New York cannabis store licenses look to undo stigma placed on former convicts
ABC News(NEW YORK) — When Roland Conner was a teenager in the 1990s, he was imprisoned on a marijuana-related charge.
Conner told ABC News that he struggled with the stigma of that criminal record for a long time, but recently his past has helped him…
Mother accused of abandoning newborn found alive in woods denied bond in ‘Baby India’ case
Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office(FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga.) — A woman accused of putting her newborn in a plastic bag and abandoning her in the Georgia woods nearly four years ago has been denied bond after prosecutors argued she could intimidate potential w…
Two construction workers killed in massive fire at Charlotte site
Charlotte Fire Department(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — Two construction workers were killed in a massive fire at a Charlotte construction site Thursday, which fire officials said was accidental.
Reginald Johnson, the fire chief for the Charlotte Fire Departmen…
Louisville police capture inmate who escaped through car window, briefly kidnapped two
Louisville Metro Police(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — Louisville police caught a convicted felon who they say escaped police custody on Thursday and then briefly kidnapped two people, forcing them to drive him away.
“He was in the area of Brownsboro and Lindsey…
Man who claimed self-defense in shooting death of Sinzae Reed avoids murder charge
ABC News(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Krieg Butler, a 36-year-old white man who shot and killed 13-year-old Sinzae Reed, in Columbus, Ohio, in October was indicted by a grand jury Friday on charges of tampering with evidence and improperly handling firearms in a…
3-year-old shoots two people in Indiana, leading to arrest of man wanted for murder
Douglas Sacha/Getty STOCK images(LAFAYETTE, Ind.) — A shooting in Indiana that injured two people after a three-year-old accessed a gun led to the arrest of a man wanted for murder in Illinois, authorities said.
Trayshaun Smith, 23, was arrested on T…
Hiroshima survivor’s message to Putin: ‘You don’t know the reality of a nuclear weapon’
ABC News(HIROSHIMA, Japan) — Nearly eight decades after surviving the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, 85-year-old Keiko Ogura had this message for Russian President Vladimir Putin: “You don’t know what is a nuclear weapon, the reality of a nuclear…
Nebraska lawmakers pass bill restricting abortion, gender-affirming care for trans minors
ilbusca/Getty Stock Images(LINCOLN, Neb.) — Nebraska lawmakers voted on Friday to restrict abortion access after 12 weeks and to ban gender affirming care for trans youth.
The bill, passed by the Nebraska legislature in a 33-15 vote, will head over t…