Amy Held
Amy Held is an editor on the newscast unit. She regularly reports breaking news on air and online.
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Simeon Wright was just 12 years old when his 14-year-old cousin was taken at gunpoint from the bed they shared, before Till was brutally beaten and killed. -
"It's a mystery," said one health official. Italy was declared malaria-free in 1970. Officials will try to determine how and where the 4-year-old was infected. -
Around 60,000 people had to leave their Frankfurt homes while experts defused the 2-ton bomb, believed to have been dropped some 70 years ago by the British Royal Air Force. -
Peggy Whitson smashed multiple records after spending a total of 665 days in orbit over the course of her career. -
20-year-old Jake Olson helped earn USC an extra point in their winning game against Western Michigan Saturday. -
Los Angeles County's La Tuna Fire is one of 29 burning across the state, and "is the largest fire in the history of L.A. city," Mayor Eric Garcetti said. -
As Washington prepares to address federal funding for the flood-stricken areas, Texas residents continue to deal with chemical plant fires, lack of drinking water and still-swollen waterways. -
A woman drove into Houston floodwaters and "drowned while trying to escape," according to the mayor. Rainfall could reach 50 inches in parts of Texas, the highest ever recorded in the state. -
"I have watched all of the videos," said the Denver Public School Superintendent Tom Boasberg. "As a superintendent, and as a father, and as an athlete, they are deeply disturbing."
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The firing of three short-range missiles was believed to be the first test since the North launched a milestone intercontinental ballistic missile test last month.
