A 47-year-old mother of five was struck and killed by a car driven by an on-duty Secret Service agent as she attempted to cross Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Thursday afternoon, police said. Maria Tripp was crossing the road with her 12-year-old daughter and 19-year-old nephew when …
An Indian woman who was a baby bride has had her 17-year marriage legally annulled in a ground-breaking case challenging the culture of child weddings, Agence France Presse reported Wednesday. Laxmi Sargara was 1 year old when she was married to a 3-year-old boy named …
When he posted his ex-girlfriend's nude pictures on Facebook three months after their split, Ravshan ''Ronnie'' Usmanov, 20, probably wasn't thinking "Hey, this is my ticket to six months house arrest as the first social network-related conviction in Australian history!" A …
By Jay Kernis Rock Center UPDATED 4/24/12 1:40PM ET One month ago, Rock Center's Harry Smith told the Impossible Dream story of Greco-Roman wrestler Rulon Gardner, who won an Olympic gold medal in 2000 by defeating the Russian legend Alexander Karelin, and a bronz …
MIAMI, Fla. -- On June 5, 2006, not long after Florida enacted the first "Stand Your Ground" law in the United States, unarmed Jason Rosenbloom was shot in the stomach and chest by his next-door neighbor after a shouting match over trash. Exactly what happened that day in Clearw …
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Brooklyn mother of 5 killed in crash by on-duty Secret Service agent
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