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A teenage babysitter from Newark, Del., is facing a dozen charges of endangering the welfare of a child after police say she locked up 3-year-old twins in the closet of her apartment.New Castle County police say Veronica Miller, an unlicensed daycare provider, would lock the twins in a closet while she drove to another location to pick up several other children she also watched.After getting ...
A student pilot was ejected from a small aircraft above an area east of Chattanooga, Tenn., in a freak accident Friday evening, and authorities were searching for him.The accident occurred when the owner of the Zodiac 601XL plane was taking lessons from an instructor and they were diving the aircraft, NBC station WCRB of Nashville reported, citing police. The canopy came open at about 2,500 feet a...
This past winter has been exceptionally rough for honeybees — and although it's too early to say exactly why, there are all the usual suspects, ranging from pesticides that appear to cause memory loss to pests that got an exceptionally early start last spring.Friday marked the start of an annual survey that asks beekeepers to report how many bees they lost over the winter, conducted by the Bee Inf...
A video of a fight between two young girls in Tampa, Fla., has outraged parents and law enforcement officials.Viewed thousands of times since it was posted to Facebook, the video shows a 7-year-old girl knocking a 6-year-old girl off an air conditioning unit, and then beating her on the ground, while being encouraged by her older sister. The date the video was taken is unclear.Authorities got invo...
A grand jury indicted a former superintendent and more than 30 other educators Friday in one of the nation's largest cheating scandals that rocked Atlanta's public schools.The indictment named the former Superintendent Beverly Hall as well as several high-level administrators, principals and teachers. Hall faces charges including racketeering, false statements and theft. She retired just days ...
By Chris Carola / Associated Press When Dr. Rene Joyeuse's request for burial at Arlington National Cemetery was rejected, the family of the decorated Swiss-born World War II spy launched a campaign to get the decision reversed. Months later, Joyeuse is getting his wish, thanks in part to the involvement of the nation's top covert operators, including CIA Director David Petraeus.Before resigning a...
The Zumba instructor who was accused of running a prostitution ring from her dance studio in the seaside town of Kennebunk, Maine, pleaded guilty to 20 counts on Friday.The felony charges against Alexis Wright were reduced to misdemeanors, defense attorney Sarah Churchill confirmed to NBC News.The case against Wright, 30, gained national attention as allegations emerged of an extensive, detailed c...
A Navy SEAL from the elite SEAL TEAM 6 was killed and another SEAL injured Thursday night during a parachute training accident in Marana, Arizona, the military said. Details of the accident are not immediately available.One SEAL was pronounced dead on arrival at the University of Arizona Hospital. The second remains hospitalized in stable condition.Members of SEAL TEAM 6 carried out the raid that...
Alaska Rep. Don Young, R, issued a new statement late Friday formally apologizing for his use of a slur to describe immigrant laborers.Young, who had endured demands by Democrats and other fellow Republicans -- including House Speaker John Boehner -- to apologize for the use of the term "wetbacks" in a radio interview on Thursday, issued a statement doing just that.Young said in a statement:"I apo...
PHOENIX -- An 86-year-old man who carried out a mercy killing by shooting his ailing wife and high school sweetheart in the head was sentenced Friday to probation after an emotional hearing where family members tearfully spoke on his behalf.George Sanders could have faced more than 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter. The judge, who complimented the prosecutor for being "c...
