Rodney King Dead at 47
Eric Pearle/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Rodney King has died, ABC News has confirmed. He was 47.
King was made famous in 1991 when a videotape of Los Angeles police officers brutally beating him was broadcast nationwide. The acquittal of the officers the…
Yacht Explosion Off New Jersey Coast
Eric Pearle/Getty Images(SANDY HOOK, N.J.) — The Coast Guard is responding to a reported yacht explosion in the Atlantic Ocean about 17.5 miles east of Sandy Hook, N.J., where at least nine passengers have been injured.The Coast Guard has declared a m…
Car Plunges 50 to 60 Feet into Bronx Zoo; Seven Dead
iStockphoto/Thinkstock (NEW YORK) — Seven people are dead after a van swerved out of control and plunged 50 to 60 feet into the Bronx Zoo, the New York City Fire Department and Emergency Management officials reported.
The midday road incident …
The Band’s Levon Helm Dead at 71
Jan Persson/Redferns(NEW YORK) — Levon Helm, the drummer and most recognizable vocalist of the influential rock group The Band, died April 19 of throat cancer in New York. He was 71. “He passed away peacefully at 1:30 this afternoon surrou…
Charges Filed in Trayvon Martin Case; George Zimmerman in Custody
Win McNamee/Getty Images(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — Six weeks after the controversial shooting death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin, special prosecutor Angela Corey has announced that George Zimmerman is to be charged with second-degree murder.
Zimm…
‘Simpsons’ Creator Reveals Town that Inspired Springfield
ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — After keeping fans in the dark for nearly 25 years, Simpsons creator Matt Groening has finally revealed the inspiration for the town where the show takes place.In an interview with Smithsonian magazine, Groen…
Rick Santorum Suspends Presidential Campaign
ABC News(GETTYSBURG, Pa.) — Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum suspended his presidential campaign Tuesday in a speech to supporters in his home state. The announcement comes the day after Santorum’s 3-year-old daughter Bella was released from the…
Tornadoes Touch Down In Dallas-Fort Worth Area; Damage Reported
ABC News(DALLAS) — At least two tornadoes touched down in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Tuesday, carving a path of destruction before moving through northern Texas.There was no immediate word of injuries.At one point, live aerials from the scene showe…
Thirty-Two People Killed in Passenger Plane Crash in Siberia
Medioimages/Photodisc/Thinkstock(MOSCOW) — A passenger plane crashed in Siberia early Monday morning, killing dozens of people and severely injuring the few who survived.UTair flight 120 went down just minutes after taking off from Tyumen en route to …
Gunman Opens Fire at Oakland, Calif., Vocational School
KGO-TV(OAKLAND, Calif.) — As many as seven people are reported dead after a gunman opened fire at Oikos University, a Christian school in Oakland, Calif., Monday morning. According to police the gunman fired multiple shots in the school at 10:33 a.m. …
Al Qaeda Flags Parade in Gadhafi Hometown?
FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A new video has surfaced online that purports to show a convoy of Libyan military and police vehicles — more than two dozen in all — rolling through the hometown of late dictator Moammar Gadhafi while …
Two Adults and Six Children Dead in West Virginia Slumber Party Fire
Hemera Technologies/Thinkstock(CHARLESTON, W.Va.) — Flames engulfed a Charleston, W.Va. home early Saturday morning killing eight people, including a group of children. Six children, all under the age of eight years old, died in the fire, officials sa…
Earthquake Rattles Southern Mexico
Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images(MEXICO CITY) — A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Mexico on Tuesday afternoon, centered between Acapulco and Oaxaca, with no reported injuries. The quake’s epicenter was about 115 miles east of Acapulco and 10 miles un…
Hostage Situation Underway in Virginia Office Building
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UPDATE: Police and swat teams arrived on the scene of a reported hostage situation earlier today. Upon arrival, WVEC reports, authorities found no suspects inside building.(NEWPORT, Va.) — A hostage situation is underway …
Gunman Opens Fire at Pittsburgh Psychiatric Institute
WTAE Pittsburgh(PITTSBURGH) — A shooting at a Pittsburgh psychiatric clinic left two people dead, including the shooter, and several people injured. The identity of the second fatality was not immediately known. Seven people were shot at the Western P…
LulzSec ‘Leader’ Turns on Fellow Hacktivists, Feds
JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Six members of the suspected computer hacking groups affiliated with Anonymous were charged — including the suspected ring leader, who directed the entire operation from a Manhattan apartment complex…
Three Advanced Skiers Killed in Avalanche
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(SEATTLE) — Three advanced skiers died Sunday when an avalanche pushed them down the back side a mountain pass and ski area in Washington’s Cascade Mountains, while a fourth survived the slide by using an inflatable safety device…
Family and Friends Send Whitney Houston Home
Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images(NEWARK, N.J.) — Two of the most important women in Whitney Houston’s life, her mother Cissy Houston and her daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, were joined by mourners at an invitation-only “home going” ceremony at the…
LIVE VIDEO: The Funeral of Whitney Houston
Kevin Mazur/AMA2009/WireImage(NEWARK, N.J.) — Whitney Houston will be remembered Saturday with a funeral at Newark, N.J.’s New Hope Baptist Church, a week after the 48-year-old pop music icon was found dead in the bathtub of her Beverly Hills hotel ro…
32 People Killed in Nigeria Bus Crash
ABC News Radio(BAUCHI, Nigeria) — A two-bus accident claimed the lives of 32 people in northern Nigeria on Thursday.The buses burst into flames in a head-on collision, killing everyone onboard. State officials say the buses, which belonged to a state-…