Amy Held
Amy Held is an editor on the newscast unit. She regularly reports breaking news on air and online.
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Al-Shabab claimed the attack as it wages a bloody insurgency in Somalia's capital. A mother and her three children, one of them a baby, were among those killed according to police. -
A Delta spokeswoman said a bird is the likely culprit for the caved-in nose of the plane, although crews are still investigating. -
The U.S. 7th Fleet said Tuesday that this summer's crash of the USS John S. McCain was preventable. The August collision was the latest in a string of Navy mishaps in the Pacific this year. -
The Boy Scouts of America says that girls can join its Cub Scout program beginning next year and that it hopes to have a program in place for older girls in 2019. -
The NFL commissioner wrote in a memo to all 32 teams that the league will present team owners with a plan next week to help "move past this controversy." -
Joe Jutras of Scituate, Rhode Island, has broken world records for longest gourd, heaviest pumpkin and now biggest squash. -
The network said the host of SportsCenter violated social media guidelines when she weighed in on the controversy around NFL players kneeling during the national anthem.
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The beauty brand pulled the ad for body wash from its Facebook page following a backlash from social media users. -
The slobbery Saint Bernard from South Dakota has a tongue measuring 7.3 inches — long enough to earn her a Guinness World Records title. -
Police are still seeking to determine a cause of death after the 30-year-old's torso washed ashore this summer. Danish inventor Peter Madsen has been charged in her death.
