Six victims, 13 survivors in building collapse identified
Three of the six people killed yesterday in a building collapse at 2136 Market St. have been identified as Kimberly Finnegan, Anne Bryan and Borbor Davis.
Philadelphia building collapse victims will be ID’ed today
Reports are saying that officials are planning to release the names of the six victims in yesterday’s building collapse later [...]
Newtown families fight to keep shooting massacre pictures sealed
Families of the victims of the Connecticut elementary school massacre are fighting to keep graphic crime scene photos and audio recordings from being released.
Rescuers comb Oklahoma tornado rubble for buried survivors
Rescue workers with sniffer dogs and searchlights picked through the wreckage of a massive tornado to ensure no survivors remained buried in the rubble of primary schools, houses and buildings in an Oklahoma City suburb.
Interview with tornado victim: ‘Situation is overwhelming’
Kate Carney Huston has taken her husband and baby and gone to stay with her mother in Oklahoma City. Due to the tornado, the Huston household, in the suburb of Moore, no longer has water or electricity
At least 12 shot in New Orleans Mother’s Day parade
At least 12 people were shot at a Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans, with one victim as young as 10 years old, W
Police seek gunman who shot five people at Newark, N.J., vigil
Police in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday were investigating the shooting of five people, including a 10-year-old girl, at a vigil for a city resident who died in a car accident, but said they had no suspect.
Bangladesh factory building collapse kills nearly 100
A block housing garment factories and shops collapsed in Bangladesh on Wednesday, killing nearly 100 people and injuring more than a thousand, officials said.
Horace Mann sexual abuse victims speak out
A group of men who say they were sexually abused decades ago when they were students at the prestigious Horace [...]
Crowdfunding campaigns raise money for Boston Marathon victims
Since Monday afternoon when two bombs went off simultaneously at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, we’ve seen remarkable acts of kindness from people all over the world.