Italian High Court to Decide Future of Amanda Knox
Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images(ROME) — Monday could be the official end of Amanda Knox’s long ordeal or the beginning of another one.Italian prosecutors will go before their Supreme Court to try to overturn a local court’s ruling from 2011 that thre…
Girl, 9, Survives Crash and Walks Through Rough Terrain to Get Help
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(ACTON, Calif.) — A 9-year-old girl trekked through rough terrain and climbed a cliff seeking help for her father after the car he was driving crashed on Sierra Highway and tumbled down a canyon early Sunday morning, ABC affiliat…
Saplings From Anne Frank’s Chestnut Tree to Be Planted Across US
iStockphoto(NEW YORK) — Saplings from the chestnut tree that gave famous Holocaust victim Anne Frank hope while she was hiding from Nazis in World War II are going to be planted across the United States.
Anne Frank wrote about the tree in her famous d…
Sunil Tripathi: Search for Missing Ivy League Student Expands Across Northeast
Courtesy Tripathi Family(PROVIDENCE, R.I.) — The search for a Brown University student who left home without his wallet and cellphone has expanded across the Northeast after authorities found no signs of him in the Providence, R.I., area. Sunil Tripat…
Winning $338 Million Powerball Jackpot Ticket Sold in New Jersey
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Image(NEW YORK) — A single Powerball ticket sold in New Jersey matched all six numbers in Saturday night’s drawing, meaning some lucky Jersey resident has won the sixth largest jackpot in history.
No real details about the pe…
Colorado Gov. Sympathizes With Parents of Gunman
Colorado Dept of Corrections(Monument, Colo.) — The parents of Evan Ebel, who signed his name “Evil Evan” and is a suspect in two murders, had a “bad streak” that his parents “tried desperately to correct,” Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said.Hickenl…
Exonerated Man Suffers Heart Attack Two Days After Being Released
Kevin Horan/Stone(NEW YORK) — David Ranta has suffered a massive heart attack just two days after being exonerated of murder and leaving prison for the first time in 23 years, his attorney told ABC News.Lawyer Pierre Sussman said that Ranta, 58, was b…
Jogger Sought in Case of Missing New Orleans Teacher
Images Courtesy of Amy Hoyle(NEW ORLEANS) — New Orleans police believe that a jogger seen on surveillance video may have information about the disappearance of elementary school teacher Terrilynn Monette.”If anyone knows who that jogger was, or if you…
Meteor Lights Up East Coast
Chad Baker/Photodisc/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Security cameras and night owls noticed a bright flash in the sky on Friday night that experts believe was a meteor.The flash was seen as far north as Maine and as far south as North Carolina. According to t…
Parolee, Saudi National Eyed as Possible Suspects in Colorado Shooting
Colorado Department of Corrections(MONUMENT, Colo.) — Law enforcement authorities in two states are investigating whether a parolee who was gravely wounded Thursday after a high-speed car chase in Texas is connected to Tuesday night’s shooting d…
Large Airport Sign Falls, Kills 10-Year-Old Boy
ABC News(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — A sign at the Birmingham airport fell on a family on Friday, killing a 10-year-old boy and injuring other family members.The child, Luke Bresette, was killed Friday afternoon when a large information sign, weighing an esti…
Florida Teen Mistook Brother for Intruder, Shoots Him
Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock(ORLANDO, Fla.) — A teenager shot and killed his 12-year-old brother because he mistook him for an intruder in their Florida home, police said Saturday.According to police, the 16-year-old was home alone on Friday when his …
Exclusive: Steubenville Teens on Tape Describe Night of Sexual Assault
Brand X Pictures/Thinkstock(STEUBENVILLE, Ohio) — In videotaped police interviews from the Steubenville, Ohio, rape case that the public has not seen, police spoke to many of the teenage partiers who witnessed the 16-year-old victim getting more and m…
FAA Readies to Close Dozens of Air Traffic Control Towers
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — One of the first major impacts from Washington’s budget sequestration will soon kick in as the Federal Aviation Administration gets ready to close dozens of air traffic control towers. Of the 189 airports on the FAA’s o…
FAA Readies to Close Dozens of Air Traffic Control Towers
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — One of the first major impacts from Washington’s budget sequestration will soon kick in as the Federal Aviation Administration gets ready to close dozens of air traffic control towers. Of the 189 airports on the FAA’s o…
Driver in Texas Shootout Possibly Linked to Colorado Prison Chief Murder
Colorado Dept of Corrections(FORT WORTH, Texas) — A high speed chase and shootout that spanned two Texas counties and ended with the death of the driver Thursday may be connected to the murder of Colorado’s prisons chief earlier this week, police said…
Teen Burn Victim Arrested on Drug Charges
Photodisc/Digital Vision/Thinkstock(WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) — Michael Brewer, who was set on fire by three teens in 2009, has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor drug charges.Brewer was stopped by Florida Highway Patrol on Wednesday after running a…
Report: Deaths Increasing at US-Mexico Border
Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The number of immigrants who died while attempting to illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border saw a large increase in 2012, even though there seem to be far fewer people attempting the crossing.According to…
Cops Say Colorado Prison Chief Was ‘Targeted’
Colorado Dept of Corrections(MONUMENT, Colo.) — Detectives investigating the murder of Colorado’s prisons chief appear to be ruling out the possibility that he was a victim of random violence and believe that he was specifically targeted.”Is it possib…
Fort Hood Shooter Not Allowed to Plead Guilty
Photo by U.S. Government Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences via Getty Image(FORT HOOD, Texas) — Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage, will not be allowed to plead guilty, a judge ru…