Teen Moves From Skid Row to Howard University
James Ward and his family bounced between homeless shelters for most of his life. Determined to achieve more for himself and his loved ones, Ward was accepted to Howard University in Washington, D.C....
View ArticleNYPD: Man, 22, Stabs 2 Men He Thought Were Gay
A 22-year-old man is accused of stabbing two New York City men -- killing one -- in separate street attacks because he thought they were gay, police said. Steven Torres, 22, was charged with...
View ArticleFeds Auction First Batch of Jesse Jackson Jr. Furs, Memorabilia
The first 13 items Jesse Jackson Jr. turned over to help fulfill the forfeiture order from the United States District Court are officially up for auction. They include nine items of Bruce Lee and...
View ArticleVersace Mansion Brings $41.5 Million at Auction
The South Beach mansion once owned by Italian designer Gianni Versace, and the place he was fatally shot, was sold at auction for $41.5 million on Tuesday. The auction of the mansion, now called Casa...
View ArticleFBI: Gunman Acted Alone in Fatal Navy Yard Shootings
Police have identified all of the victims of Monday's shooting spree at the Washington, D.C., Navy Yard, as they begin to piece together more about the man who killed 12 people and injured eight others...
View ArticleBoy Donates His Savings to Police
Two days after the 12th anniversary of 9/11, an 11-year-old Wisconsin boy walked into a Greenfield police station and handed the clerk $10.03 cents: his entire savings. The boy did not give the clerk...
View ArticleMust See: Panda Cub Weighs Almost 2 Pounds
The National Zoo's female panda cub underwent her first comprehensive vet exam Tuesday and now weighs almost two pounds, vets say.Photo Credit: National Zoo
View ArticleHearing Begins for Dad Accused of Abandoning Son in Wreck
A preliminary hearing began Tuesday for a San Diego father accused of abandoning his critically injured 4-year-old son at the site of a car wreck off Interstate 5. On Jun. 2, Angelo Fabiani Arroyo, 40,...
View ArticleEvacuations Continue in Case "Mother Nature Burps"
Residents evacuated last week from nearly 40 homes after a methane leak at an out-of-service Hawthorne well are still waiting for the go-ahead from authorities to return to their residences as crews...
View ArticleMother Accused of Murder Asks for Death Penalty
A woman accused of killing her two children and leaving their bodies in a Southern California hotel room asked for the death penalty Tuesday during her first court appearance in connection with the...
View ArticleNavy Yard Shooter Claimed to Hear Voices: Report
The gunman who killed 12 people and injured eight Monday in a mass shooting at the Washington, D.C., Navy Yard said in a recent incident that he could hear people talking to him through the walls,...
View ArticleHS Football Players Face Sex Crime Charges
Two Southern California high school football players are expected in court Tuesday morning after being arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting or raping six girls, most of them fellow students and...
View ArticlePorn Actors Must Test for STIs More Often
Adult film actors will have to test more often for sexually transmitted infections when production resumes this week, an industry trade group announced Tuesday. Porn production was halted Sept. 7 after...
View ArticleCrews Knock Down Restaurant Fire in Orange
Fire crews knocked down a three-alarm restaurant fire in Orange that prompted street closures in the area. The blaze sparked about 12:50 a.m. and burned through a Ruby's Grill Baja Style in the 800...
View ArticleAffordable Care Act Round-Up: 4 Million to Sign Up For Insurance
A survey of financial investors showed that Wall Street believes at least 4 million Americans will sign up for health insurance through the newly created online exchanges created by the Affordable Care...
View ArticleTrio Impersonated Cops to Cut Line, Buy Video Game: NYPD
Three men pretended to be police officers, including flashing badges and driving a car with lights and a siren, to cut a line at the Staten Island Mall to buy the latest version of "Grand Theft Auto,"...
View ArticleNavy Yard Shooter's Path to D.C. Emerges
More information is emerging about the path gunman Aaron Alexis took around D.C. in the days before he fatally shot 12 people and wounded eight others at the Washington, D.C., Navy Yard.
View ArticleCommunity Helps Woman Fight Lyme Disease
The great outdoors were a daily passion for 44-year-old Renee Avis until she contracted Lyme disease. Although she believes she was bitten by a tick carrying the disease in 2008, she was not diagnosed...
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Dangerous Police Chase Ends in DTLA
A dangerous police chase ended in Downtown Los Angeles Monday afternoon when the driver ran into a Koreatown building then was taken into custody. The chase started about 4:40 p.m. at 24th and Hoover,...
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