Month: October 2010

FAIRFIELD, Calif.—Authorities say a Northern California mother stabbed her twin 3-year-old daughters to death before attempting to take her own life and setting fire to her apartment. Firefighters found the children’s bodies around 10:30 p.m. […] […]

The severed head of a police official investigating the disappearance of an American jet-skier has been delivered to the Mexican army, according to local officials. The head of Commander Rolando Armando Flores Villegas was found […] […]

SAN JOSE MINE, CHILE—Mario Gomez, the oldest of the miners at 63, came out of the ground just before 8 a.m. Wednesday. As he emerged from the rescue capsule, he threw his arms in the […] […]

SCIENTISTS in Germany say the days of humans behind the wheel are numbered as they unveiled the latest self-driving car. “In the future it will be forbidden for safety reasons for people to drive cars,” […] […]

PRINCE ALBERT, SASK.—A man who sent his semi-naked wife into the cold on Christmas Day after an argument over turkey stuffing has been sentenced to five years in prison. Clifford Arnold Daniels, 52, was convicted […] […]

SAN JOSE MINE, CHILE—To hugs, cheers and tears, rescuers using a missile-like escape capsule began pulling 33 men one by one to fresh air and freedom at last early Wednesday, 69 days after they were […] […]

BRITISH police say they have taken 28 Roma children into protection after raiding houses in London as part of a child-trafficking investigation. The Metropolitan Police says officers raided 16 properties in east London overnight in […] […]