A scathing report is blaming not only the school district police department, but local, state and federal authorities for not doing more to stop a gunman at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
Forty years after a 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death in Northern California, her suspected killer has been arrested, prosecutors announced. Karen Stitt was last seen on the night of Sept. 2, 1982, heading toward a Sunnyvale bus stop after spending time with her boyfriend, the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office said. The next morning, her naked body was found about 100 yards from the bus stop, according to prosecutors.
The Justice Department on Wednesday unsealed charges against an Iranian national and member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps whom prosecutors say allegedly tried to arrange the murder of Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton in "likely" retaliation for the killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani when Trump was president. The criminal complaint against 45-year-old Shahram Poursafi, who remains at large abroad, accuses him of attempting to pay various individuals in the U.S. $300,000 to kill Bolton, beginning in October. In a statement after the case was unsealed Wednesday, Bolton said, in part: "I wish to thank the Justice Department for initiating the criminal proceeding unsealed today; the FBI for its diligence in discovering and tracking the Iranian regime’s criminal threat to American citizens; and the Secret Service for once again providing protection against Tehran’s efforts."
Olivia Newton-John's only child, daughter Chloe Lattanzi, is paying tribute to her mom, calling the late actress "my life giver" and "my teacher." Lattanzi, whom Newton-John shared with ex-husband Matt Lattanzi, shared a heartfelt message to Instagram on Tuesday alongside a clip from the music video of their duet, "Window in the Wall," which was released last year. "I love you forever my life giver, my teacher, my mama."
One manufacturer believes it has a solution to the gun violence plaguing the United States - a personalized smart gun that uses fingerprint technology to make firearms safer. Ginger Chandler is the co-founder of LodeStar Works in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Chandler said the smart gun can only be fired by an authenticated user; in this case, verified by his or her fingerprint.
The coastal city of Brunswick, Georgia, where Ahmaud Arbery was killed, is honoring the slain 25-year-old with a street sign. "The hardest part is knowing he is no longer with me," Arbery's mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, said at Tuesday's unveiling. "I want to say thank you to the city of Brunswick for honoring my family, honoring Ahmaud," she went on.
Following a barrage of online allegations of racial bias and one $25 million class action lawsuit, Sesame Place has announced initiatives to help expand its "commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion." "We have already begun engaging with employees, guests, civil rights groups as well as community leaders, and instituted some interim measures at the park while the review proceeds," Cathy Valeriano, president of Sesame Place Philadelphia, said in a statement. Sesame Place is a licensed park partner of Sesame Workshop and is owned by Sea World.
Former President Donald Trump was expected to sit for a deposition Wednesday as part of the New York attorney general's civil investigation into his family real estate business, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. In an emailed statement to reporters about an hour and a half later, Trump indicated he had invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against testifying against himself. "Under the advice of my counsel ... I declined to answer the questions under the rights and privileges afforded to every citizen under the United States Constitution," he said in his statement, which also included lengthy attacks on the state attorney general's investigation.
Cheryl Burke is getting candid about her struggles with sobriety and being a "work in progress." On Wednesday, she opened up to "Good Morning America" about finding it difficult to maintain her four years of sobriety. Burke also shed more light on her decision to divorce her husband of nearly three years, "Boy Meets World" star Matthew Lawrence, earlier this year, saying she had "to put my sobriety first."
Muslim communities are reeling after the fourth killing in a potential string of murders of Muslim men in Albuquerque, New Mexico. All the deaths have taken place in a nine-month period, stoking fear among local faith groups and garnering attention from Muslim leaders nationwide. The APD chief of police announced Tuesday that the Volkswagen sedan believed to be involved in the most recent murder of 25-year-old Pakistan native Naeem Hussain has been tracked down and the driver has been detained.
Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate was searched by federal agents on Monday morning in what an outside expert called a "major escalation" of one of the investigations he faces. Trump, who was not present for Monday's search, said in a statement that the agents obtained access to his safe as they executed the search warrant. Law enforcement experts unconnected to the case called the raid a notable step forward in the federal probe -- which appears to trace back to a National Archives referral to the Department of Justice reported early this year -- and they explained the significance of federal search warrants and what they indicate about the general timeline of a case.
