Jessica Chasmar

Hit-and-run driver crashes into Florida day care, killing 1: report

A hit-and-run driver crashed into a central Florida day care Wednesday afternoon, killing one person and injuring at least 11 others, police said.

April 9, 2014

49 dead horses found on Kentucky man’s farm

Officials have charged a Kentucky farmer after 49 dead horses and 15 others that appeared emaciated were recovered Monday from his Pendleton County farm.

April 9, 2014

Alec Baldwin deletes homophobic tweets toward former Romney aide

Nearly five months after Alec Baldwin was fired by MSNBC for using anti-gay slurs, the actor has again waded into troubled waters by sending a homophobic tweet to a former Mitt Romney aide.

April 9, 2014

Vatican enlists hawk named ‘Sylvia’ to protect doves from another attack

After a crow and seagull killed two of the pope's peace doves in front of horrified onlookers, the Vatican has decided to enlist a hawk named "Sylvia" to keep a watchful eye over the holy birds.

April 9, 2014

PETA drops plan to turn Jeffrey Dahmer’s childhood home into vegan eatery

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are abandoning plans to turn serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer's childhood home in Ohio into a vegan restaurant.

April 9, 2014

Habanero peppers prompt hazmat response at Colorado school

Police, firefighters and hazardous-materials crews swarmed a Lakewood, Colo., school Monday afternoon after several children reported coughing and itchy eyes.

April 9, 2014

8-year-old girl befriended by basketball star dies of cancer

Lacey Holsworth, the 8-year-old girl with cancer who befriended Michigan State basketball star Adreian Payne, died at her St. Johns, Mich., home late Tuesday, her father said.

April 9, 2014

John Boehner cries at Taco Bell event

House Speaker John Boehner got emotional Tuesday during an event on Capitol Hill, choking back tears as he praised the Taco Bell Foundation and Boys & Girls Clubs of America for their work with underprivileged teens.

April 9, 2014

Fort Hood soldier: ‘Stripped of God-given right,’ all I could do was ‘wait to die’

A soldier who survived the gruesome murders at Fort Hood last week penned a letter to Texas lawmakers on Monday, urging them to prevent another tragedy from happening again by allowing soldiers to carry personal firearms on base.

April 8, 2014

9-month-old boy on the run after attempted murder charge in Pakistan

The family of a 9-month-old infant who was charged with attempted murder in Pakistan has taken him into hiding, a family member told Reuters on Tuesday.

April 8, 2014

‘Good Grammar Bandit’ terrorizes Denver with perfectly punctuated stick-up notes

Denver authorities are on the hunt for a bank robber they're calling the "Good Grammar Bandit" because of his perfectly spelled and punctuated demand notes.

April 8, 2014

Rev. Al Sharpton denies snitch allegations: I was a victim

The Rev. Al Sharpton denied Monday a new report claiming he served as a paid FBI mob informant in the mid-1980s.

April 8, 2014

The new cow tipping? Vandals flip Smart cars in San Francisco

Vandals have been flipping Smart cars in San Francisco in what appears to be a bizarre twist on cow tipping.

April 7, 2014

Rev. Al Sharpton is a former paid FBI informant: report

An explosive new report by The Smoking Gun claims that the Rev. Al Sharpton is a former paid FBI informant.

April 7, 2014

Peaches Geldof’s death at 25 being treated as ‘unexplained and sudden’: report

Peaches Geldof, the second daughter of musician Bob Geldof and Paula Yates, has died at age 25.

April 7, 2014

N.Y. abortion clinics escape inspections for 12 years: report

Many of New York's abortion clinics have been able to escape inspections by the state Health Department for more than a decade, the New York Post revealed Monday.

April 7, 2014

Man breezes through security in Britain, Spain with girlfriend’s passport: report

Monarch Airlines has launched an investigation after a British man says he was able to breeze through security in Britain and Spain by using his girlfriend's passport.

April 7, 2014

Former cop to spend life in prison after raping several women on duty

A former West Sacramento Police officer received a 205-years-to-life sentence behind bars for raping several women while on duty and in uniform.

April 7, 2014

Chicago TSA worker jumps in front of train to save woman

An off-duty Transport Security Administration employee jumped into the path of an oncoming commuter train in Chicago to save a woman who had fallen onto the tracks.

April 7, 2014