iStock(UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.) — Officials at Penn State University suspended the Chi Phi fraternity on Tuesday after a teenager was found dead in an off-campus house reportedly occupied by frat members. The Alpha Delta chapter of the Chi Phi fraternity was placed under an interim suspension as the school investigates the mysterious death of a […]
iStock(CHERRY HILL, N.J.) — A New Jersey school district is banning students with school lunch debt from attending extracurricular activities, including prom and field trips. The Cherry Hill school district passed a policy that prohibits high school students who owe $75 or more in meal payments from “participating in extracurricular activities, purchasing tickets for school […]
iStock(GLENDALE, Colo.) — A Colorado woman who claimed her 7-year-old daughter died of a terminal illness two years ago has now been accused of her murder. Kelly Renee Turner, who also goes by Kelly Renee Gant, was arrested at a hotel in Glendale, Colorado, on Friday after a grand jury returned a 13-count indictment against […]
iStock(SAN FRANCISCO) — Hundreds of thousands of Northern California residents are bracing for another round of widespread, deliberate blackouts after Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said it may need to proactively shut off power due to high winds. The power company’s emergency operations center has been monitoring a dry, offshore wind event and may turn […]
iStock(LOS ANGELES) — A grand jury in Boston on Tuesday returned additional charges against 18 people tied to the “Varsity Blues” college admissions scandal. The new charges affect 11 of 15 previously charged parents, including actress Lori Loughlin, and seven university officials. Mossimo Giannuli, Loughlin’s husband, is also included in those facing additional charges. The […]
USPS(WASHINGTON) — Trailblazing journalist Gwen Ifill will be memorialized on a new U.S. Postal Service Forever stamp. She will be the face of the 43rd stamp in the Black Heritage series, according to a press release from USPS on Tuesday. The stamp features a photo of her taken in 2008 by photographer Robert Severi. Ifill, […]
bmcent1/iStock(SANTA ROSA, Calif.) — A shooting was reported near Ridgway High School in Santa Rosa, Calif., Tuesday morning, and police are now searching for “the lone shooter,” authorities said. Santa Rosa police described the incident as an “isolated shooting just outside” of the school. “There is one known victim already receiving medical treatment,” said police. […]
WPVI(PHILADELPHIA) — A 2-year-old girl was shot dead in her home one day after an 11-month-old boy was shot and critically injured in a car in two horrific crimes that are rocking Philadelphia this week. “I was stunned,” Pennsylvania State Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell told ABC News on Tuesday, calling it “really hard for me to […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) — There have been 11 reported tornadoes in the last 36 hours in five states from Texas to Tennessee with the latest damage pictures coming in from Memphis area where two tornadoes were reported Monday morning. This same storm system will move east Tuesday and the East Coast should expect storms with […]
pablohart/iStock(AMERICUS, Ga.) — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has been hospitalized after falling at his Georgia home on Monday evening, according to a spokesperson. The Carter Center, which the former president founded in 1982, posted a statement via Twitter on Tuesday morning, saying Carter had been “admitted to Phoebe Sumter Medical Center for observation and […]
