Home security camera footage captured the moment a truck exploded, damaging multiple homes in suburban Chicago. Police said the driver sustained minor injuries. Investigators believe a leaking propane tank being carried in the truck may have triggered the blast.
Ten men escaped from a New Orleans jail on Friday, possibly with help from officials at the jail, and should be considered armed and dangerous, authorities said. Two of the inmates have since been apprehended.
French Pres. Emmanuel Macron appeared to be pushed in the face by his wife Brigitte Macron as they arrived in Vietnam, the first stop of a Southeast Asia tour. #news #france #macron
"I was getting pulled over, and I needed to step out the car, and I know I didn't do nothing wrong. I was really just scared." William McNeil, Jr., the 22-year-old Florida man whose violent arrest by Jacksonville sheriff’s deputies was caught in a viral video, addressed the incident publicly for the first time during a press conference on Wednesday morning. Speaking during the press conference, one of McNeil's attorneys, Ben Crump, called for the firing of the deputy who punched McNeil during the incident. #florida #police #news #abcnews
SOUND ON: A motorist in Australia found themselves driving through a massive swarm of grasshoppers while traveling down a rural road in mid-April. #grasshoppers #australia #news #abcnews
Passengers evacuated onto the runway via emergency slide after an American Airlines flight aborted its takeoff on the runway in Denver on Saturday. One person was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, officials said.
Alivea Goncalves, sister of University of Idaho murder victim Kaylee Goncalves, delivered a scalding victim impact statement, telling convicted killer Bryan Kohberger her sister "would have kicked your f****** a**" if he hadn't attacked her while she slept.
“We were taught by Nelson Mandela that whenever there are problems, people need to sit down around a table and talk about them," South African Pres. Ramaphosa responded to Pres. Trump's unfounded claims of "genocide" against white South African farmers. In a rare scene in the Oval Office, Trump had the lights dimmed to play videos on a TV monitor he said supported his allegations. He then held up what he said were news articles about violent attacks against white Afrikaner farmers. #news #politics #DonaldTrump #ABCNews
Another round of voting is complete without a new pope being elected, as black smoke was emitted from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney. #news #pope #vatican
NEW: Erik Menendez is in the hospital and has been diagnosed with a serious medical condition, his family confirmed to ABC News. The condition has not been disclosed. Erik and Lyle Menendez were resentenced in May to 50 years to life in prison, which makes them eligible for parole — the latest step in a yearslong battle for the brothers trying to get released after 35 years behind bars. The brothers have a parole hearing on Aug. 21. #menendezbrothers #news #abcnews
Despite reports that Chicago native Pope Leo XIV is a Cubs fan, one of the newly selected pontiff's brothers, John Prevost, cleared things up during an interview with ABC News' Alex Perez: "He's a Sox fan."
Attorney General Pam Bondi and her deputy Todd Blanche informed Pres. Trump in May that his name appears multiple times in the Epstein files, according to the Wall Street Journal. Bondi reportedly recommended the files not be released because they contained child pornography and identities of victims. The WSJ reports Trump deferred to her judgement. Mary Bruce reports.
A car came to a complete stop on a major interstate in Columbus, Ohio, after apparently missing an exit, causing a multi-car rear-end crash. “Do not be this driver,” the Ohio Department of Transportation warned. #news #driving #cars #ohio
Eyewitness video captured the moment when a fireworks warehouse caught fire and exploded, sending a plume of smoke soaring into the sky above Esparto, California. No injuries have been reported. #abcnews #news
Plebes no more: First-year students at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, successfully completed the annual Herndon Monument climb on Wednesday. The ritual, which involves the students working together to climb the greased monument, officially marks their transition to midshipmen.
Six agents were suspended by the U.S. Secret Service for failures connected to last year's attempted assassination of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, an official told ABC News. ABC News' Pierre Thomas reports. #news
"Even though this pardon has happened, I still was convicted of something I did not do. It could be you." Reality TV star Todd Chrisley makes first statement after being pardoned by Pres. Trump. Todd and his wife, Julie Chrisley, were sentenced in November 2022 to a combined 19 years in prison on charges including fraud and tax evasion. #chrisley #pardon #trump #news #abcnews
A TV news anchor vanishes. And then, almost 30 years later, a break in the case and new leads. What really happened to Jodi? The all-new true crime docuseries - “Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit” - is now streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.