Feds: $31M trip-and-fall scam used homeless people as pawns
Authorities say they’ve taken down a criminal racket in which corrupt lawyers and doctors used hundreds of desperate people, including…
Helicopter crashes into Tennessee River; 1 dead, 3 saved
Authorities say one person has died after a helicopter crashed into the Tennessee River August 4, 2020, 12:36 PM 2…
Video and 911 audio released in Indiana police dog mauling
Authorities have released additional police video footage and 911 audio in the May arrest of a Black northwestern Indiana man…
Small plane crashes into Utah neighborhood; multiple injured
Authorities say multiple people were injured when a small airplane crashed in a suburban Salt Lake City neighborhood on Saturday…
San Francisco bus driver assaulted with bat over mask order
A San Francisco bus driver was assaulted with a wooden bat after asking three passengers to wear a mask in…
US agency vows steps to address COVID-19 inequalities
NEW YORK — If Black, Hispanic and Native Americans are hospitalized and killed by the coronavirus at far higher rates…
Coast Guard makes two rescues from boat before it goes under
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a commercial fisherman who was clinging to a cooler in the Gulf of Mexico after…
Swiss zookeeper dies after tiger attack inside enclosure
The zoo in Switzerland’s biggest city says a 55-year-old keeper was killed by one of the park’s Siberian tigers July…
Scuba diver killed in Australia shark attack
A 20-year-old scuba diver has died after being attacked by a shark off the coast of Australia’s Queensland state July…
5 die after SUV crosses interstate median in South Carolina
South Carolina troopers say five people inside a SUV have died after their vehicle crossed an interstate median and hit…
2 tremors shake Puerto Rico, latest in series of quakes
Two strong earthquakes have shaken Puerto Rico, but there have been no reports of injuries in the latest of a…
Analysts: Fire at Iran nuclear site hit centrifuge facility
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A fire and an explosion struck a centrifuge production plant above Iran‘s underground Natanz nuclear…
Radioactivity hike seen in northern Europe; source unknown
Nordic authorities say they detected slightly increased levels of radioactivity in northern Europe this month that Dutch officials said may…
6 killed, 20 injured as bus flips over on China highway
Six people have died and 20 others are injured after a bus flipped over on a highway in southwestern China…
Truck collision on Indian highway kills 23 migrant workers
A government official says at least 23 migrant workers have been killed when a truck they were travelling in crashed…
Report: Bryant crash pilot had no drugs, alcohol in system
LOS ANGELES — The pilot flying Kobe Bryant and seven others to a youth basketball tournament did not have alcohol…
Coroner: French bulldog fatally mauls suburban Chicago woman
Authorities say a suburban Chicago woman was mauled to death by a French bulldog that she recently adopted and that…
Surfer killed in shark attack was passionate about the sport
A surfer killed in a shark attack off a Northern California beach was identified as a 26-year-old man who customized…
Woman killed by alligator in SC was doing homeowner’s nails
Authorities say the woman attacked and killed by an alligator in a gated community along the South Carolina coast was…
New Orleans issues permit to demolition collapsed hotel
Plans to demolish the Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans have been given the go-ahead, after months of disagreements between…
South Korea construction fire kills 38
At least 38 people were killed when one of South Korea’s worst fires in years broke out at a construction…
Curtain lowers on nuke plant a stone’s throw from Manhattan
One of the two operating reactors at an aging nuclear plant in the New York City area will shut down…
Coast Guard: Duck boat changes needed after Missouri sinking
National federal safety regulators say actions by the owners of a tourist boat that sank in Missouri in 2018 and…
Driver in crash may have passed out from wearing N95 mask too long: Police
Police said the driver is believed to have worn an N95 mask for too long. April 25, 2020, 3:21 PM…
Lightning kills at least 10 in India amid heavy rain
A government official says lightning has killed at least 10 villagers during thunderstorms and heavy rain in eastern India April…
Report: Pilots restarted software, causing fatal nosedive
Desperate pilots of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max reactivated the jet’s flight control software that prevents aerodynamic stalls when…
Chinese hotel used to observe virus contacts collapses
News reports say a hotel in southeastern China being used for medical observation of people who had contact with coronavirus…
Driver dies after jet fuel tanker crash in Indianapolis
A truck driver has died 16 days after he was engulfed in flames when his tanker carrying jet fuel crashed…
Parents sue after daughters’ bodies switched after car crash
The parents of two teenagers killed in a car crash say their bodies were misidentified and switched By CURT ANDERSON…
