Amy Held
Amy Held is an editor on the newscast unit. She regularly reports breaking news on air and online.
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Lawmakers have agreed to send rejected refugees or those with criminal records to an uninhabited island once used to test diseased animals. -
Matthew Hedges, 31, was detained at Dubai International Airport on May 5 after a two-week research trip for his doctoral thesis on Emirati security and foreign policy, according to his wife. -
AAA predicts some 54 million Americans will travel during the days around Thanksgiving. Unseasonable weather could cause headaches. -
A video of Larry waiting for a human to do his bidding, as he sits on the doorstep of No. 10 Downing St., has gone viral. -
Two marijuana dispensaries opened their doors to customers 21 and older on Tuesday. The mayor of Northampton, Mass., was the first in line at one store, calling it a "historic day." -
Setting up the case for a jury trial, Robert Bowers pleaded not guilty to all 44 counts against him in connection with Saturday's massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue that resulted in 11 deaths. -
Police identified them as Rotana and Tala Farea, who had moved to the U.S. from Saudi Arabia. Investigators want to know how and why they wound up bound together in the water. -
One official said the local response was on par with a "war footing" as emergency workers tended to the dead and injured among crowds celebrating a Hindu festival. -
A woman who tried to fly to Ohio from Orlando with her rodent companion ultimately agreed to exit after the other passengers were required to deplane and police were called. -
Corey Lewis runs his own child care and mentoring business, but he still came under suspicion, he says, because the white children he was watching "don't look like me."
