O.J. Simpson Due in Las Vegas Court on Monday
Issac Brekken-Pool/Getty Images(LAS VEGAS) — O.J. Simpson is expected to make the legal equivalent of a hail Mary pass on Monday in a Las Vegas courtroom, asking a judge to grant him a new trial on grounds his former attorney mishandled his case.
The …
Hostages Rescued After Two-Day Standoff in Trenton
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(TRENTON, N.J.) — A 36-hour standoff with an armed man who took 3 children hostage in a Trenton, New Jersey, home ended early Sunday after SWAT teams fatally shot the suspect and rescued the children.
Police say Gerald Tyrone M…
Trial in Model’s Alleged Murder by Female Enforcer Set to Begin
Comstock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — Jury selection is set to begin Monday in the trial of Kelly Soo Park, who prosecutors allege strangled an actress and model with her bare hands.
Park, 47, was described in court documents last year as being an enforc…
Brother Arrested in Fatal Stabbing of 8-Year-Old California Girl
ABC News | Calaveras Unified School District(VALLEY SPRINGS, Calif.) — The 12-year-old brother of 8-year-old Leila Fowler, who said his sister was stabbed to death in their home by an intruder last month, has been arrested.
The Calaveras County Sherif…
Cleveland Women Doing Well on First Weekend Home, Ask For Privacy
FBI(CLEVELAND) — The three Cleveland women who were abducted a decade ago and rescued last week are doing well but pleaded for privacy, their attorneys said Sunday.
At a press conference in Cleveland Sunday morning, attorney James Wooley along with hi…
Homes in Lake County Calif. Sinking into the Ground
iStockphoto(LAKE COUNTY, Calif.) — Officials say they have no clue why a cluster of homes in Lake County, California are sinking.
So far just under a dozen homes have been fully evacuated as more families are put on notice to leave.
“It’s just b…
Texas EMS Worker to Plead Not Guilty to Owning Explosive Device
McLennan County Sheriff’s Office(WEST, Texas) — A first responder who helped treat victims of the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, last month will plead not guilty to the federal charge of possessing an explosive device, his attorney said Sa…
Committee Recommends Tearing Down Sandy Hook Elementary School
DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images(NEWTOWN, Conn.) — A committee voted on Friday night to raze Sandy Hook Elementary School, the site of the horrifying school shooting on December 14, and build a new school in its place.According to the Wall Street Journal, …
Fla. School Bus Driver Charged with Child Abuse
ABC News(BARTOW, Fla.) — A Polk County, Fla. school bus driver who allegedly set up a fight between two teenage passengers and encouraged them to brawl in the front yard of her home is in custody, charged with two counts of child abuse, according to t…
Arizona Police Officer Gives Bike to Teen Who Walks Nine Miles to Work
ABC News(PHOENIX) — For one man in Arizona, getting pulled over by a police officer might have been the best thing to ever happen to him.Phoenix Police Sgt. Natalie Simonick, 46, was on patrol around 11 p.m., when she saw a young man walking alone in …
Teen Without Legs, Only One Arm Competes in World Championships
Courtesy Joyce Wheeler(LYNWOOD, Wash.) — Born without legs and only one arm, Kayla Wheeler, a 16-year-old high school student from Lynnwood, Wash., is gearing up to compete in the 2013 International Paralympic Committee Swimming World Championships th…
Student Rants at Teacher in Viral Video
Hemera Technologies/ThinkStock(DUNCANVILLE, Texas) — A Texas high school student’s rant against his teacher has gone viral on YouTube, prompting the district to look at its teaching procedures.“If you would just get up and teach us instead…
Kidnap Victim’s Mother Says She Would Hug Castro, Say ‘God Bless You’
ABC News(CLEVELAND) — The mother of Gina DeJesus, whom Ariel Castro allegedly abducted and kept as a sex slave in his Cleveland home for a decade, had a surprising answer when asked what she would say to Castro.”I would hug him and I would say, ‘God b…
West, Texas EMT Worker Arrested for Possession of Destructive Device
ABC News(WACO, Texas) — A 31-year old EMT worker who was one of the first at the scene of last month’s fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas that killed 15 people, was arrested Friday and charged with possession of a destructive device.
Authoritie…
Cleveland Kidnap Victim Michelle Knight Leaves Hospital
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(CLEVELAND) — Cleveland kidnap victim Michelle Knight, who may have had the most harrowing ordeal in Ariel Castro’s house, said Friday morning she was in “good spirits,” but instructed the hospital that she didn’t want any visit…
Major, Arya Show Biggest Jump in Popular Baby Names
Siri Stafford/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — If you think your adorable baby son is so major he should be called just that, Major, then consider yourself a trendsetter.
The name Major for boys, along with Arya for girls, showed the biggest jumps in popularity…
Man Goes on Rampage in a Bulldozer
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(PORT ANGELES, Wash.) — A man police described as “upset” got in a bulldozer and rammed into homes, cars and telephone poles in Port Angeles, Wash. on Friday.
The driver of the bulldozer, who has not been identified b…
‘Mounting Evidence’ Boston Bombers Involved in 2011 Triple Murder
Comstock/Thinkstock(BOSTON) — Massachusetts investigators have developed what they call “mounting evidence,” bolstered by “forensic hits,” that point to the possible involvement of both Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his younger brother Dzhokhar in a gruesome,…
Injured Child Appears, Disappears Into Woods, 911 Caller Claims
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MONTPELIER, Vt.) — A Vermont driver called 911 Thursday afternoon to report that a small, injured child approached the driver’s vehicle and then abruptly took off into the woods and vanished.
Around 5:17 p.m., a driver, wh…
Prince Harry Lays Wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery
Chris Jackson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Britain’s Prince Harry, a helicopter pilot who has served in Afghanistan, paid honor to American troops on Friday, visiting Arlington National Cemetery and laying wreaths near the grave sites of two U.S. …