A Georgia father was attempting to recover his stolen items from a vehicle when he was shot by the thief in front of his girlfriend. Cobb County Police spokeswoman Sydney Melton told news outlets that 24-year-old George Anthony Vela died from multiple gunshot wounds early Monday morning. Vela and his… Read More

A young bald eagle that the public watched hatch online in a Southern California mountain nest has finally made its first flight. San Bernardino National Forest spokesman Zach Behrens says the juvenile male let out a call at 6:19 a.m. Tuesday and flew off screen. Bald eagles typically make an inaugural flight… Read More

A television reporter is suing over injuries he says he suffered during a promotional stunt in which he plunged 22 feet into a river in a homemade flying machine. The lawsuit filed last week in Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania by KDKA-TV reporter Dave Crawley names the… Read More

A grand jury has declined to indict a Baltimore security guard accused of impersonating a police officer to stop a sexual assault and then raping the victim himself. State’s Attorney Office spokeswoman Melba Saunders told The Baltimore Sun that the grand jury’s decision required prosecutors drop the case against 50-year-old Richard S…. Read More

Chicago police say three thieves smashed a display window of a high-end department store and stole three mannequins dressed from head to feet in designer clothes. Police say the theft occurred around 4:15 a.m. Wednesday at the Neiman Marcus store on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. They say three people wearing hoodies… Read More

A bracelet that belonged to a soldier from Pennsylvania killed during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II will be returned to his daughter. An off-duty detective using a metal detector in Wales discovered the silver bracelet that contained Albert Coleman’s name and serial number. Colin Murphy tells The… Read More

Sheriff’s officials say an overweight semitrailer loaded with dried beans caused a more-than-century-old bridge to collapse in North Dakota. Grand Forks County sheriff’s officials say the bridge over the Goose River near Northwood collapsed Monday afternoon. Photos show the wooden and iron span buckling under the weight of the vehicle…. Read More

Anne Hathaway is signing up for more diaper duty. The 36-year-old actor announced Wednesday on her Instagram account that she and her husband, actor and jewelry designer Adam Shulman, are expecting their second child. She posted a photo of her growing belly with the caption “It’s not for a movie…”… Read More

Bindi Irwin, the daughter of the late conservationist, Steve Irwin, is getting married. She posted Wednesday on her social media that longtime boyfriend Chandler Powell’s proposed on her 21st birthday, Tuesday. Powell is a 22-year-old wakeboarder from Florida whom she met in 2013 when he was visiting the Irwin family’s Australia… Read More

Jalen Ramsey crouched in the back of an armored truck, peered through a small window and waited for his introduction. The two-time Pro Bowl cornerback then flung open both doors, revealing dozens of phony money bags and a huge smile. Ramsey put on quite a show as the Jacksonville Jaguars reported for… Read More