Photos: NYC Train Derails
Four people were killed and dozens were injured when four cars of a Grand Central-bound Metro-North train derailed in the Bronx Sunday morning. Photo Credit: AP
View ArticleMan Gunned Down Over Headphones
The sounds of children playing on a Lebanon Avenue sidewalk Saturday afternoon didn't curb a shooter. An armed man opened fire on Christian Massey, 21, in a nearby alley. The armed man first demanded...
View ArticleTrial Date Set for 911 Murder Case
The trial of an ex-husband accused of drowning his wife while she was on the phone with Dallas 911 operators is scheduled to begin on February 3, 2014. Delvecchio Patrick is charged with the murder of...
View ArticleTrial to Begin in Kelly Thomas Case
The trial in the criminal case of two former Fullerton police officers accused of beating homeless man Kelly Thomas to death two summers ago began Monday. On July 5, 2011, Thomas was hospitalized after...
View ArticleFacebook Apology for 1970s Robbery
It was an apology more than 35 years in the making made possible by Facebook. Michael Goodman confessed online that he held up Claude Soffel and took his bus pass from him outside the Museum of Natural...
View ArticleChicago Murder Rate Best Since 1965
Chicago has seen fewer murders so far this year than any year since 1965, officials said. The city finished November down 25 percent in shootings, 20 percent in murders and 15 percent in overall crime...
View ArticleTreasurer Charge for Embezzlement
A Bristol woman who served as the treasurer of the Connecticut Tax Collectors Association has been arrested, accused of embezzling more than $50,000 from the organization. Bristol Police started...
View ArticleSuspects Go On Crime Spree
One of two men arrested in connection with a string of crimes in New London, including a home invasion, slipped out of an electronic monitoring bracelet to commit the crimes, according to the arrest...
View ArticleCyber Monday Deals
Black Friday may be behind us, but the holiday shopping season is far from over. Millions of consumers are expected to open their wallets for Cyber Monday, the online shopping frenzy that takes place...
View Article"Today" Tech Killed in Derailment
An NBC "Today" show audio technician on his way to help set up for the Rockefeller Center tree lighting was one of the four people killed when a Grand Central-bound Metro-North train derailed in the...
View Article"Freedom Ship" Plans $10B City
A Florida-based company recently decided to resume plans in building a $10 billion floating city, which would be home to a community of at least 25,000 people. Freedom Ship is in its beginning stages,...
View ArticleConn. "Booms" Were Earthquakes
Those "booms" in southeastern Connecticut on Friday were, in fact, earthquakes, scientists say. The Weston Observatory at Boston College said it recorded two small earthquakes near Norwich on Friday....
View ArticleDC Mayor to Run for Re-Election
Mayor Vincent Gray says he will run for re-election in 2014, after D.C. local politics-watchers spent months wondering if an ongoing federal investigation into his 2010 campaign would keep the...
View ArticleAmazon's 30-Minute Drone Delivery
Overnight shipping too slow? Soon, you may be able to get your online purchases delivered in 30 minutes -- by drone. Amazon’s new Prime Air service hopes to deliver packages via unmanned “Octocopter”...
View ArticleSandy Victims Await Money
More than a year after Sandy, only five of more than 4,000 Long Island homeowners have received money from a state program designed to help the storm-devastated homeowners, NBC 4 New York's I-Team has...
View ArticleHigher Charge in Facebook Killing
The South Miami man who allegedly killed his wife and posted a photo of her body on Facebook now faces a first-degree murder charge, according to online court records. Derek Medina, 31, had initially...
View ArticleWoman Uses Hot Wax to Stop Robber
A woman used hot wax to fend off a would-be thief in Oak Cliff Sunday night. Teresa Mendez says she was on the 2500 block of Jefferson Boulevard, on her way home just after 8 p.m., when a man sprinted...
View ArticleWATCH: Woman Curses Out Judge
A woman facing a charge for a brawl while in jail repeatedly cursed at a Miami-Dade judge Monday, prompting the judge to raise her bond to $20,000. Mylife Rivera-Vazquez, 21, went on two...
View ArticleSome See Face in Steel Fragment From WTC
A piece of a steel column salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center after 9/11 is stirring speculation over whether a face can be seen on the twisted structure. The column is being prepared...
View ArticlePTSD Likely for Train Vics: Doc
Several passengers hurt in the deadly Metro-North train derailment were still in intensive care on Monday, and even those with minor injuries are likely to suffer from the mental trauma of the crash, a...
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