Barron County Sheriff(BARRON, Wisc.) -- The young man accused of abducting a 13-year-old Wisconsin girl, gunning down her parents and holding the child captive had been "a perfectly nice kid," according to his grandfather.

"Nobody had any clues up until this thing happened," Jim Moyer told ABC News Tuesday, days after his 21-year-old grandson, Jake Patterson, was arrested in the abduction of 13-...

MarkRubens/iStock(NEW YORK) -- An American was killed when gunfire and explosions erupted at a high-end hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya, on Tuesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Department of State.

A State official described the attack at the upscale DusitD2 hotel as a "senseless act of violence," and condemned the assault. The American embassy in Nairobi is closely monitoring the attack, an...

Alex Wong/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is taking steps toward a 2020 presidential bid.

The New York Democrat announced that she is forming a presidential exploratory committee Tuesday night during a taping of CBS The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

"Im going to run for president of the United States because, as a young mom, Im going to fight for other peoples...

Gillette/YouTube(NEW YORK) -- Gillette has been known for the past 30 years as a brand for men with the tagline, The best a man can get.

Now the shaving company, owned by Procter Gamble, is calling on men to be better in a new ad that has already provoked controversy.

The ad, released Monday on social media, takes on toxic masculinity, opening with the question, "Is this the best a man can ge...

ABC/Richard Cartwright(LOS ANGELES) -- Actress Selma Blair opened up in a candid post to her more than 800,000 Instagram followers about the often overlooked realities and struggles of living with multiple sclerosis.

"There is a truth with neurodegenerative brain disease. It is uncomfortable. It is a stadium of uncontrollable anxiety at times. Going out, being sociable holds a heavy price," ...

Courtesy Tina Westmoreland(QUINLAN, Texas) -- They didnt hear the gunshot.

But when Tina Westmoreland went to water the plants in the front yard of her home in Quinlan, Texas, on Sunday morning, she found her daughters diabetic alert dog laying there.

The 39-year-old mother of four had just made pancakes for the kids and was unsure how the 4-year-old golden retriever got outside. She immediatel...