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Estes Thompson is shown in this booking photo. (Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority) (NEW YORK) — One day after lawyers for American Airlines argued a 9-year-old child acted negligently when she was recorded by a hidden camera in an airplane lavatory, the airline is backpedaling that defense. FBI agents knocked on the 9-year-old’s family home […]
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A U.S. national has been mistakenly accused of involvement in last weekend’s attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cole Patrick Ducey, an engineer living in Eswatini, told ABC News Monday that he was not involved, despite reports online and in the media. DRC government officials also confirmed to […]
Turks and Caicos officers stand outside a police station. (ABC News/Nightline) (NEW YORK) — Police in Turks and Caicos have charged an American woman with ammunition possession — a crime that carries a minimum penalty of 12 years — after airport officials alleged they found illegal ammunition in her luggage. Sharitta Shinise Grier, 45, of […]
amphotora/Getty Images (LONDON) — An American visiting Russia was detained for allegedly “violating public order” and remanded in custody for 10 days, a Moscow court said Tuesday. William Russell Nycum had been drinking with friends at a bar before allegedly climbing into a children’s library in Moscow, REN TV, a local television station, first reported […]
amphotora/Getty Images (LONDON) — An American visiting Russia was arrested after allegedly climbing into a children’s library in Moscow, a local television station reported. William Russel Nycum had been living with friends when he was detained on May 3, REN TV, a local station, reported on Monday. Nycum allegedly climbed into the library and began […]
Courtesy Suellen Desmarais (NEW YORK) — An American husband and wife who went missing after three escaped prisoners boarded their boat in the Caribbean are likely dead, authorities said on Monday. Ralph Hendry and his wife, Kathy Brandel, from Falls Church, Virginia, disappeared last week from their yacht, which was docked in the waters off […]
Courtesy Suellen Desmarais (NEW YORK) — An American couple has gone missing in the Caribbean after three escaped prisoners allegedly used their yacht to island hop before getting recaptured by authorities, according to investigators. Ralph Hendry and his wife Kathy Brandel disappeared from their yacht, Simplicity, which was docked in the waters of the southern […]
American Airlines passenger jets are lined up on the gates at Washingtons Reagan National Airport, Feb. 10, 2024, in Arlington, Va. (J. David Ake/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Delta made waves last year in announcing sweeping policy changes to its loyalty program, and now American Airlines has followed suit with changes of its own that […]
David Barnes appears in a courtroom for sentencing, Feb. 13, 2024, in Moscow. (Anastasia Bagaeva/ABC News) (MOSCOW) — On Tuesday David Barnes of Texas became the latest American to be convicted and sentenced in a Russian court on what experts say are trumped-up charges with little evidence. Svetlana Koptyaeva, Barnes’ ex-wife and a Russian national, accused him of […]
Joseph Sohm; Visions of America/ Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In a dispiriting sign of the times, barely more than a quarter of Americans say the American dream still holds true — about half as many as said so 13 years ago. Defined as “if you work hard you’ll get ahead,” just 27% in a […]
