Inmate tunnels through wall, stabs man in neighboring cell, prison officials say
(NEW YORK) -- Kavian Thomas, a man currently incarcerated at Rice Street jail in Fulton County, Georgia, dug a hole in a shower wall,...
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Large areas of US experiencing poor air quality due to Canadian wildfires
(NEW YORK) -- Several regions in the U.S. are suffering from poor air quality as the smoke from the wildfires burning in Canada make...
Pete Buttigieg says Transportation Department is working to avoid summer travel disruptions
(WASHINGTON) -- Just ahead of what airlines say could be the busiest Memorial Day weekend for travel since before COVID-19, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg...
NAACP issues travel advisory alleging, Florida ‘hostile to African Americans’
(WASHINGTON) -- The national NAACP Board of Directors has issued a formal advisory against traveling to Florida, alleging the state has become "hostile toward...
Three dead in shooting at lounge in Kansas City, Missouri
(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) -- Three people were killed and two were injured when gunfire broke out early Sunday at a nightclub in Kansas City,...
New York cannabis store licenses look to undo stigma placed on former convicts
(NEW YORK) -- When Roland Conner was a teenager in the 1990s, he was imprisoned on a marijuana-related charge.Conner told ABC News that he struggled...
Mother accused of abandoning newborn found alive in woods denied bond in ‘Baby India’ case
(FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga.) -- A woman accused of putting her newborn in a plastic bag and abandoning her in the Georgia woods nearly four years...
Two construction workers killed in massive fire at Charlotte site
(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) -- Two construction workers were killed in a massive fire at a Charlotte construction site Thursday, which fire officials said was accidental.Reginald Johnson,...
Louisville police capture inmate who escaped through car window, briefly kidnapped two
(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) -- Louisville police caught a convicted felon who they say escaped police custody on Thursday and then briefly kidnapped two people, forcing them...
3-year-old shoots two people in Indiana, leading to arrest of man wanted for murder
(LAFAYETTE, Ind.) -- A shooting in Indiana that injured two people after a three-year-old accessed a gun led to the arrest of a man wanted...
Man who claimed self-defense in shooting death of Sinzae Reed avoids murder charge
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- Krieg Butler, a 36-year-old white man who shot and killed 13-year-old Sinzae Reed, in Columbus, Ohio, in October was indicted by a...
Louisville police search for inmate who escaped through car window then briefly kidnapped two
(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) -- Louisville, Kentucky police are searching for a convicted felon who escaped police custody on Thursday and then briefly kidnapped two people,...
