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BOSTON -- A 1999 green Honda Civic registered to the father of alleged Boston Marathon bombers is emerging as a potential key piece of evidence in the investigation into the brutal April 18 murder of MIT police officer Sean Collier, law enforcement officials say. Collier, 26, was shot multiple times in the head while sitting in his parked patrol car at about 10:30 p.m. that night, just 30 minutes ...
The 26-year-old Chinese entrepreneur who was carjacked by alleged Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev described a frightening encounter and a daring escape. To protect his privacy, the man spoke with Matt Lauer on TODAY with his face concealed and his voice modified, going only by his nickname, “Danny,’’ to describe the events of April 18. Three nights after the bombing, Danny was sitting in ...
DENVER -- An Army private believed to be the first female U.S. soldier to seek refuge in Canada rather than return to duty in Iraq was sentenced to 10 months in prison after pleading guilty to desertion, military officials in Colorado said on Tuesday.Kimberly Rivera, who said she grew opposed to the war during a three-month tour of duty in Iraq, pleaded guilty at a court-martial proceeding in Fort...
A day after a woman reported finding an abandoned newborn crying in the sand on a Hawaii beach, police arrested her and revealed she's the baby's mother. Keala Simeona, 21, of Honolulu, was arrested Tuesday evening for filing a false police report. Police don't expect to pursue additional offenses at this time. She posted $250 bail and was released. She had told police she was parked at Sandy...
A blast of cold air being dragged southward by a dip in the jet stream threatened the Rockies, Plains and parts of the Midwest with snowfalls this week that meteorologists said could be “historic.”Nearly two feet of snow is forecast for the mountains of Colorado and Wyoming, where heavy snow started falling Tuesday. Several inches could also fall by the end of the week in a band from North Texas t...
Pinned between a massive slab of granite and the wall of a cargo container, a worker who appeared to aid in his own extrication was rescued Tuesday afternoon in Fontana, Calif.The 1,000-pound piece of rock, often used for countertops, was being delivered to a contracting company in Fontana. The trapped worker apparently was helping take the slab out of the truck when it split in two.Crews from the...
A 50-year-old pharmacist was arrested Monday night after police say she removed two bottles of orange juice from a bag - which they say were filled with rubbing alcohol - and placed them on the shelf with other refrigerated items at a Starbucks in San Jose, California.San Jose Police Sgt. Jason Dwyer took Ramineh Behbehanian of San Jose into custody on an attempted murder charge because the orange...
