North Carolina Department of Public Safety(FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.) -- An Amber Alert has been issued for a 15-year-old girl in North Carolina.
The North Carolina Department of Public Safety sent out an Amber Alert for Nevia Maihyanna Nixon, of Fayetteville,
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iStock(NEW YORK) -- Deaths by suicide among correctional officers so far in 2019 have tied the highest total ever recorded, according to the head of their union.
Year to date, 13 cases have been documented.
"We're on course for
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recep-bg/iStock(CHICAGO) -- Thousands of Chicago Public School teachers went on strike Thursday, fighting for working conditions "that respect educators and provide Chicago’s students with the schools they deserve."
The strike follows months of failed negotiations between teachers and the
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kali9/iStock(KATY, Texas) -- A 29-year-old man was shot dead by intruders in his Texas home, though his wife and young children, who were also there, escaped without injury, authorities said.
Authorities rushed to the house in Katy, near Houston,
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ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Over half a million people are in the dark across New England Thursday morning after a powerful Nor'easter struck overnight, bringing heavy rain, flooding and violent winds.
In the coastal Massachusetts town of Duxbury, Fire
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ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Three months after gunfire shattered a neighborhood block party, killing one person and injuring 11 in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, N.Y., police say they have a suspect in custody.
Brooklyn resident Kyle Williams, 20,
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Courtesy Miguel Martinez(WASHINGTON) -- For asylum-seeker Miguel Angel Giron Martinez, getting to the U.S. border was the easy part.
It was the eight months afterward that he says was a nightmare.
In an interview with ABC News, Giron Martinez
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mrtom-uk/iStock(NEW YORK) -- A Georgia school district backtracked on its progressive transgender bathroom policy on Wednesday after staff members said they received death threats over the issue.
Pickens County Superintendent Carlton Wilson reversed a decision that allowed transgender students
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Utah Highway Patrol via Twitter(CENTERVILLE, Utah) -- An officer with the Utah Highway Patrol said he was still trying to "process" the terrifying moment when he pulled a man out of the path of an oncoming train.
The rescue
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Broward Sheriffs Office(HOLLYWOOD, Fla.) -- Two women spiked a tourist's drink at a South Florida casino before bringing him back to his hotel room and robbing him of $1,000 cash and a Rolex worth $15,000, authorities said.
Newly released
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vmargineanu/iStock(SEMINOLE, Fla.) -- Police arrested a Florida teenager on Wednesday when he allegedly threatened to carry out a mass shooting at school after getting into a fight.
The 14-year-old student at LiFT Academy School in Seminole allegedly told a
... Read More
boonsom/iStock(WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla.) -- A Florida school resource officer was terminated for accidentally discharging his weapon while fidgeting with it in a school cafeteria.
Jonathan Cross, an officer at Thomas E. Weightman Middle School in Pasco County, was fired
... Read More
JSABBOTT/iStock(CROCKETT, Calif.) -- California officials are investigating the cause of a fire this week at an energy facility that brought a major interstate highway to a halt and forced thousands of residents to shelter in place for hours, including
... Read More
tillsonburg/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The death by suicide suffered on Tuesday by the New York Police Department was the second in the U.S. within 24 hours, continuing a worrying trend among law enforcement.
It was the NYPD's 10th so far
... Read More
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Heavy rain, gusty winds and possibly flash flooding are headed to the Northeast as a nor'easter strengthens off the coast.
The heavy rain is pushing across Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon.
The heavy
... Read More
North Carolina Department of Public Safety(FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.) -- An Amber Alert has been issued for a 15-year-old girl in North Carolina.
The North Carolina Department of Public Safety sent out an Amber Alert for Nevia Maihyanna Nixon, of Fayetteville,
... Read More
iStock(NEW YORK) -- Deaths by suicide among correctional officers so far in 2019 have tied the highest total ever recorded, according to the head of their union.
Year to date, 13 cases have been documented.
"We're on course for
... Read More
recep-bg/iStock(CHICAGO) -- Thousands of Chicago Public School teachers went on strike Thursday, fighting for working conditions "that respect educators and provide Chicago’s students with the schools they deserve."
The strike follows months of failed negotiations between teachers and the
... Read More
kali9/iStock(KATY, Texas) -- A 29-year-old man was shot dead by intruders in his Texas home, though his wife and young children, who were also there, escaped without injury, authorities said.
Authorities rushed to the house in Katy, near Houston,
... Read More
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Over half a million people are in the dark across New England Thursday morning after a powerful Nor'easter struck overnight, bringing heavy rain, flooding and violent winds.
In the coastal Massachusetts town of Duxbury, Fire
... Read More
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Three months after gunfire shattered a neighborhood block party, killing one person and injuring 11 in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, N.Y., police say they have a suspect in custody.
Brooklyn resident Kyle Williams, 20,
... Read More
Courtesy Miguel Martinez(WASHINGTON) -- For asylum-seeker Miguel Angel Giron Martinez, getting to the U.S. border was the easy part.
It was the eight months afterward that he says was a nightmare.
In an interview with ABC News, Giron Martinez
... Read More
mrtom-uk/iStock(NEW YORK) -- A Georgia school district backtracked on its progressive transgender bathroom policy on Wednesday after staff members said they received death threats over the issue.
Pickens County Superintendent Carlton Wilson reversed a decision that allowed transgender students
... Read More
Utah Highway Patrol via Twitter(CENTERVILLE, Utah) -- An officer with the Utah Highway Patrol said he was still trying to "process" the terrifying moment when he pulled a man out of the path of an oncoming train.
The rescue
... Read More
Broward Sheriffs Office(HOLLYWOOD, Fla.) -- Two women spiked a tourist's drink at a South Florida casino before bringing him back to his hotel room and robbing him of $1,000 cash and a Rolex worth $15,000, authorities said.
Newly released
... Read More
vmargineanu/iStock(SEMINOLE, Fla.) -- Police arrested a Florida teenager on Wednesday when he allegedly threatened to carry out a mass shooting at school after getting into a fight.
The 14-year-old student at LiFT Academy School in Seminole allegedly told a
... Read More
boonsom/iStock(WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla.) -- A Florida school resource officer was terminated for accidentally discharging his weapon while fidgeting with it in a school cafeteria.
Jonathan Cross, an officer at Thomas E. Weightman Middle School in Pasco County, was fired
... Read More
JSABBOTT/iStock(CROCKETT, Calif.) -- California officials are investigating the cause of a fire this week at an energy facility that brought a major interstate highway to a halt and forced thousands of residents to shelter in place for hours, including
... Read More
tillsonburg/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The death by suicide suffered on Tuesday by the New York Police Department was the second in the U.S. within 24 hours, continuing a worrying trend among law enforcement.
It was the NYPD's 10th so far
... Read More
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Heavy rain, gusty winds and possibly flash flooding are headed to the Northeast as a nor'easter strengthens off the coast.
The heavy rain is pushing across Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon.
The heavy
... Read More
