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A central California woman convicted of abandoning her three newborns, one of whom froze to death, has been sentenced to 22 years to life in prison.
A central California mother accused of abandoning three of her newborns and leaving one to die in the back of a pickup could face more than 22 years in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder and child abuse charges.
A Texas man is claiming to be the father of a baby abandoned in a Florence church several weeks ago, Italian police said Thursday.
FX Energy Inc. on Thursday said it stopped drilling operations at the Ostrowiec-1 wildcat well, which it plans to plug and abandon because it encountered high pressure nonflammable nitrogen gas and lost circulation while coring the target reservoir.
The abandoned homes proliferating in neighborhoods across the country are more than one of the most glaring signs of the continuing recession. In addition to being eyesores, they can also be death traps for curious children.
A newborn is being cared for at a hospital after being found abandoned — umbilical cord still attached — in a West Springfield motel room littered with empty beer cans.
Three children abandoned in a pizzeria in northern Italy by their mother and her companion were set to return to Germany on Friday, police said.
Estimate by the Government Accountability Office of the number of abandoned hardrock mines and hazards by state:
Police say a poodle mistakenly left for nearly three weeks inside a van in a Vermont airport parking garage has survived.
A Shanghai man who refused to care for his ailing 83-year-old mother and abandoned her in a public city square has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, a newspaper and court official said Friday.
His home was looted by wild government soldiers still pillaging this empty hilltop town. His fields are at the mercy of armed militias. And somewhere in the countryside, a rebel army is digging in.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Sunday an investigation was planned into why staff at a public housing complex apparently left residents without care overnight during Hurricane Ike.
Joshua David remembers vividly the first time he stepped out onto the rusted-over elevated railway track that snaked above Manhattan.
A Cambodian commercial jet has been sitting at a Vietnamese airport for more than a year after being grounded for a technical problem and abandoned, an official said Wednesday.
As the bloated bodies rise and fall with the current, women scrub clothes along the river bank, villagers bathe to cool themselves and a lone child sits on a dock staring aimlessly into the water.
Police say two new parents left their baby alone in a car while they went to watch the Kentucky Derby at a New York off-track betting parlor.
Stray dogs located a baby girl abandoned under mud and leaves in northeastern India and their barking alerted rescuers, a government official said Tuesday.
Contradicting earlier witnesses, a former captain of a fishing vessel that sank in the Bering Sea last month said the vessel sailed carefully through any pack ice it encountered.
A livery driver, hailed as a hero then charged as a criminal for leaving a baby girl at a firehouse, will have his case dismissed if he stays out of trouble for the next six months, prosecutors said Wednesday.
A crewman who died at the site of a sinking fishing boat in the Bering Sea fell from a rescue basket being pulled into a helicopter, a rescuer has testified.
As the fishing vessel Alaska Ranger sank to the bottom of the Bering Sea, crewman Byron Carrillo and 1st Assistant Engineer James Madruga struggled to stay afloat in the rough and frigid waves.
A livery cab driver initially hailed as a hero said he was just trying to do "the right thing" when he told a tale of finding a baby girl abandoned in his car.
A cabdriver accused of making up a story about a baby being abandoned in his taxi faces charges in the abandonment of the girl that could earn him a year in jail, officials said Sunday.
A court security deputy was fired and two others suspended after an inmate was left in a holding cell for more than two days without food.
The federal government has released $274 million to clean up abandoned coal mine sites that are posing a threat to the public and the environment, twice the amount that had been available in the previous fiscal year.
GNW: Dog Makes Friends With Duck (Video)From China. A man took in an abandoned puppy and purchased a duck as a pet for his daughter. The duck and puppy have struck up quite an unlikely friendship. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
Two-headed baby abandoned Medics are caring for an abandoned two-headed baby dumped in an irrigation ditch by his mother. Police in Hanzhuang, central China, found the hours-old infant after reports of a baby crying in the middle of the night.
Pets abandoned in foreclosed homes need helpIve BEEN TRYING to adopt from Doberman rescue,but because I plan to leave the area in the near future the will not let me adopt . You must live w/in 30 min. of them so they cam checkup on THEIR animal.
Filthy flat filled with 300 abandoned guinea pigsAround 300 abandoned guinea pigs were rescued from a filthy flat in Aachen over the weekend, according to the police.
