Plane Passenger Arrested for Drunken Mid-Air Fistfight
A mid-air fistfight between two passengers, one of them drunk, on an American Airlines flight in Texas on Tuesday left one man bloody and facing criminal charges. According to a police report,...
View ArticlePreschool Teacher Pleads No Contest to Spiking Sippy Cups
A California preschool teacher charged with spiking toddlers' sippy cups with sleeping pills entered a "no contest" plea, prosecutors said on Friday, reducing her original 10 charges down to five....
View ArticleSandy Hook School Decision on Hold
The group tasked with deciding the future home of Sandy Hook Elementary School will not have a decision Friday night. The school could end up in one of two locations in Newtown, Conn. One option is to...
View ArticlePit Bull Saves N.Y. Woman from House Fire
A pit bull saved a woman from a fire in her home in New York on Friday, barking to alert her as the flames began to spread from the front to the back of the house. Jackie Bonasera said she was drying...
View ArticleMassive Food Fight at Fla. High School Ends with Student's Arrest
A student was arrested after a food fight escalated at Cypress Bay High School in the South Florida suburb of Weston, according to authorities. A 17-year-old was arrested on one charge of battery and...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines Celebrates 80 Years of Flight Attendants
Friday is a very special day for American Airlines. Eighty years ago today, on May 3, 1933, the first four American Airlines stewardesses graduated from training and headed out on their first flight....
View ArticleTow Truck Driver Killed in Hit-and-Run: FHP
Florda Highway Patrol is investigating a hit and run that killed a tow truck driver early Saturday morning in Miami. The tow truck driver was assisting a disabled car on southbound State Road 874 by...
View ArticleEscaped Mental Health Patient Obsessed with Sandy Hook: Police
A man who has threatened young children and is obsessed by the killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School escaped from a mental health facility in Orange County, California, Friday, and police were...
View ArticleOrb Wins Kentucky Derby on "Perfect Trip"
Odds-on favorite Orb won the 139th Kentucky Derby on Saturday, lingering in the back of the pack for much of the race before dashing through the mud to take the lead down the final stretch. The winning...
View ArticleTSA Unveils New Passenger Screening K-9 Team
The Transportation Security Administration unveiled on Friday a new program in which K-9 dogs and officers assess potential threats among passengers at Miami International Airport. “This is another...
View Article5 Women Die in Limousine Fire on Calif. Bridge
Five women in their 30s died Saturday night when a stretch limousine burst into flames on the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge over the San Francisco Bay, police confirmed to NBC News. Four other people in the...
View ArticleDeputies Searching for Armed Man Attacking Female Joggers
Broward deputies are searching for a man they say has assaulted two female joggers while armed. The man attacked two women in two separate incidents on Apr. 29 and May 1 along the Hamptons...
View ArticleBomb Squad Called to Miami Dade College North Campus
The bomb squad was called to Miami Dade College's North campus after an armed man was fatally shot by police Saturday afternoon, officials said. Miami-Dade Police were called to the campus after...
View ArticleEscaped Calif. Mental Health Patient Is in Custody
A mental health patient obsessed by the killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School is in custody after escaping from an Orange County, California facility the day before, authorities said. Norris Phuoc...
View ArticleCat Lost During Sandy Makes Miraculous Return
Uranie Roberts only has one way to describe it. "It's a miracle," she said. Lost for half a year, her beloved pet cat “Porsche” somehow found his way home. Last November, Roberts and her family,...
View ArticleSouthbound I-95 Shut Down After Shooting in Broward
Broward deputies are investigating a shooting that has shut down southbound I-95 near Commercial Boulevard. The shooting occurred at about 6:45 a.m. Sunday, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office....
View Article6-Year-Old Girl in Critical Condition After Being Shot by Brother
Broward deputies were called to the scene after a 6-year-old girl was shot by her 13-year-old brother in Oakland Park Saturday night. The girl was shot just before 7 p.m. on the 5900 block of NE 2nd...
View ArticleOne Critical, Two Stable After Opera Tower Shooting
Miami Police are investigating a shooting at the Opera Tower condominium building on 1750 North Bayshore Drive. Investigators found two men shot in the building's lobby and another on the 30th floor,...
View ArticleGrenade at MDC North Campus Was a Novelty Item: Cops
Investigators have determined that the grenade a man was holding after he was fatally shot by police at Miami Dade College's North Campus was inoperative. Police were called to Miami Dade College's...
View Article6-Year-Old Girl in Critical Condition After Being Shot by Brother, 13
A six-year-old Florida girl was in critical condition Sunday after being shot by her 13-year-old brother Saturday night in Oakland Park, north of Fort Lauderdale Saturday night. According to neighbors,...
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