A tanker struck a river cruise on the Mississippi River near the Port of New Orleans Friday, leaving The American Heritage passenger boat on its side and largely submerged in the water. Rescues were underway, officials say. Video from the scene showed the much larger tanker, identified as the Atlantic Asphalt, crash into the paddlewheel…
A man accused of arranging the fatal shooting of a Microsoft design manager on a Florida road was convicted Wednesday in a murder-for-hire scheme fueled by a stormy child custody arrangement between the victim and his wealthy ex-wife. Jared Bridegan was shot four years ago after he got out of his SUV to remove a…
In 1975, a movie filmed in Martha’s Vineyard made people afraid to go into the water. Today, a real animal in Martha’s Vineyard is making people afraid to go outside. “It’s gotten to the point now that grandparents are not allowing their grandchildren to come visit them,” said Sam Telford. “We stay in the apartment,”…
The alleged leader of an Irish organized crime gang has been extradited to Ireland from Dubai to face charges that he ran an international drug smuggling and money laundering empire with tentacles that stretched to Britain, Spain and the U.S. Air Tracker data showed an Irish Air Corps plane from Dubai landing Sunday evening at…
