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A homeless man in Boston who found a backpack containing $2,400 in cash and $39,500 in travelers checks turned in the lost treasure to the police.
WATERLOO, N.Y. -- The more Cindy Karlsen learned about her husband, Karl, the more suspicious she became. There was the $700,000 life insurance payout he received after the 2008 death of his grown son, who was crushed when the pickup truck he was working under suddenly slipped off its jack.
Helicopter rescue teams were on standby early Monday after bad weather prevented them from reaching more than 1,200 people still trapped across Colorado, five days into record flooding which has killed five people and wrecked 17,500 homes.
Here are some of the stories we're following Monday at NBC News:Thousands stranded in historic Colorado flooding: Five people are dead and more than a thousand others remain unaccounted for as continued heavy rains hampered flood rescue efforts in Colorado.
Helicopter rescue teams were on standby early Monday after bad weather prevented them from reaching more than 1,000 people still trapped across Colorado, five days into record flooding which has killed five people and wrecked 17,500 homes.
TIFFIN, Ohio -- A fire that ripped through a mobile home killed a man and five children ages 6 and under just a few hours after the children's mother left to work an early morning shift at a fast-food restaurant.
The death toll continued to rise Sunday in flood-ravaged Colorado — as more even heavy rains hindered efforts to rescue at least 1000 stranded residents, officials said.
A North Carolina police officer involved in the fatally shooting of an unarmed man early Saturday was charged with voluntary manslaughter and is in custody, authorities said.
A fire that engulfed a trailer killed five children and a man on Sunday morning in Tiffin, Ohio, police said.Firefighters and police tried to control the fire and pulled out the man and children, who were declared dead at a hospital, the police in Tiffin, said in a statement.
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has withdrawn his bid for consideration to succeed Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve chairman, a senior White House official has confirmed to CNBC — a move that allows the administration to sidestep a potentially contentious confirmation process.
