Mother Seeks Daughter Given Up for Adoption 36 Years Ago
Silvia Aguiar says she is haunted every single day by questions she believes no mother should ever have to ask herself. "Where is she? Who has her? What did they do to her?" she wonders about the child...
View ArticleMan Resists Arrest, Bites Police Dog
Man bites dog. That's the classic example of what makes news. And it really happened. But the headline in this case should technically be "Man Bites Police Dog." Santa Clara County Sheriff's spokesman...
View ArticleSouth Miami Man Pleads Not Guilty in Facebook Killing
The South Miami man accused of killing his wife and posting a photo of her body on Facebook appeared in a Miami-Dade courtroom Thursday where he was formally arraigned. Derek Medina, 31, had initially...
View ArticleWATCH: Shark Chases Stingray
A hammerhead shark chased a stingray off of Anclote Key, near Clearwater. Shortly after the chase ensued, the stingray became the shark's meal.
View ArticleKittens Run onto Subway Tracks, Trains Shut Down
Two kittens ran onto subway tracks in Brooklyn Thursday, and the MTA halted trains on two lines for about an hour as workers in reflective vests tried to corral the felines, witnesses and officials...
View ArticleMarathon Tightens Security in Wake of Boston Bombings
The first major U.S. city to host a marathon since the Boston bombings is implementing the tightest security in its race's history. Bank of America Chicago Marathon organizers and city of Chicago...
View ArticleSocial Media Abuzz After Nicolas Maduro Misspeaks
Social media users are abuzz following a gaffe in which Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro reworked a biblical miracle to include the multiplication of penises. During a speech on education Wednesday,...
View ArticleWATCH: Panda Cub Demands Attention From Mom
Pandas:Â They're just like us. Okay, maybe they don't have jobs or car insurance bills. But the National Zoo's giant panda mom is plenty familiar with hearing a baby's demanding cries in the middle of...
View ArticleMom of Formerly Conjoined Twins Ready for Future
The surgical separation of Dallas twins this weekend is being considered a success, and their parents are thrilled. Owen and Emmett Ezell are stable and are getting help breathing. Doctors at Medical...
View ArticleWoman Tries to Pay for Spouse's Murder with Stamps: NYPD
A Brooklyn woman allegedly tried to hire a hit man to kill her husband using a $60,000 stamp collection, police say. Elena Adams, 57, was arrested Thursday and is charged with criminal conspiracy and...
View ArticleRim Fire Chars 199,237 Acres
After Sunday's devastating destruction of a popular Bay Area camp just outside of Yosemite, firefighters have been making steady progress on battling the Rim Fire just outside the national park....
View ArticleSUV Misses Sleeping Preschoolers by "Inches"
A 29-year old woman crashed her SUV into OC Kids Preschool on Thursday in Garden Grove. While children were inside sleeping at the time of the crash, no one was injured. Vikki Vargas reports from...
View ArticlePhilly Officer on Horse "Rear-Ended" at Red Light
A Philadelphia Police officer from the city's mounted unit was rear-ended at a red light at Rising Sun Avenue and North 9th Street in North Philadelphia. "He was actually stopped at the red light when...
View ArticleAutopsy Done on Villanova Student, Other Tests Still Out
The Delaware County Medical Examiner has completed an autopsy on an 18-year-old Villanova University student found dead in a dorm room. Kinara Patel, a sophomore business student from North Jersey, was...
View ArticleGloria Allred, Accusers Celebrate Final Day
On San Diego Mayor Bob Filner’s last official day in office, some of his accusers, as well as high-profile attorney Gloria Allred, celebrated the city official's resignation. TIMELINE: Mayor Under Fire...
View ArticleWhite House Tweets Photo of 14-Year-Old Michelle Obama
First Lady and style icon Michelle Obama has come a long way from her preppy school girl look. The White House tweeted on Thursday a photo of Michelle Obama as a fresh-faced 14-year-old in 1978. The...
View ArticleRead: U.S. Assessment of Syrian Chemical Weapons Use
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, appearing to build a case for military action, said Friday that the U.S. government has "high confidence" that Syria's regime launched a chemical attack that killed...
View ArticlePhilly Schools May Cash in on $2M Art Collection
Before Marilyn Krupnick was a science teacher at Northeast Philadelphia's Wilson Middle School, she was a student there. When she stepped through the building's doors for the first time in 1956 with...
View ArticleChurch Burglars Steal $11K Worth of Stuff
Calvin Presbyterian Church in West Philadelphia is hoping police will be able to track down the burglars who targeted their church. "These guys know what they were doing. These are no amateurs," Elder...
View Article96-Year-Old Woman Refuses to Leave Home
At 96 years old, Jeanne Simmons had planned to live out her days in the Falls Church, Va. area town home she purchased for $1,000 back in 1957. Instead, the former teacher finds herself at the center...
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