New York Mom Accused of Running $3 Million Marijuana Operation Indicted
US Drug Enforcement Administration(NEW YORK) — A suburban mother of two accused of running a sophisticated $3 million marijuana enterprise out of a New York warehouse was slapped with a federal indictment on Tuesday by prosecutors who said her operati…
Slimy Substance Closes Lake Michigan Beaches
ABC News(PORTER, Ind.) — Officials remain baffled as to how a dark, slick substance that forced dozens of swimmers out of the water at a northwest Indiana beach mysteriously vanished. “They checked the beach, and they can’t find any evidence of it,” I…
Arizona Police to Search Lake for Body of Missing College Student
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(TEMPE, Ariz.) — Tuesday night Arizona police were considering conducting a sonar search of the bottom of a community lake for the body of a Tempe college student whose car was found with two punctured tires, according to polic…
Man Charged in Alleged Frontier Airlines Bomb Threat
Frontier Airlines(DENVER) — Charges have been filed against a Colorado man accused of making threats onboard a Frontier Airlines flight last weekend.Mark Bote, 23, of Thornton, Colo., is accused of claiming he had a bomb in his backpack when he was ab…
‘Tweet’ Now an Official Word in Oxford English Dictionary
NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The last time you wanted to vent about your family or co-workers within the space of 140 characters, you didn’t “submit a post to the microblogging service known as Twitter.” You tweeted.The…
Military Services to Reveal Plans to Integrate Women in Combat
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — In a few years women could be in training to become Army Rangers and Navy SEALs under plans to be announced Tuesday by the military services for integrating women into combat units.Former Defense Secretary Leon Pan…
NSA Leaker Edward Snowden Denies Being a Spy for China
The Guardian via Getty Images(LONDON) — Edward Snowden, the man who claims to be behind a stunning slew of top secret information leaks from the National Security Agency, mocked the idea that he was a spy for the Chinese government, saying Monday that…
Three Naval Academy Football Players Facing Rape Charges
Comstock/Thinkstock(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — The U.S. Naval Academy says it has plans to charge three football players in connection with the rape of a female midshipman that allegedly took place in April 2012.After a lengthy investigation, the school’s supe…
Report: More Than 190,000 Lost, Stolen Guns on US Streets
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Just how many unregistered or stolen guns are available on the streets? A new report by the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives finds the numbers are staggering. …
Rescuers Pull California Family from Sinking Vehicle
Sandra Schorken(OAKLAND, Calif.) — Two men and a woman dove in to a California estuary on Sunday to rescue a family, including two children, trapped in a vehicle about to submerge.Andy Goodwin, Erik Schorken and Schorken’s family were driving al…
Missing Chicago Student’s Family Conducting Own Search
Siri Stafford/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) — The family of a University of Chicago student who vanished during a powerful storm last week was intending on Monday to review surveillance videos from restaurants, bars and shops near Lake Michigan, hoping for a gl…
Teen Recovering After Shark Bites Hand, Leg at Texas Beach
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(SURFSIDE BEACH, Texas) — A 15-year-old boy was recovering after he was attacked by a shark earlier Monday at Surfside Beach in Texas.The teen suffered non-threatening lacerations on his hand and leg, first responders told ABC Ne…
United Flight Lands in NJ After ‘Unstable’ Flier Detained by Passengers
John Foxx/Thinkstock(NEWARK, N.J.) — Passengers aboard United flight 116 bound for the U.S. from Hong Kong were finally able to leave a Newark Liberty International Airport terminal late Monday afternoon after a flier was taken into custody and hospit…
Indiana Woman Sentenced to Death Leaves Prison
ABC News(ADAMS TOWNSHIP, Ind.) — An Indiana woman who was sentenced to death by the electric chair at age 16 was released Monday after serving more than a quarter of a century in prison.Now 43 years old, Paula Cooper left the Rockville Correctional Fa…
Eighth Grader Could Face Jail for Wearing NRA T-Shirt
Jared Marcum, 14, was arrested after a confrontation with the school’s band teacher over his NRA T-shirt, which bears the organization’s logo and a hunting rifle. (Cabelas.com)(LOGAN, W. Va.) — A West Virginia judge has ruled that an eighth grader who…
Hitman Testifies Against Former Mob Boss ‘Whitey’ Bulger
Hemera/Thinkstock(BOSTON) — Confessed hitman John Martorano, who has admitted killing 20 people, told a Boston court Monday that he was testifying against his alleged former mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger because “it broke my heart” to discover Bulger…
Passenger Restrained on US-Bound Flight from Hong Kong
File photo. iStockphoto/ThinkstockUPDATE: United flight 116 landed safely in Newark on Monday. The aircraft was met on the tarmac by police cars and emergency vehicles and a man was placed under arrest after allegedly claiming he had poisoned everybo…
Wildfires Burn Out Family for Second Time
File photo. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) — Terrie and John Gardner thought they’d have more time. They were at their Colorado Springs home a year ago, nervously monitoring the Waldo Canyon Fire that was spreading…
Authorities Search Michigan Field for Jimmy Hoffa Body
MPI/Getty Images(DETROIT) — Authorities on Monday were searching a field in Michigan for the body of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa, the latest in a decades-long string of searches for the missing labor leader who disappeared nearly 38 years ago.In…
Search for Missing Conn. Wedding Photographer Curtailed
ABC News(NEW MILFORD, Conn.) — Police have scaled back the search for a popular wedding photographer who went missing in Connecticut last week as family and fellow photographers try to keep hope alive.Eric Langlois, 33, of New Milford, Conn., was last…