Researcher Creates New Plastic
It is a discovery that could change lives, and like so many memorable inventions, it happened by accident. A Silicon Valley tech researcher created a new kind of plastic, and it could help, rather than...
View ArticleGPS Pill Bottle Leads Police to Pharmacy Robber: Sources
Police shot and killed a man suspected of robbing an Upper East Side pharmacy at gunpoint Friday, and officers tracked him through a decoy pill bottle equipped with a GPS device, NBC 4 New York has...
View ArticlePassersby Save Girl, 6, From River
Several people helped save a 6-year-old girl after she fell into the Anacostia River Friday afternoon. The region saw a month's worth of rain fall within a 24 hour period this week, causing choppy...
View ArticleInherited Statue Sells for $306K
A sculpture inherited by two Virginia sisters from their grandfather was sold for more than $300,000 in an auction on Saturday. The sisters were initially told the statue, called “Despair,” by renowned...
View ArticleWoman Rescued From Burning Boat
A woman was rescued after being trapped when two boats caught fire in the Baltimore Inner Harbor Saturday afternoon. Baltimore Fire Department Captain Roman Clark said crew responded to a call shortly...
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Cocos Fire Now 70% Contained
The stubborn Cocos Fire that burned more than two dozen structures in a days-long rampage through San Marcos and western Escondido appeared to pose less of a threat Saturday morning. As of 9:30 a.m.,...
View ArticleThird U.S. MERS Infection Reported
An Illinois resident who had contact with an Indiana MERS patient has tested positive for the virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Local health officials said the...
View ArticleLetter of Hope Left at Burned Home
A family in Carlsbad that lost their dream home in the fires this week found something in the rubble that they never expected: a letter of hope left by a total stranger encouraging the family not to...
View ArticleBoy, 4, Killed With Parents' Gun
A 4-year-old boy was fatally shot while holding his parents' gun at his home in Merrillville, Indiana, police said. Police said the boy found the gun in his parents' bedroom Saturday morning in the...
View ArticleFalling Tree Kills Man
A man who was on his way to a funeral was killed when the crown of a palm tree snapped and fell on him in an unincorporated area of East Los Angeles on Saturday morning. Download: Download the NBCLA...
View ArticleFriend Dies After 2 Cars Hit Him on I-95
A bizarre series of events left a man dead and his friend hurt along a busy southeast Pennsylvania interstate overnight. Man is Shot, Gets on SEPTA Bus It all began when Daniel Raymond's Suzuki broke...
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Chihuahua in Freeway Rescue Photo Reunited With Owners
The tiny Chihuahua whose freeway rescue by California Highway Patrol went viral has been reunited with its owners, Contra Costa Animal Services said. The scared dog was found stranded on a roadway...
View ArticleThousands of Dead Fish in Marina Del Rey
Thousands of dead fish have flooded one of seven basins at Marina Del Rey late Saturday evening. The first report came in just after 9 p.m. at the A-Basin located at 13000 block of Tahiti Way,...
View ArticleHeirlooms, Valuables Stolen From Fire Evacuees
One San Marcos, California, family thought they were in the clear when their home survived the Cocos Fire. But a quick turn of events changed it all. Randy Calado thought he was doing everything right....
View Article"Bottle Bombs" Explode at Theater
Two plastic "bottle bombs" of acid mixed with metals exploded early Sunday in a crowded Northern Virginia theater complex, making sounds loud enough that patrons thought they were gunshots. No one was...
View ArticleSoCal Mother Accused of Killing Daughters Pleads Not Guilty
A Torrance mother charged with murder for allegedly stabbing her three young girls to death and trying to kill her own mother pleaded not guilty in court Thursday as her husband wept inside the Compton...
View ArticleVet With Shotgun on Subway Was Failed by VA: Lawyer
A former Marine who was arrested after police found him on the subway with a shotgun, a cache of ammunition, a laser, gas masks and a machete is a homeless veteran who hasn't received proper medical...
View ArticleRadio Host Dave Herman Dies in Jail
A well-known New York City radio personality who was accused last year of attempting to transport a 7-year-old girl from New Jersey to the Virgin Islands to have sex with her has died in jail. Dave...
View ArticleMama Dog Nurses Kitten With Her Pups at NYC Animal Shelter
A dog that recently gave birth to a litter of puppies at a New York City animal shelter is helping to raise an orphaned kitten named Roadhouse, nursing her along with the tiny pups. The dog, a white...
View ArticleCrews Repair Coating on Chicago Skydeck's Ledge
Crews worked to repair a box of The Ledge, the 103rd floor tourist attraction atop Chicago’s Willis Tower, after cracks appeared underneath a group of tourists in what an official said was a coating...
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