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Suspect identified in blaze that destroyed historic Minnesota synagogue

iStock/Thinkstock(DULUTH, Minnesota) -- Minnesota police have identified the suspect allegedly responsible for sparking a fire that destroyed a historic Minnesota synagogue on Monday. Duluth resident Matthew John Amiot,...

Tropical Storm Humberto gains in strength, fire warnings issued in West

ABC News(MIAMI) -- Tropical Storm Humberto is expected to strengthen over the next few days, likely becoming a Hurricane by late Sunday night or Early Monday, but is forecasted to make a sharp turn northeastward on Monday...

California woman who dreamed she ate her engagement ring has surgery after waking up to find she actually did

iStock/Kwangmoozaa(SAN DIEGO) -- A San Diego woman has had surgery after dreamed she was forced to eat her engagement ring woke up to discover that she had actually eaten it. Jenna Evans was deep asleep on Tuesday night...

Stolen pickup truck containing the ashes of owner's daughter returned after search

Tramino/iStock(TAMPA, Fla.) -- Some 500 friends and loved ones of Nicolle Butler gathered last weekend for a funeral to remember the 27-year-old first grade teacher who died in a motorcycle accident.

Collapsed deck in New Jersey injures at least 21

Ahmad Austin/The Press of Atlantic City(ATLANTIC CITY, NJ) -- The deck of a New Jersey home collapsed around 6 p.m. on Saturday, injuring at least 21 people, according to ABC Philadelphia station WPVI-TV.

High school students gift new clothes to bullied classmate in video

Twann Lovee/Facebook(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) -- A Memphis high school student who was bullied for wearing the same thing day after day has a new set of clothes and sneakers thanks to the generosity of two of his classmates.

Homeless man reunites with dog in heartwarming video

Memphis Animal Services(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) -- It had been weeks since Anthony Rogers last saw his beloved dog, Bobo. Rogers, an artist who is currently homeless in the Memphis area, had been on the streets with Bobo before...

Tracking Tropical Storm Humberto off the Southeast coast as storms threaten the Midwest and Northeast

ABC News(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) -- Tropical Storm Humberto is forecast to strengthen over the next few days but should stay offshore -- preventing significant impacts to the southeastern U.S. As of Saturday morning the...

'They don't know Sally': Black teen defends white woman who cut his dreadlocks in viral video

Emilie Richardson/ABC News(CHICAGO) -- Kobe Richardson rolled up his pant leg to show where the bullets had torn through his flesh. His leg looked mangled, even after three years of healing. "I was shot 14 times and left...

1 Dead, 2 injured in shooting at Seattle light-rail station

ABC News(SEATTLE) -- One person is dead and two others have been injured in a shooting at a light-rail station in downtown Seattle, authorities say. Seattle police say they're looking for suspects. Responding officers...

Psychic ordered to pay $1.6 million back to victim and spend 40 months in prison

iStock(NEW YORK) -- A woman who allegedly claimed that she was able lift curses as a result of a God-given power is now facing a court-issued judgement. She was ordered to pay $1.6 million in restitution after being found...

Ex-cheerleader Brooke Skyler Richardson avoids prison time in infanticide case

iStock(CARLISLE, Ohio) -- A former Ohio high school cheerleader who was charged with killing her newborn daughter and burying the baby in her family's backyard has avoided prison time. One day after Brooke Skyler...

Gun deaths of St. Louis children rise to 22 as 3-year-old shoots self in head

iStock(ST. LOUIS) -- A 3-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed himself in the St. Louis area, bringing the total number of children killed in gun-related incidents in the St. Louis metropolitan area to 22 so far this...

16-Year-old arrested for making shooting threat at Florida school

iStock(ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.) -- A Florida high school student was arrested Thursday after saying he would shoot up his school -- marking the latest scare just weeks after back-to-back mass shooting at a Texas Walmart and...

Houston officer shot, suspect killed during 'chaotic' crime spree

KTRK(HOUSTON) -- A violent night of crime in Houston left one officer hospitalized, a suspect dead and three other people victims of separate robberies, including a priest who begged on his knees to be spared, police said....

Google Earth search leads to gruesome ending to decades-old missing person's case

aijohn784/iStock(GRAND ISLES, Fla.) -- A man using Google Earth to have a look around his old property ended up spotting something unusual -- sparking a chain of events that led to the remains of a person who disappeared...

Wisconsin brothers accused of running illegal THC vape cartridge 'empire'

danchooalex/iStock(PADDOCK LAKE, Wis.) -- Authorities in Wisconsin are investigating whether a large-scale operation by two brothers allegedly making illegal THC-infused vape cartridges could be connected to recent...

Brooklyn man charged with hate crime in attack on 63-year-old Jewish man

Courtesy Benny Friedman(NEW YORK) -- A 26-year-old man has been arrested and charged with a hate crime in connection to an attack on a 63-year-old Jewish man in a Brooklyn, New York park, police said Thursday. Oniel...

Stony Brook professor allegedly stole more than $200K in cancer research funds

Kativ/iStock(STONY BROOK, N.Y.) -- A Stony Brook University professor was indicted for stealing upward of $200,000 in cancer research funds, authorities said Thursday. Geoffrey Girnun, 48, is an associate professor in the...

Hot air balloon makes hard landing, one woman seriously hurt: Police

MICHELANGELOBOY/iStock(LAS VEGAS) -- A hot air balloon made a hard landing near Las Vegas on Thursday, seriously hurting one person, officials said. The pilot and four passengers were ejected from the basket when the...