Breonna Taylor FamilyBy KARMA ALLEN, ABC News (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — Family and supporters of Breonna Taylor said Wednesday that a Kentucky grand jury’s lack of homicide charges against the police offers who fatally shot Taylor is “outrageous and offensive to Breonna’s memory.” Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representingRead More →
iStock/ChiccoDodiFCBY: EMILY SHAPIRO and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (LOUISVILLE) — People in Louisville and across the country are unleashing their anger after a Kentucky grand jury on Wednesday indicted one officer for allegedly endangering the neighbors of Breonna Taylor during the police shooting that killed her. Officer Brett Hankison, whoRead More →
iStock/FrankvandenBerghBY: KARMA ALLEN, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A New York state firefighter filed a discrimination lawsuit against the North Tonawanda Fire Department, saying he was bullied for his disability and harassed for making safety complaints against the department. North Tonawanda firefighter Michael Zellner filed a complaint with the NewRead More →
iStock/ffrannyBY: AARON KATERSKY, ABC News (NEW YORK) — After largely controlling the coronavirus through the summer, New York City health officials warned Wednesday of troubling spikes in cases in six neighborhoods across Brooklyn and Queens that they said “are cause for significant concern.” The neighborhoods include Kew Gardens and FarRead More →
DNY59/iStockBY: BILL HUTCHINSON, STEPHANIE WASH and SABINA GHEBREMEDHIN, ABC News (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — A Kentucky grand jury indicted former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison on three counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree in a shooting in March that killed Breonna Taylor, but neither he nor the other twoRead More →
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Beta has drenched Houston with nearly 15 inches of rain, causing major flooding in the city. While the rain has stopped Wednesday morning, authorities are still urging residents to be mindful of wet and flooded roadways. The floodingRead More →
Adam Höglund/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News (FRESNO, Calif.) — The Creek Fire has now become the largest single fire in California history. The fire has already destroyed 286,519 acres in Fresno and Madera Counties since it first ignited on Sept. 4. It is only 32% contained so far, according toRead More →
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStock By WILLIAM MANSELL and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 972,000 people worldwide. Over 31.6 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to dataRead More →
DNY59/iStockBy STEPHANIE WASH and BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — A Kentucky grand jury indicted one officer, Brett Hankison on three counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree in the shooting case of Breonna Taylor. Louisville Metro Police Department officers Myles Cosgrove, Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly and former officerRead More →
KenCanning/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News(NEW YORK) — A grizzly bear mauled and killed a hunter in a first-of-its-kind attack at a national park in Alaska. The incident happened on Sept. 20 in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, a 13.2-million-acre area located in southeast Alaska, while the hunter wasRead More →
