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Woodland Park Police Department(DENVER) -- A woman being investigated for her role in the case of missing Colorado mother Kelsey Berreth has been identified as a 32-year-old nurse from Twin Falls, Idaho, two of the woman's family members and a law enforcement source told ABC News.ABC News is withholding reporting the woman's name because she has not been publicly identified by law enforcement investigators.Berreth’s fiancé, Patrick Frazee, was formally charged […]

Spencer Platt/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As part of the federal government remains closed this week, more people are feeling the impacts around the country.Federal employees and contractors say they are worried about money or the delays the shutdown could cause their work. Businesses say shuttered federal agencies cause delays. And tourists in Washington were met by locked doors instead of access to museums.Here are some of the stories from people who […]

Jobina Fortson/KGO(OAKLAND, Calif.) -- A 6-year-old girl is recovering from a gunshot wound to the head after she was struck by a stranger’s stray bullet as the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, according to authorities.Police in Oakland, California, told ABC News that the child was playing in the back yard of her home during a family New Year party when she was shot.Neighbors told ABC Bay Area affiliate […]

BlakeDavidTaylor/iStock(TAMPA, Fla.) -- Four Floridians were set for one heck of a New Year's Eve party.Police arrested four men in Hillsborough County on Dec. 31 after they allegedly tried to steal more than $500,000 worth of premium tequila.The men -- identified as Vidal Estrada, 66, Lemuel Escobar, 35, Humberto Ramirez, 37, and Alberto Obaya, 46 -- were arrested near Tampa, Florida, after officers caught them with nearly 1,000 cases of […]

KTRK-TV(HOUSTON) -- A Houston teenager was allegedly fleeing from an armed driver on Tuesday when he ran a red light and slammed into the driver's side of a truck at an intersection, killing a 30-year-old woman.The 14-year-old driver said he was fleeing from a motorist who flashed a semi-automatic weapon at him before he sped through the intersection and smashed into the woman's Ford F-150 truck, according to police. She […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A developing storm in the Southwest brought another round of snow to the Four Corners on New Year’s Day, including almost 3 feet of snow in the mountains north of Albuquerque, New Mexico.The storm will interact with a low in the Gulf of Mexico and bring snow, freezing rain, sleet and flooding in the southern U.S. through Friday. Winter storm warnings, winter weather advisories, flash flood […]

Brevard Zoo in Florida.(MELBOURNE, Fla.) -- The rhinoceros who touched a child after she entered its enclosure on Tuesday will not be "punished," according to zookeepers.The incident occurred on New Year's Day at the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, Florida, when a 2-year-old girl was visiting the zoo's "Rhino Encounter."Zoo officials have released new information about the incident, which they said started when the girl managed to get into the animal's […]

WSB(ATLANTA) -- A Georgia teenager who killed himself after shooting his 17-year-old friend to death while showing off a loaded handgun on New Year's Eve has been identified by police.Devin Hodges, 15, died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound on Monday after a gun he was handling in front of a group of boys accidentally went off inside what police described as a "makeshift shed" behind a home in the […]

Mark Wilson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Marine who was shot and killed in what appeared to be a negligent discharge at the barracks in Washington D.C. has been identified, in an incident his commander called a "terrible loss."Lance Cpl. Riley S. Kuznia, 20, was named by the Marine Corps as the individual who died at the barracks early Tuesday morning."We are truly saddened by this terrible loss. Riley was a highly […]