Winter storm moving across country with heavy snow, flooding rain
13 states from Washington to Illinois are on alert for heavy snow and flooding. February 24, 2020, 2:34 PM 4…
Authorities: 3 killed in rural West Texas small plane crash
Authorities say three people were killed when a small plane crashed in rural West Texas as the pilot tried to…
Third student-runner who was struck by speeding truck dies
A third suburban Oklahoma City high school student has died after a group of cross-country runners was stuck by a…
Missouri dad sues over crash that killed 3 of his children
A father has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in the deaths of three of his children last year in a…
Man hunts down alleged hit-and-run driver after wife killed
A California man who made it his mission to track down the hit-and-run driver who killed his wife and mother…
Iran again fails to put satellite into orbit amid US worries
Iranian state television says the country’s space program has failed to launch into orbit a satellite By AMIR VAHDAT and…
Wreckage of small jet found north of Atlanta
The wreckage of a small jet has been found in a remote area of Georgia, north of Atlanta February 9,…
Major storm moving East with heavy snow and severe weather
14 states are on alert for heavy snow and flooding from California to Georgia. February 4, 2020, 1:42 PM 4…
2nd worker dies of injuries from Texas oil well blowout
A second worker has died of injuries from a Central Texas oil well blowout January 31, 2020, 10:18 PM 1…
No jail time for distracted driver who killed 2 cyclists
A Florida woman who ran her car into a group of bicyclists, killing two people, will avoid jail time January…
Pilot killed in Utah plane crash was founder of ski company
The pilot killed when his small plane crashed into a Utah neighborhood Wednesday was the founder of a company that…
Defying police, Iranians protest over plane shootdown
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian demonstrators defied a heavy police presence Sunday night to protest their country’s days of…
Bus catches fire in road accident in India; at least 20 dead
Police say a double-decker bus has caught fire after ramming into a truck on a highway in northern India and…
12 migrants dead, 21 rescued at sea off western Greece
Greece’s coast guard says 12 migrants have been found dead in the Ionian Sea and 21 others have been rescued…
Car plows into German tourists in northern Italy, 6 dead
Italian fire officials say a car has plowed into a group of young German tourists in northern Italy, killing six…
Delta plane slides off taxiway at Green Bay airport
A Delta Air Lines plane has slid off a taxiway amid icy conditions at an airport in Green Bay, Wisconsin…
Foundation: Damage to historic copter hit by car exceeds $6M
A South Carolina aviation foundation says a Vietnam War-era helicopter hit by a car sustained millions of dollars in damage…
‘Affluenza teen’ Ethan Couch arrested for probation violation
Couch, 22, was on probation after he was released from jail in April 2018. January 2, 2020, 11:12 PM 6…
Iran fighter plane crashes near border, pilot’s fate unknown
An Iranian fighter jet has gone down in northern Iran, near the border with Azerbaijan. State television reported that the…
15 people injured in helicopter emergency landing in Russia
Russian officials say 15 people are injured after a passenger helicopter made a rough emergency landing in Siberia on Wednesday…
3 recovering after North Dakota school bus-train collision
Three students are recovering from injuries suffered when their school bus was struck by a train in North Dakota and…
2 killed, dozens hurt, in snow squall wreck on interstate
A section of Interstate 80 remains closed in central Pennsylvania hours after a multi-vehicle wreck in snow squalls left two…
Hong Kong bus crash kills 6, injures more than 30 others
Hong Kong police say a violent crash of a double-decker bus has killed six people and injured more than 30…
Texas police officer killed by man fleeing traffic stop
Authorities in the Houston area are searching for a 21-year-old man who they say struck and killed a police officer…
Renowned American climber Brad Gobright dies after climbing accident in Mexico
A famed American climber died in an accident in Mexico, friends and family confirmed to ABC News on Thursday. Brad…
Researchers find 2nd warship from WWII Battle of Midway
A crew of deep-sea explorers and historians looking for lost World War II warships have found a second Japanese aircraft…
Father sues Telsa after teen son killed in flaming crash
The father of an 18-year-old Florida teen killed when his speeding Tesla slammed into a wall and caught fire is…
Pit bull dies of snake bites while protecting Florida boys
A man in Florida says his family’s 8-month-old pit bull Zeus died of snake bites as it was trying to…
4 die after bus with Chinese tourists crashes in Utah
A tour bus carrying 30 Chinese tourists left Las Vegas in the morning and set off through the other worldly…
2 dead, 3 injured in small plane crash at Nevada airport
Two people were killed and three others injured Saturday night in the crash of a small private plane near Henderson…