it …
Dec 17
More Northeast snow as West Coast storms form
ABC News(NEW YORK) — As one storm system delivers heavy snow to coastal Maine Monday morning, another is brewing off the West Coast. In the East, 3 to 5 inches of rain fell in several regions, prompting water rescues, as more snow in northern New England and Maine is expected throughout Monday — up to …
Dec 17
North Korea warns US over stalled nuclear negotiations
200mm/iStock(SEOUL, South Korea) — As tens of thousands of North Koreans, including current leader Kim Jong Un, paid a visit on Sunday to Kim Jong Il’s mausoleum in Pyongyang to commemorate the seventh anniversary of his death, North Korean state media also used the opportunity to take a jab at U.S. foreign policy. Pyongyang criticized …
Dec 17
Japan restaurant explosion injures dozens
JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images(TOKYO) — More than 40 people were injured Sunday when a massive explosion rocked a restaurant in northern Japan, according to local news reports. A swath of Sapporo City, the capital city of Japan’s main northern island of Hokkaido, was covered with smoke, shattered glass and collapsed debris in the aftermath of a …
Dec 17
Dan + Shay’s “Speechless” steps out of the shadows of “Tequila” on its way to #1 — and saves Dan Smyers on his anniversary
ABC/Image Group LAIn 2018, “Tequila” was the song that took the already-successful Dan + Shay to another level. “It feels incredible,” Shay Mooney reflects. “We’re so thankful. You know, ‘Tequila’ is such a big song for us, and definitely our biggest hit to date, and kind of a career-changing song.” Shortly after “Tequila” topped the country chart in July, …
Dec 16
Pilot whose plane crashed near Honolulu credits good Samaritan who jumped into water to save him
KITV-TV(HONOLULU) — The pilot who crashed a 1950s-era fighter plane into waters off the coast of Honolulu, is crediting a bystander who untangled his parachute with helping to save his life. Matt Pothier, 47, ejected himself from a plane Thursday after the plane malfunctioned, he told ABC Honolulu affiliate KITV-TV. When Pothier realized he wasn’t …
Dec 16
Crane operator fired for taking insensitive photos on properties destroyed by the Camp Fire
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Workers who were hired to clear the remnants of properties incinerated by the Camp Fire in California have been fired after they posted for photos appearing to make light of the inferno that wiped out nearly an entire community and killed 85 people. Screenshots posted to the Butte County Fires, …