Drought May Move Salmon in Trucks
The California drought has forced state and federal wildlife leaders to consider moving salmon to safety by transporting the fish in tanker trucks. Drought conditions have left many rivers dry, making...
View ArticleCalif. Cop Charged With Raping Maid
A San Jose police officer has been charged with raping a hotel maid whom authorities say he was tasked with helping after she had fled a fight with her drunken husband. San Jose police said that...
View ArticleObama’s Comedy Hangover
President Obama, while introducing the reboot of “Cosmos” on Fox Sunday night, declared, “There are new frontiers to explore… there are no limits.” He could have been talking about his own journey as...
View ArticleHow to Regulate "Driverless Cars"
Sooner or later, consumers will be able to buy cars that rely on computers — not the owner — to do the driving. With that in mind, the California Department of Motor Vehicles held an initial public...
View ArticleFamily to Keep Hostage-Taking Cat
An Oregon family says they're not ready to give up on their pet cat, even after it attacked their baby and forced the family to take cover in a bedroom. The 4-year-old cat, a 22-pound part-Himalayan...
View Article6-Alarm Blaze in San Francisco
A massive, multiple-alarm fire at Fourth and China Basin streets in San Francisco's Mission Bay neighborhood burned for hours Tuesday, sending a plume of black smoke high into the sky. The blaze,...
View ArticleHospital: Infection Risk Possible
A Long Island hospital says some patients may be at risk of exposure to hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV after authorities found that an insulin pen may have been used on more than one patient. South...
View ArticleCustomer Says Lizard Was in Salad
A woman says she found the head of what appeared to be a small reptile in her salad when she ordered lunch from a restaurant food chain in Manhattan Tuesday. Robin Sandusky, a theatrical coordinator,...
View ArticleDolphins Trade Martin to 49ers
The Miami Dolphins announced Tuesday night that they have traded Jonathan Martin – the player at the center of a bullying scandal that drew national attention – to the San Francisco 49ers for an...
View ArticlePro Biker Uses Homeless as Props
"Disgusting" is what one LAPD officer says of the actions that took place in an online video that shows a professional bike rider using homeless people on Skid Row as props. "This is just a matter of...
View ArticleNearby Windows Blown Out
A gas-related explosion rocked East Harlem Wednesday morning, shattering the windows of a building near the collapse site.
View ArticleTeens Accused of Torturing Boy
Two teenage girls are behind bars following allegations they tortured a boy with "a diminished mental capacity." The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office said 17-year-old Lauren Bush and a 15-year-old...
View ArticleDramatic Dispatch Audio After Blast
Listen to emergency dispatch just after the explosion and collapse in Harlem. Credt: Radioreference.com
View ArticleComic Blasted for Taxi-Snake Video
A comedian who once drove a New York City taxi is under fire for a video he posted online this week in which passengers were surprised by an albino Burmese python slithering in the back seat of a cab....
View Article"Tupac" Smashes 14 Police Cars
A half-naked, hammer-wielding man claimed he was Tupac Shakur as he smashed up more than one dozen Philadelphia Police vehicles early Wednesday morning. The vandal did damage to at least 14 police...
View ArticleSandusky's Wife: Victims Saw Money
The wife of convicted child sex abuser Jerry Sandusky broke her silence for the first time since the former Penn State assistant football coach was sent to jail, saying the case against her husband was...
View ArticleWelding May Have Sparked Fire
Welding crews doing "torchwork" on a huge apartment complex under construction is the focus of the fire investigation in San Francisco's Mission Bay district, the city's mayor and fire chief said...
View ArticleFoolish Robbers
A robbery at a Brooklyn bodega involving a man whose pants fell down was the latest of several recent poorly executed criminal raids across the country. Police are still looking for the man who...
View ArticleMan, 70, Arrested in Bank Robbery
A 70-year-old man has been arrested for robbing a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., bank, the FBI said Wednesday. George M. Hernandez was arrested last week in the Feb. 5 robbery of the SunTrust Bank at 3530 N....
View ArticleCop Investigated for Sex With Teen
A Miami Beach Police detective who is being investigated amid allegations that he had consensual sex with a 17-year-old known to him in his unmarked police car has been relieved of duty, officials said...
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