Joan Sparacino was in her Babylon, N.Y. backyard feeding her tortoises when she stepped on the cesspool cover and it caved in. She was stuck for hours until her husband heard her cries for help.
A fire early Thursday morning in Wylam killed a 4-year-old child and injured three others, including a 5-month-old, a 3-year-old, and a 23-year-old woman.
Authorities captured a man they say fatally shot his father, brother and two other people during a 12-hour rampage across Los Angeles' sprawling San Fernando Valley.
The attorney for Water Drainage Solutions, the company involved in multiple investigations, after two employees died on the job, said Wednesday that they were focusing their attention on the families of the two victim's and were deeply saddened by the loss.
The Justice Department announced that it will begin executing federal death row inmates for the first time since 2003, again raising the political stakes on a topic that's rarely been a Democratic strength.
UAB football is continuing to make a difference in the Birmingham area. The Blazers traded in their helmets and pads for paintbrushes and shovels to help renovate a home in Fairfield for Habitat for Humanity.
