iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- Friends and family gathered on Saturday to remember Wendy Martinez, the woman who was stabbed to death in Washington, D.C., while out for a jog in an apparently random attack.

The service was held at the Miracle Theatre, just a mile from the U.S. Capitol Building.

Martinez, 35, was stabbed Tuesday night in what police called an "unprovoked" attack in the capitals...

Twitter/@ErinBlaskie(OTTAWA, Canada) -- In the wake of a powerful tornado that wreaked havoc in the Canadian capital of Ottawa and surrounding areas, an army of Good Samaritans came to the rescue of their neighbors by offering up their homes, their time and their resources -- and theyre using social media to invite those in need and to connect with each other.

The tornado tore through parts of ...

Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee said the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault is "a credible witness" who has been subject to death threats since coming forward with her allegation.

I think Dr. Ford has come forward understanding what she was going to face, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said of Christi...

iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) -- California has passed a law that will ban restaurants from automatically giving out plastic straws in an effort to help protect the environment, particularly the ocean and marine life.

Plastic has helped advance innovation in our society, but our infatuation with single-use convenience has led to disastrous consequences, Gov. Jerry Brown of California said in...

ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) --Will Smithtook his first crack at stand-up comedy this week and he loved it.

In anInstagrampost on Thursday night, Smith shared a series of photos from his comedy debut.

"I did Stand Up last night... FIRST TIME EVER!," he wrote. "I opened forDave Chappelle. I AM HOOKED."

According toVariety, Smith made his stand-up comedy debut at the Peppermint Club on Wed...

ABC News(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) -- A couple tied the knot this month at the Memphis hospital where they met as children undergoing cancer treatment.

"It was a perfect moment where all of these things came together," Lindsey Alsup told ABC Memphis affiliate WATN-TV. "We were able to see how life had led us down this path."

Joel and Lindsey Alsup met at St. Judes Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee i...