Security guard details encounter with alleged Jacksonville gunman prior to racially motivated shooting Monday, August 28 by ABC News(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) -- The president of a historically Black college in Jacksonville said Monday that he is convinced a group of students and a security officer thwarted a potential campus massacre by the same gunman who is alleged to have killed three people in... Read More.
No warning signs prior to Elizabeth Tsurkov abduction, her sister says Wednesday, July 12 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Elizabeth Tsurkov, a doctoral student in political science at Princeton University, was abducted in March from a café in Iraq, where she had been doing research. The Israeli Middle East expert was doing field studies in Karrada, Iraq, when she was kidnapped.Tsurkov’s... Read More.
Murder suspect escapes from jail weeks after captured following prior manhunt Friday, July 7 by ABC News(JAMESTOWN, N.Y.) -- Authorities are searching for a homicide suspect who escaped from a Pennsylvania jail just weeks after he was captured following a dayslong manhunt.Michael Burham, 34, is a suspect in homicide and rape cases in Jamestown, New York, police said. He was... Read More.
Body camera footage shows dispute between Susan Lorincz and Ajike Owens prior to fatal shooting Tuesday, July 4 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Body camera footage released Monday by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office shows Susan Lorincz, the woman charged with manslaughter for shooting her neighbor Ajike "AJ" Owens on June 2, calling sheriff's deputies on multiple occasions to complain about children in her... Read More.
US economy actually grew 2% over first quarter, up from prior 1.3% estimate Thursday, June 29 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. economy grew significantly more at the outset of this year than an initial measurement indicated, according to a major upward revision released on Thursday by the Commerce Department.Gross domestic product increased at a 2% annualized rate for a three-month period... Read More.
CDC says infants should get extra measles vaccine prior to traveling abroad as cases rise Thursday, June 22 by ABC News(ATLANTA) -- Infants eligible for a measles vaccine should receive one prior to international travel, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said amid rising cases of the highly contagious disease during the summer travel season.The guidance came as part of a Health Alert... Read More.
District attorney to review all prior cases of former Memphis police officers charged in Tyre Nichols’ death Friday, February 10 by ABC News(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) -- The local district attorney's office in Tennessee's Shelby County announced Thursday that it will review all prior cases -- closed and pending -- of the five former Memphis police officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols."This is still an active... Read More.
RSV hospitalizations in seniors much higher than any point in prior seasons Tuesday, November 15 by ABC News(ATLANTA) -- While respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, has been surging among children in the United States, older adults are being affected as well.Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that senior citizens are being hospitalized with the virus at this... Read More.
Midterm elections early voting updates: Turnout surpasses prior years Tuesday, November 1 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- More than 23 million people have voted early in the 2022 general election, according to data analyzed by the University of Florida's U.S. Elections Project -- about 15 million more than just one a week ago.As of Tuesday morning, the project counted... Read More.
Study on child hepatitis cases points to prior COVID infection, but experts say too soon to know Wednesday, June 15 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A new study points to prior COVID-19 infection as a possible culprit for the global wave of severe hepatitis cases among children -- though experts caution the true cause is still a medical mystery.Researchers in Israel added evidence for the theory... Read More.