Video Reveals Torture of Horses Trained to Win Championships
Humane Society of the United States(NEW YORK) — Large numbers of the famed Tennessee Walking Horses have been tortured and beaten in order to make them produce the high-stepping gait that wins championships, an ABC News investigation has found.”All to…
John Edwards Defense Dealt a Blow By Judge’s Ruling
Sketch by Christine Cornell(GREENSBORO, N.C.) — John Edwards rested his case Wednesday, but his defense was dealt a blow when the federal judge said she will set a lower bar than Edwards’ legal team had sought for convicting the former presidential ca…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Estranged Wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy, Dead
Charles Eshelman/FilmMagic(NEW YORK) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s estranged wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy, has died at age 52, apparently committing suicide by hanging herself, multiple sources told ABC News.”We deeply regret the death of our beloved sis…
Counterterrorism Director Addresses Terror Threats, Media Leaks, Wiretapping
Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Matthew Olsen, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, broadly addressed counterterrorism issues speaking before the American Bar Association’s standing Committee on Law and National Security …
Pentagon Faces New Enemy: 10,000 Honey Bees?
Digital Vision/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — There were chuckles all around the Pentagon Wednesday as an alert notice appeared on computers warning building employees a swarm of bees had parked themselves outside an entrance to the building. The swarm of a…
Annular Solar Eclipse 2012: Visible in West on Sunday
PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Enjoy the sun. If you live along a narrow band across the southwestern United States, Sunday afternoon will bring the rare treat of an annular solar eclipse — a ring of sunlight as the new moon, passing be…
40 Years Late, Vietnam Hero Leslie Sabo Gets Medal of Honor
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Forty-two years after his selfless act of heroism during the Vietnam War saved the lives of his fellow soldiers, Army Specialist Leslie H. Sabo Jr. posthumously received the Medal of Honor Wednesday.”This Me…
FBI Investigates Media Leaks in Yemen Bomb Plot
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — FBI director Robert S. Mueller III Wednesday disclosed that the FBI is investigating leaks to the news media about the recently disrupted plot by al Qaeda’s Yemen affiliate to smuggle a bomb designed t…
Two Years Later, Hole-In-One Contest Winner Still Waiting for Money
Troy Peissig taking the ball out of the hole after his hole-in-one shot for charity. (Courtesy of Troy Peissig)(HELENA, Mont) — Troy Peissig remembers the “second of disbelief” when he realized he had won $18,000 at a charity hole-in-one event. Two ye…
Steven Powell Found Guilty of Voyeurism Charges
ABC News(TACOMA, Wash.) — Steven Powell, the father-in-law of missing woman Susan Powell, was found guilty of voyeurism in a Washington court Wednesday for taking inappropriate images of neighborhood girls using the bathroom and showering.The Pierce C…
Police On Alert After Man Points Gun at Children Boarding School Bus
File photo. iStockphoto/Thinkstock(ATLANTA) — Roughly 150 police officers in an Atlanta suburb are on full alert after witnesses say they saw a man pointing a rifle at school children boarding buses on Monday.Clayton County School spokesman David Wall…
Controversial Teacher and Student Appear in Court Together
ABC News(MODESTO, Calif.) — The California high school teacher and student who left their families to date one another have appeared side-by-side in court for a hearing on sex abuse charges filed against the teacher.James Hooker, 41, and his girlfrien…
Pennsylvania Couple Tired of Cars Crashing Into Home
File Photo. iStockphoto/Thinkstock(EASTON, Pa.) — A Pennsylvania couple has found themselves in an all-too-familiar situation this week when a car crashed into their home for the fourth time, the third time in the past six months.Sonya and Wade Schene…
John Edwards Rests His Case Without Mistress’ Testimony
Sara D. Davis/Getty Images(GREENSBORO, N.C.) — John Edwards’ lawyers abruptly ended his defense Wednesday without hearing from the former presidential candidate or the mistress with whom he carried on an affair.Lawyers for Edwards ended their case wit…
Husband of Slain Bathtub Bride on the Run in a Maserati
Joseph Devenney/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — The husband of a bride found stabbed to death in a bathtub still wearing her wedding dress is on the run from police in a 2006 Maserati, police said Wednesday.Arnoldo Jiminez, 30, of Chicago, is wanted for the m…
Four Decades Later, Vietnam War Hero to Receive Medal of Honor
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Forty-two years after his selfless act of heroism during the Vietnam war saved the lives of his fellow soldiers, Army Specialist Leslie H. Sabo, Jr. will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor at a White House ceremony on Wedne…
John Edwards Trial Gets Documents While Awaiting Rielle Hunter
Sara D. Davis/Getty ImagesUPDATE: John Edwards’ defense team has rested its case. Neither Edwards, his mistress Rielle Hunter, nor his daughter Cate were called up to testify.Closing arguments are set to begin on Thursday.
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More F-22 Fighter Pilots Concerned About Their Safety: Congressmen
U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Kasey Close(WASHINGTON) — Several more pilots have come forward to say they too are concerned about the oxygen problems plaguing America’s most expensive fighter jet, the F-22 Raptor, according to lawmakers.On the sa…
Adam Kaufman Trial: Wife Claimed No Heath Issues, Doctor Says
ABC News(MIAMI, Fla.) — The jury hearing testimony in the murder trial of Adam Kaufman, the Florida real estate developer accused of strangling his wife to death in 2007, learned from a doctor who performed the woman’s breast augmentation months befor…
Videos Show Susan Powell with Father-in-Law Before Disappearance
Courtesy of the Powell Family(NEW YORK) — Susan Cox Powell was pleasant and warm toward her father-in-law Steven Powell before she disappeared in 2009, in contrast to allegations that she was very wary of him, according to a new website featuring home…
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