Photodisc/Thinkstock(SAN DIEGO) — San Diego police say that a 12-year-old boy scout took his own life Monday at the Fiesta Island Youth Camp in the city’s Mission Bay. According to authorities, the boy shot himself in the head. No other scouts were wounded in Read More
Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images(PRESCOTT, Ariz.) — A memorial service was held on Monday to mark the one-year anniversary of the death of 19 firefighters in the Yarnell Hill Fire. The 19 hotshots were trapped in a canyon and overtaken by flames while Read More
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that certain government workers should not be required to pay any fees to the unions that represent them, while declining to overturn the precedent that requires many public sector workers to do Read More
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(AUSTIN, Texas) — A Texas lottery ticket worth $12 million went unclaimed on Monday, the last day on which its owner could have claimed the prize, meaning the winnings go towards Texas public schools. According to the Texas Lottery Commission, Read More
Courtesy Bracamonte Family(UPLAND, Calif.) — The fired California nanny who wouldn’t leave is blaming the weather, the media and physical disabilities as the reasons she hasn’t moved out of her former employers’ home, but said she will be out by Read More
ASPCA(NEW YORK) — Nearly one in five lost pets goes missing after being scared by the sound of fireworks, thunderstorms or other loud noises, according to a recent survey by The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, making the Fourth of July a Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A woman who fell into the subway tracks in New York City’s Times Square survived three passing trains by hiding in the wells between tracks. Mary Downey, 22, fell onto the tracks accidentally early Sunday morning just as a train Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Companies are not required to pay for employees’ contraceptives for women if they have religious objections, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. The justices’ decision came in a 5-4 ruling in the much anticipated case. Supreme Read More
iStock Editorial(WICHITA, Kan.) — A United Airlines flight from Chicago to California was diverted to Wichita, Kan. Sunday after the plane’s emergency evacuation slide accidentally deployed, an airline spokesperson told ABC News. United Airlines Flight 1463 Read More
Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Marine Cpl. Wassef Hassoun, a two time deserter, has turned himself in to military authorities after nine years on the run. In 2004, Hassoun disappeared in Iraq, and though he claimed he was kidnapped by Iraqi militants, he Read More
