Dozens Hurt as Commuter Train Derails, Hits Second Train in Connecticut
Comstock/Thinkstock(FAIRFIELD, Conn.) — Approximately 60 people were taken to hospitals this evening – five with critical injuries – when a New York-area commuter train derailed near Fairfield, Conn., knocking a second train coming the oth…
Chechen in Boston Investigation Denies Link to Bombing
John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The former Chechen rebel who said his home was searched by the FBI in connection to the Boston Marathon bombing investigation said in a letter Friday he has “nothing to do with the terrible …
Cyanide Poisoned Doctor’s Husband a Person of Interest, Lawyer Says
Brigham and Women’s Hospital(PITTSBURGH) — The husband of a Pennsylvania doctor who died with “toxic levels of cyanide” in her system is being investigated as a person of interest, his attorney told ABC News Friday.Autumn Klein, 41, collapsed at her h…
SEAL Auctions Bin Laden Raid Knife for Fallen Friend
JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images(TAMPA, Fla.) — A member of the elite team that killed Osama bin Laden donated a knife he carried on the historic raid to a charity auction recently, raising $35,400 for the family of another Navy SEAL who perished in a tra…
Idaho Terror Suspect Enters Not Guilty Plea
Hemera/Thinkstock(BOISE, Idaho) — An Uzbekistan national living in Idaho pleaded not guilty Friday to terror charges.Fazliddin Kurbanov pleaded not guilty to three counts that charge him with giving cash, computer software and other resources to a rec…
North Texas Hit by 16 Tornadoes; More Expected for Midwest
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Sixteen tornadoes ripped through North Texas on Wednesday, the National Weather Service confirms, killing six people and injuring dozens more. But the severe weather that also destroyed more than 100 homes in G…
Bulldozer Rampage 911 Call: ‘He’s Smashing My House Plum to Pieces’
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(PORT ANGELES, Wash.) — Newly released 911 tapes from a panicked homeowner in Washington state give a detailed play by play of a neighbor’s alleged bulldozer rampage that destroyed four homes, a boat and a truck.“You …
Bulldozer Rampage 911 Call: ‘He’s Smashing My House Plum to Pieces’
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(PORT ANGELES, Wash.) — Newly released 911 tapes from a panicked homeowner in Washington state give a detailed play by play of a neighbor’s alleged bulldozer rampage that destroyed four homes, a boat and a truck.“You …
Pat Robertson Tells Wife of Cheater, ‘He’s a Man’
Win McNamee/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Televangelist Pat Robertson is under fire once again after telling the wife of a cheating husband to get over the infidelity and provide a better home so he doesn’t “wander.”Robertson was respondi…
NYC Residents Enraged over Photos They Claim Violate Privacy
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A display of photographs by Arne Svenson at the Julie Saul gallery in New York has become a source of fury for residents in a luxury Tribeca apartment building.Shot from a second-floor apartment across the street fro…
Phony Tombstones Used in Houston as Scarecrow for Vagrants
KTRK/ABC News(HOUSTON) — A Houston property owner has installed headstones to help keep vagrants from loitering on his land.Three headstones were installed about a year ago in a grassy lot of land that sits in the shadow of Houston’s skyscrapers…
Fort Campbell Sexual Harassment Manager Arrested
Comstock/Thinkstock(FORT CAMPBELL, Ky.) — An Army lieutenant colonel in charge of the sexual-assault prevention office at Fort Campbell, Ky., has been removed from his job after his arrest for allegations that he violated a protection order filed by h…
Accused Kidnapper Ariel Castro Preyed on Daughters’ Friends, Emily Castro Says
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images(CLEVELAND) — Ariel Castro, the man accused of kidnapping three women and keeping them imprisoned in his home for a decade, stalked the neighborhood where his daughters lived and preyed on the girls’ friends, his daughter say…
Arrests Made in New Orleans Mother’s Day Parade Shooting
Photodisc/Digital Vision/Thinkstock(NEW ORLEANS) — Two brothers are under arrest in connection with last Sunday’s Mother’s Day parade shooting in New Orleans that left 19 people wounded.Shawn Scott, 24, was taken into custody on Thursday while his 19-…
Boston Bombing: FBI Questions Former Chechen Rebel in US
FBI(MANCHESTER, N.H.) — The FBI has carried out a search warrant at the Manchester, N.H., home of a former Chechen militant who admits he met with dead bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev less than a month before the Boston Marathon bombing.Musa Khadjimuradov, 3…
Jodi Arias Hearing Awash in Tears as Travis Alexander’s Family Speaks
ABC News(PHOENIX) — Jodi Arias cried through the first day of her death penalty hearing Thursday as the siblings of her slain ex-boyfriend told the jury they didn’t want to “see (their) brother’s murderer anymore.”Travis Alexander’s brother Stephen Al…
McDonald’s Employee Spots Her Stolen Car in Drive-Thru
Tim Boyle/Getty Images(KENNEWICK, Wash.) — A McDonald’s employee in Washington state got the surprise of a lifetime when her stolen SUV rolled up to her drive-thru window and the alleged car thief placed an order.Virginia Maiden awoke Tuesday mo…
Gold Shipment Vanishes in Mysterious Miami Airport Heist
Ablestock.com/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) – A $625,000 gold shipment vanished this week in a brazen heist at Miami International Airport after it arrived aboard a jet from Ecuador, police said.As the FBI confirmed it was leading the hunt for the crook…
Parents of Children Allegedly Murdered by Nanny Are Expecting
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Nearly eight months after two of their children were stabbed to death, allegedly by their nanny, Marina and Kevin Krim announced Thursday they are expecting another child.The couple made the announcement on the Faceb…
Audit Finds ‘Significant Deficiencies’ in Witness Protection Program
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — As far back as the first World Trade Center bombing two decades ago, authorities have hidden cooperative witnesses in terror cases — even those who were terrorists themselves. But a U.S. Justice Department audit f…