Inflation data released on Wednesday revealed that price increases slowed in July, easing the strain on household budgets as the Federal Reserve fights inflation with a series of borrowing cost hikes. While still elevated, price hikes waned from the near-historic pace reached in June, giving hope to policymakers and consumers that inflation has peaked. The consumer price index, or CPI, rose 8.5% year-over-year in July, a marked slowdown from 9.1% in June, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Three towns on Maryland’s Eastern Shore will pay $5 million to the family of a Black teenager who was killed in an encounter with police officers almost four years ago, according to the attorneys for the family. Anton Black, a 19-year-old former star high school athlete, died on Sept. 15, 2018, after being restrained by three officers from the Centreville, Greensboro and Ridgley police departments who held him face down for about six minutes, pinning his shoulders, legs and arms, according to a lawsuit filed in federal district court in Baltimore in late 2020.
Being aware of the monkeypox outbreak spreading across the U.S., Todd said he did a Google search of what monkeypox rashes look like and "one of the images looked exactly like my blemish." Tecovirimat, known as TPOXX, which is a two-week course of pills, can be considered for people at high risk of severe illness, such as those with weakened immune systems.
"Good Morning America" consulted with board-certified medical and cosmetic dermatologist Dr. DiAnne Davis, as well as board-certified pediatrician and expert on Bug Bite Thing's medical advisory Dr. Mona Amin to find out how to prevent and treat bug bites this season. Are there any key indicators that would let someone know that they have a bug bite versus other skin irritations? Amin: With bug bites, you will usually see a lump or bump of redness and surrounding irritation -- this is generally where the insect bit you and a telltale sign.
One person is dead and five others seriously injured after a bus overturned on the New Jersey Turnpike Tuesday, according to state police. The fatal accident took place around 6:53 p.m. on the southbound Turnpike just before the Grover Cleveland Service Area, when a double-decker bus overturned and came to a stop on the entrance ramp to the service area, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Lawrence Peele told reporters Tuesday night. The entrance ramp near the crash is still shut down, N.J. State Police told ABC News.
Two soldiers from Fort Benning have died and three others were injured in a weather-related event in northern Georgia, an official said Tuesday. The incident took place at Yonah Mountain, located near Dahlonega, a spokesperson for the Army's Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning Public Affairs Office said in a statement. The three injured soldiers were treated by an Army medic on the scene before being transferred to a local hospital, the spokesperson said, where they remain under the care of hospital staff.
A Southern California dermatologist was arrested last week for allegedly poisoning her husband, authorities said. Jack Chen, 53, has accused his wife Yue "Emily" Yu, 45, of poisoning him with Drano, a brand of drain cleaner, on three separate occasions in July, even catching the alleged act on tape and handing it over to the Irvine Police Department, according to court documents. Yu's defense attorney David Wohl told ABC News that the allegations against his client are "absolutely and unequivocally" false.
With Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy retiring after 48 years in office and the state's only representative, Peter Welch, hoping to fill his Senate seat after 16 years in the House, Vermonters are virtually certain to send a woman to Congress for the first time in the state's history -- with ABC News projecting that state Sen. Becca Balint will win her primary race on Tuesday. Vermont, despite its progressive reputation among many given how Sen. Bernie Sanders towers over the local political landscape, is the last state in the nation to send a woman to Washington, partly because it's had fewer opportunities with men like Leahy, Sanders and Welch serving for long stretches in the mere three congressional seats.
Police in Washington, D.C., are investigating a suspected hate crime after two men were punched by assailants who hurled a gay slur at them while referencing monkeypox, according to a police report. The two men were walking on Seventh Street NW when the suspects approached them and called them "monkeypox f-----s," according to the report. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said she was "extremely disturbed by the reported hate crime."
Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the murders of four Muslim men in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Investigators tracked down the Volkswagen sedan with tinted windows allegedly driven by the suspect in the most recent homicide, Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina announced during a tweet Tuesday afternoon news conference. The car was stopped by New Mexico State Police near Santa Rosa, New Mexico -- about 115 miles east of Albuquerque -- after a tip from a community member following the release of the description of the car, Albuquerque Deputy Cmdr. Kyle Hartsock told reporters at Tuesday's news conference.
