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Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y.) -- Police are investigating after human remains were found inside a suitcase Tuesday on Long Island.Officers responded to a 911 call Tuesday morning reporting "suspicious activity" in a wooded area near an apartment building in Huntington Station, New York, according to the Suffolk County Police Department."Upon arriving, police found a person deceased in a suitcase next to the building," police said in a press […]

(WINDER, Ga.) -- Joshua Maloch thought his Georgia high school was holding an active shooter drill when an alarm went off Wednesday morning alerting a school lockdown."We all had to get into the corner of my class and duck down," the 10th grader at Apalachee High School in Winder, told ABC News."I didn't think it was real, because a lot of times I have drills," he added.It was when he […]

(WINDER, Ga.) -- Two students and two teachers were killed in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on Wednesday morning, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.Another nine victims were taken to hospitals with injuries, the GBI said.The suspect -- 14-year-old Colt Gray, a student at Apalachee High School -- was encountered by officers within minutes, and he immediately surrendered and was taken into custody, the GBI […]

(NEW YORK) -- A new species of dinosaur has been identified more than a decade after a large number of ancient skeletons were found in Spain -- and researchers expect more species to be discovered.The discovery was made at the Lo Hueco fossil site near Cuenca, a mountainous town in central Spain. The site was being excavated for the construction of a high-speed train between Madrid and Valencia when crews […]

Google Maps Street View (NEW YORK) -- A New York City teacher was struck by a stray bullet on the eve of the first day of school while setting up his classroom, police said.The bullet flew through the window of the sixth-floor classroom, striking the 33-year-old teacher in his right hand, police said.The incident occurred shortly before noon Wednesday at a middle school in the Bronx borough, according to the […]

(NEW YORK) -- New York City is implementing a new Black Studies curriculum in its public schools from pre-kindergarten through grade 12 as students return this week.“This is not a curriculum about a particular racial group, necessarily, but about the history of inequality and stratification hierarchy in the United States,” Sonya Douglass, a professor of Education Leadership at Columbia University's Teachers College who helped craft the syllabus, told ABC News."When […]

(WINDER, Ga.) -- Four people were killed in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on Wednesday morning, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.Another nine victims were taken to hospitals with injuries, the GBI said.The suspect is alive and in custody, the GBI said. The suspect is a 14-year-old student at Apalachee High School, multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News.Senior Sergio Caldera, 17, said he was […]

(INDIANAPOLIS) -- A man has been arrested in the 1993 rape and murder of his 19-year-old neighbor in Indiana after he was linked to the case through genetic genealogy, authorities said.On March 24, 1993, Carmen Van Huss' father went to her Indianapolis apartment to check on her after she didn't show up for work. He found his daughter dead on the floor, according to the probable cause affidavit.She was naked […]

(WINDER, Ga.) -- Four people were killed in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on Wednesday morning, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.Another nine victims were taken to hospitals with injuries, the GBI said.The suspect is alive and in custody, the GBI said. The suspect is believed to be a student at Apalachee High School, according to sources.Senior Sergio Caldera, 17, said he was in chemistry […]