Google Founder: A �Shame� That Yahoo Abandoned Search - Digits - WSJGoogle co-founder Sergey Brin said Thursday that he believes it's a "shame" that Yahoo had decreased its focus on Internet search, through its recently announced partnership with Microsoft.
Police: woman abandoned 3-year-old at Los Angeles bus stop Police are looking for a woman who left a 3-year-old boy alone at a South Los Angeles bus stop. The little boy played with a purple stuffed frog, squealed and squirmed in the arms of a police officer during a press conference today.
Mysterious ruins may help explain Mayan collapseWhy did an ancient Mayan people just seemingly walk away from this site? They abandoned pyramids, palaces, corn grinders, tools, plantations, and homes for no reason that the scientific team has been able to discern.
Baby Abandoned In Storm Drain Dies - A newborn baby boy abandoned in a storm drain has died, according to DeKalb County authorities. The baby's teenage parents made their first court appearance Thursday night.
Dog Nurses Pups and Baby Squirrel -A newborn squirrel that had been abandoned by its mother has found a new home and a new family, thanks to a dog named "Princess" and her owners.
Police: Mom Left Child Behind After Crash -A Green Township woman is accused of more than just crashing her car early Sunday.
Union County set to approve costly renovation on historic barnA 127-year-old barn in the Watchung Reservation that was part of a once-thriving resort village but has fallen into disrepair will receive a $1.49 million renovation, with Union County paying nearly three-quarters of the cost.
Judge's anger after couple who tidied up garden thrown into riot van for attempted burglaryA judge has blasted a waste of taxpayers' money after a couple who picked up items of rubbish from the garden of an abandoned house were thrown into a riot van for attempted burglary.
Abandoned red pandas nursed to health by dogTwo red pandas who were abandoned by their mother soon after they were born in northern China have been nursed to health thanks to the love and milk of a dog.
Horse found with brand cut out of hide A domestic horse found loose in Nevada with the brand cut out of its hide is drawing outrage from equine advocates concerned about the growing number of horses abandoned in the wild.
French police rescue Scottish girl, 12, snatched from her holiday villa by internet stalker French police rescued an abducted 12-year-old Scottish girl after she was snatched from her holiday villa and taken to an airport by an internet pervert.
Mom Who Abandoned Baby In Shoebox Arrested -Bail has been set at a half a million dollars for the Long Island mom accused of abandoning her newborn in a shoebox in the lobby of a Hempstead apartment building.
Kitten dropped, discovered in Boston city mailboxBOSTON – Officials said a two-pound, eight-week-old kitten was dropped in a public mailbox in Boston and later found unharmed among envelopes and packages.
A motorist reported finding an abandoned baby girl in a cardboard QVC box beside a hard-top dirt roadA motorist reported finding an abandoned baby girl Saturday in a cardboard QVC box beside a hard-top dirt road in northwest Ocala.
Baby Found Alive In Sapulpa Dumpster - Police are searching for a mother they believe left her newborn child to die in a Sapulpa dumpster Sunday.
Search continues for missing manAfter calls to the doctor and the ER, she had no idea where Michael went, so she called police.
'Suicide bid' in Italy pizzaria caseA German man has attempted to kill himself days after he and his girlfriend abandoned her three children at a restaurant in Italy, reports say. Sascha Schmidt, 24, had allegedly tried to hang himself with a belt in his cell in northern Italy on Saturday.
Man abandoning tots in Italian pizzeria was a fugitiveThe man accompanying the German mother who abandoned her three young children at an Italian pizzeria this week is a fugitive from justice, the Siegen district prosecutor's office confirmed on Thursday.
Police: Man Abandoned Cockatoo At LandfillTwo brothers are facing charges in an animal cruelty case in which a pet cockatoo was abandoned at a landfill.
Abandoned Infant Found on NorthwestPolice are looking for the parents of an abandoned baby, authorities said Monday. The baby girl, found in a diaper bag on the city's northwest side, is healthy and said to be doing well. Police believe the girl is only two days old.
Firefighters Burn Buildings At Site Of Teen's DeathFirefighters in Clark County burned several buildings Monday on the Hazel Dell property where a 13-year-old girl was found stabbed to death.
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