2+ week, 1+ day ago (612+ words) OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- A suspect is in custody for the on-campus shooting of legendary coach and current Laney College Athletic Director John Beam, Oakland police have confirmed. Beam remains in critical condition. The suspect was taken into custody early Friday morning around 3 a.m., and was in possession of a gun, a source told ABC7 News. Authorities had been searching for the suspect since he fled the scene after the shooting at noon on Thursday. The shooting happened at the fieldhouse on campus at East 8th Street and Fifth Avenue, just south of Lake Merritt. Sources told ABC7 News Reporter Anser Hassan that Beam was shot in the head. VIDEO: What to know about Laney College Athletic Director John Beam who was shot on Oakland campus In a press conference, acting Oakland Police Chief James Beere said shots fired were first reported just before noon....

3+ week, 4+ day ago (734+ words) LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded in a massive fireball while taking off from the company's global aviation hub in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least nine people and injuring 11, authorities said. The plane crashed at about 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday as it was departing for Honolulu from UPS Worldport at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. Video showed flames on the plane's left wing and a trail of smoke. The plane then lifted slightly off the ground before crashing and exploding in a huge fireball. Video also revealed portions of a building's shredded roof next to the end of the runway. The death toll had risen to at least nine on Wednesday morning, and four of those killed were not on the plane, officials said. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said he expects the death toll to increase. Eleven people were…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago (626+ words) LOS ANGELES -- The CMA Awards are Wednesday on ABC, and On The Red Carpet has a special preview of what you can expect on Country Music's Biggest Night! Lainey Wilson is back to host the show and she's also tied for the most nominations with six, including Entertainer of the Year. "I remember being a little girl and just sitting in front of the TV just waiting for the CMA Awards to come on," Wilson said. "It was like Super Bowl at my house." Last year, Wilson made her CMA Awards hosting debut with Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning. Now, she'll become just the third woman to host the awards solo, following in the footsteps of country legends Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire. "It's crazy to think that I was ever even invited to attend something like this, much less…...

13+ hour, 5+ min ago (175+ words) "HIV Unwrapped" streams Nov. 30 on Hulu Fashion designers are known to tell stories with the clothes they create. For the Hulu special, "HIV Unwrapped," design students from the Parsons School of Design partnered with the best HIV scientists in the world to change the narrative about the stigma of HIV through fashion. "We are taking science, really complex science, and fashion, two worlds that you don't normally think come together, and weirdly, they do," said Karl Schmid, executive producer of "HIV Unwrapped" and co-founder of +Life Media to On The Red Carpet. Schmid has brought "HIV Unwrapped" to Australia, England and Rwanda and he was excited to bring the conversation to New York City. The special will take viewers behind the scenes of the fashion show to see how the garments were made, how the collaborations between designers and science…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago (200+ words) Interviews and red carpet fashion analysis starts at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Country Music's Biggest Night is here! Tonight, artists and industry professionals who have shaped the genre over the last year will be recognized at the 59th CMA Awards. Topping the list with six nominations each are Ella Langley, Megan Moroney and Lainey Wilson. Zach Top follows with five nominations, and Riley Green and Cody Johnson each received four. FULL LIST: Nominees for the CMA Awards Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton, Morgan Wallen and Lainey Wilson are all competing for CMA Entertainer of the Year. Country Music's Biggest Night, "The 59th Annual CMA Awards," airs live from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena tonight at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and the next day on Hulu. Watch our live streaming preshow, "On The Red Carpet at the CMA Awards," at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT before the ceremony....

3+ week, 4+ day ago (322+ words) Eyewitness News is providing live coverage of the Election Results wherever you stream ABC 7 New York NEW YORK -- Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, ABC News projects. In a victory for the Democratic party's progressive wing, Mamdani defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Mamdani must now navigate the unending demands of America's biggest city and deliver on ambitious - skeptics say unrealistic - campaign promises. With the victory, the democratic socialist will etch his place in history as the city's first Muslim mayor, the first of South Asian heritage and the first born in Africa. He will also become the city's youngest mayor in more than a century when he takes office on Jan. 1. Mamdani's unlikely rise gives credence to Democrats who have urged the party to embrace more progressive, left-wing candidates instead of rallying…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago (251+ words) Tune into "Good Morning America" on Monday, Nov. 3, from 7 am to 9 am ET, on ABC to see a celebration of "GMA"'s 50 years, featuring past co-anchors including Joan Lunden, Charlie Gibson, Diane Sawyer ... 'Good Morning America' celebrates its 50th anniversary On Nov. 3, 1975, a new era of morning television began when co-anchors David Hartman and Nancy Dussault welcomed viewers to ABC's new show, "Good Morning America." Fifty years later, on Nov. 3, 2025, the show's current co-anchors, Robin Roberts, Michael Strahan and George Stephanopoulos, kicked off a celebration of the show's milestone anniversary with the same three words to viewers, "Good morning, America." In the five decades since the show's first broadcast, "GMA" has brought viewers everywhere from cities and towns across the United States to countries around the world, on adrenaline-inducing adventures and in conversation with celebrities, world leaders and everyday people alike....

2+ week, 2+ day ago (426+ words) BRENTWOOD, Calif. (KGO) -- More than 100 people filled a Brentwood City Council meeting Wednesday night to demand answers in the death of a 72-year-old woman following an interaction with police on September 26. Family, friends and community members came together for 72-year-old Yolanda Ramirez, rallying ahead of the meeting. "It just shows the support and love of the community," Ramirez's son Rich said. "We just want to know what happened to my mom," Ramirez's daughter said. EXCLUSIVE: New video shows interaction between Bay Area police, 72-year-old woman before her death "I guarantee you if this was someone in a Mercedes-Benz in a million-dollar home and this was a white woman, this would not have happened and we all know that. She deserved the same treatment," Melissa Nold, the attorney for the family, said. On September 26, Brentwood police responded to a call for…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago (1129+ words) LAS VEGAS -- Had Matthew Livelsberger not blown himself up in a Tesla Cybertruck in Las Vegas on New Year's Day, he would likely be remembered for his lifetime of service as a decorated soldier. "I'm not aware that he was ever on the radar of law enforcement previously," Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill told ABC News."I would go so far as to say, from what I've been able to see of his military record, he'd be what you described as a military hero." A Green Beret with nearly two decades of service, Livelsberger devoted his life to the nation before he started the downward spiral that led to his end. That grave mental health crisis brought Livelsberger to the driveway of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, where he detonated an improvised explosive device as most of the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago (639+ words) OAKLAND, Calif. -- A West Oakland elementary school and a preschool were placed on lockdown Wednesday and some children were sent home early in response to confirmed reports of federal immigration activity in the neighborhood. Administrators at Hoover Elementary School on Brockhurst Street and the nearby Harriet Tubman Preschool initiated their "secure school protocol" sometime between 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. following reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were knocking on doors in the area. ICE agents were last seen near the intersection of 31st and Market streets, according to Oakland Unified School District officials. In addition to the lockdown, dozens of Oakland teachers and community members gathered on the sidewalks surrounding the Hoover campus in response to the ICE activity, which was reported by people calling the Alameda County Immigration Legal and Education Partnership rapid response hotline. "At this point, there has been no…...