Month: June 2010

A 4-month-old baby left alone in a vehicle was among more than 140 children abandoned at New Zealand casinos in the past four years. In most cases, parents and caregivers were found playing gaming machines, […] […]

CUMBRIA: Every time there is a national tragedy such as Derrick Bird’s gun rampage there is a natural tendency to search for specific reasons and urgent lessons. Both are hard to find in this case. […] […]

LONDON—The family of a taxi driver who killed 12 people including his twin brother in a shooting rampage in northern England said Sunday they had no clue what sparked his rampage. Derrick Bird, 52, killed […] […]

OAKLAND, Calif.—After the outcry, the lengthy legal wrangling and a controversial change of venue encompassing 18 months, jury selection in the trial of a white former San Francisco Bay Area transit police officer accused of […] […]

TEMBISA, SOUTH AFRICA—Thousands of soccer fans stampeded the gates outside a stadium Sunday before a World Cup warmup match between Nigeria and North Korea, leaving several people injured. Several fans fell under the rush of […] […]

AN elderly man charged with sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl more than 10 years ago will remain in jail following his extradition to Sydney from Portugal. Roderick William Robinson, 71, did not apply for bail, […] […]