NEW YORK (AP) – Jury deliberations have turned nasty at the New York City trial of a lawyer charged in a giant fraud at commodities brokerage giant Refco Inc.. One juror said in a note read in court Thursday that another juror has threatened to cut off his finger or send her husband after him. […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) – Authorities say four inmates face charges of malicious destruction of property after they broke the sprinkler system and flooded a county jail in Cambridge. Middlesex County Sheriff James DiPaola said Thursday the inmates may also face assault charges for scuffling with corrections officers. The Boston Globe reports DiPaola put the damage […]

ABINGTON, Mass. (AP) – One man is in the hospital with severe brain stem injuries and another man is facing an assault charge following a confrontation over a barking dog in Abington. Police say 48-year-old Brian Cherry fell and struck his head on the pavement after being punched in the head by Michael McGunigle at […]

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) – A judge’s illness has forced the postponement of the sentencing of a man who pleaded guilty to abusing residents at a Texas facility for the developmentally disabled. D’Angelo Riley, 23, waived his right to a jury and pleaded guilty earlier this week to three counts of injury to a disabled […]

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Animal humane groups say more than 400 dogs including some that were about to deliver puppies have been rescued in the largest coordinated raids on dogfighting in U.S. history. Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies conducted the raids Wednesday and Thursday and made arrests in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Texas and […]

LONDON (AP) – Fiery horses and a cloud of dust, but no hearty “Hi-Yo Silver.” A British horse racing track said Thursday it asked the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to give a recital at its finishing post, hoping to wow spectators and spur the animals to quicken their pace. Kempton Park race course, just south of […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Authorities say a prankster persuaded a married couple to smash their Florida hotel window after falsely telling them the room had a gas leak. Police say a person claiming to be a front-desk clerk at an Orlando hotel convinced the couple to break a wall mirror and use a lamp to […]

NEW YORK (AP) – A runway at John F. Kennedy International Airport was shut down briefly Wednesday morning after at least 78 turtles emerged from a nearby bay and crawled onto the tarmac. Ground crews eventually rounded up the wayward reptiles and deposited them back in the brackish water farther from airport property, but not […]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) – A robber left his mark on a San Antonio victim by biting her left arm. San Antonio police are seeking the man who robbed 65-year-old Rita Cervantes after she cashed a check at a bank and was getting into her van. Cervantes told police that a man with a towel over […]

STRATFORD, Conn. (AP) – Police say a Connecticut man has been arrested because he showed up at a dental office naked. Police say 41-year-old Christopher Hoff, of Stratford, also was five days late for his appointment. Authorities say Hoff entered Optimus Dental’s office Monday with nothing on. A startled female receptionist screamed, and he ran […]