Four Dead, Including Three Children, in Bronx Fire, Officials Say
Two other people who were in the home were taken to the hospital. One of them was in critical condition, an official said.
4 People Found Dead After Fires at 2 Homes in Nebraska, Authorities Say
Four people were found dead early Thursday morning at two homes that were on fire in Laurel, Neb., and foul play is suspected, the authorities said. Just after 3 a.m. Thursday, the authorities in the city of about 1,000 people, northwest of Omaha, received a call about an explosion in the 200 block of Elm…
Crime Wave at 7-Eleven Stores in California Leaves 2 Dead, Police Say
The five crime scenes were all 7-Eleven stores. Five people were shot, two fatally, at four of the stores in Southern California early Monday, and the police said at least three of the shootings seemed to be the work of the same gunman. A fifth store in the area was robbed of about $500 in…
Dead Roaches That Ate Moon Dust Went Up for Auction. Then NASA Objected.
Unanswered questions fill the cosmos: Are there infinite universes? Why does anything exist? How much would one pay for moon dust digested by a cockroach? On that last mystery, humanity was close to an answer this month. Then, lawyers for NASA intervened. Three insects were put up for auction online — along with the moon…
Dr. Paul M. Ellwood Jr., Architect of the H.M.O., Is Dead at 95
In the 1960s, while still working for the American Rehabilitation Foundation, Dr. Ellwood formed a health policy research group called Interstudy, which explored ways to apply business management techniques to improve health care and cut costs. It set up an H.M.O. that years later became United Health Group, now one of the nation’s largest health…
Shooting at Alabama Church Potluck Leaves Three Dead
What started out as a relaxing potluck dinner at an Episcopal church in Alabama on Thursday evening took a sudden and deadly turn when a man pulled out a handgun and opened fire, killing three people, the authorities said. The gunfire inside the Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Vestavia Hills, Ala., ended when a fifth…
3 Dead, 11 Wounded in Philadelphia Shooting on South Street
Three people were killed and 11 were injured Saturday night in a shooting in downtown Philadelphia, the authorities said. Police officers were patrolling South Street, a lively area with many restaurants and bars, when “they observed several active shooters shooting into the crowd,” Inspector D.F. Pace of the Philadelphia Police Department said at a news…