Police in Philadelphia are searching for the thief who stole parts of an officer’s uniform from a bench outside a courtroom at the city’s Criminal Justice Center. The 25th District officer took off his uniform jacket, badge and hat while preparing to testify in a courtroom on the Center City… Read More

The conjoined California twins that were separated last week following a 17-hour marathon surgery have been reunited for the first time since the operation. Eva and Erika Sandoval have been recovering in separate beds in the same room, but they could not see each other well. On Monday, their parents… Read More

A Southern California woman who allegedly abandoned a dog with a 42-pound cancerous tumor has been charged with life-threatening animal abuse and neglect. Sherri Haughton of Newport Coast was charged Wednesday with four misdemeanors that carry a potential two-year jail sentence. A call to a woman of that name wasn’t… Read More

Bernard Fox, the mustachioed actor known to TV viewers as Dr. Bombay on “Bewitched” and Col. Crittendon on “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died. He was 89. Harlan Boll, a spokesman for Fox’s family, said he died Wednesday of heart failure at a Los Angeles-area hospital. The Welsh-born actor’s extensive, wide-ranging film… Read More

A Long Island woman was reunited with $5,000 in cash that she accidentally threw in the trash thanks to a little luck and the diligence of several sanitation workers. Forty-five-year-old Krishna Nadalall says his mother, Bayban, had set aside an envelope containing the cash for her mortgage payment but she… Read More

An official says four people are dead after a vehicle drove off a boat landing in northeastern Alabama. Cherokee County coroner Dr. Jeremy Deaton tells WBRC-TV that crews are searching for a fifth person. The station says two people survived and were taken to the hospital. Alabama State troopers and… Read More

Ancient footprints found in Tanzania have revealed a surprisingly tall member of the prehuman species best known for the fossil skeleton named “Lucy.” The 13 footprints are impressions in rock that used to be volcanic ash. From their size, researchers calculated that they were made by a male about 5-foot-5,… Read More

Cuisinart is voluntarily recalling about 8 million food processors after dozens of consumers reported finding pieces of broken blades in their food. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says there have been 30 reports of mouth lacerations or tooth injuries from the broken blades. Cuisinart’s Stamford, Connecticut-based parent company, Conair, announced… Read More