Summer Sleepover Turns Fatal: Girl, 8, Killed
It was supposed to be an evening of fun. Eight-year-old Alaysha Carradine was sleeping over at a friend's house in Oakland, excited to go to a modeling show on Thursday with her buddy. Instead, the...
View ArticleJosh Brent to Retire, Cowboys Say
Cowboys lineman Josh Brent has decided to retire from the NFL, according to Nick Eatman, a staff writer with DallasCowboys.com who tweeted the announcement Thursday afternoon. Eatman's tweet said Brent...
View ArticleDriver Sentenced in Strip Club Crash
A Paramount man who admitted driving under the influence when he slammed his BMW into two men that resulted in each victim losing limbs was sentenced to five years and four months in state prison, the...
View ArticleGunman Near White House “Only Going to Fire Couple Shots”
A man who displayed a loaded weapon at a U.S. Secret Service police booth outside the White House told officers, “I was only going to fire a couple of shots if no one confronted me,” according to court...
View ArticleBoy's Condition Upgraded After Sand Dune Fall
A 6-year-old boy buried for three hours under sand at the Indiana Dunes is slowly seeing his medical condition improve, doctors said Thursday. “Nathan Woessner has been upgraded from critical and is...
View Article6,000 Evacuated as Mountain Fire Rages
A wildfire continued to rage into its fourth day Thursday morning, covering more than 35 square miles of California's scenic San Jacinto Mountains and prompting more evacuations. The Mountain Fire,...
View ArticleCharges Filed in Ramming of Deputy
A woman was charged with attempted murder in connection with using her SUV to hit an Orange County Sheriff’s deputy on a bicycle at John Wayne Airport, according to the Orange County District...
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Oswald Wedding Ring Up for Auction
A wedding band worn by Lee Harvey Oswald on the day he is accused of assassinating President John F. Kennedy and killing Dallas police officer J. D. Tippit will be sold in an upcoming auction. The...
View ArticleColbert Grills Spitzer Over His Political Ambitions
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer continued to make his way around the media circuit Thursday as he mounts a campaign for New York City Comptroller. Spitzer sat down with late-night comedy show host...
View ArticleMore Than 2,000 Chicago Teachers, Staff Face Layoffs
More than 2,100 Chicago Public Schools employees could be laid off Friday morning, bringing the total number of pink slips to 3,000 in two months. CPS officials said Thursday they will notify 1,036...
View ArticlePedicab Driver Charged Tourists $720 for 20-Minute Ride: Report
Authorities are investigating after a pedicab driver charged a Japanese couple visiting New York City for the first time an astounding $720 for a 20-minute ride from midtown to the Village -- a trek...
View ArticleCoroner: Asiana Crash Victim Alive When Fire Truck Hit
A Chinese student on board Asiana Flight 214 survived the plane’s crash-landing only to be killed accidentally on the runway by a firefighting vehicle racing to the scene. That was the conclusion...
View ArticleCaught on Camera: Man Flees Mob
Bus surveillance video shows man trying to flee an angry mob after being accused of a stabbing .
View ArticleSpace Probes to Show Stunning Photos of Saturn, Earth as One-Pixel "Dot"
Here comes the sun, to Saturn? Photographs from space this weekend will show photos of Saturn you've never seen before and a side of Earth you'd never thought you'd see. Two NASA spacecraft are in...
View ArticleWork to Remove MLK Jr. Memorial Quote Begins Next Week
Preliminary work to remove a disputed quote from the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial begins next week, the National Park Service said Friday. Beginning Monday, the site will be prepped for repairs,...
View ArticlePublic’s Help Sought After Fatal Hit-And-Run
Police on Friday were asking for the public’s help in finding a Honda Accord driver who killed a motorcyclist in a hit-and-run Thursday night. A motorcyclist was heading west on the 91 Freeway in...
View ArticleChicago Cops Start Door-to-Door Visits to Fight Violence
A new pilot program in Chicago has police knocking on the doors of would-be criminals, hoping to alert them of stiff penalties for gun crimes and warn them they are being watched. The "custom...
View ArticleAngry Birds Attack Brooklyn Park-Goers
Menacing mockingbirds are tormenting park-goers in a swath of green space along Brooklyn's waterfront, dive bombing their heads and swooping at their pets. Neighbors near Greenpoint's Transmitter Park...
View ArticleGirl, 16, Lured to Roof, Raped, Thrown Off Building: Cops
Police have arrested one man and are searching for a second suspect after they allegedly lured a 16-year-old girl to a Brooklyn roof, where they raped her before throwing her off, leaving her with...
View ArticleMurdered Girl's Family Car Set on Fire Overnight
The family of a murdered Saginaw, Texas, girl woke up to another crime scene Friday morning after someone set fire to the family's car. Investigators said someone torched the family’s car and also set...
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