Barbara Gagne 
ROSEVILLE, California — Most people turning 100 would be happy with a cake and a party. Ruby McNally wanted the sky. On Thursday, the Roseville great-grandmother strapped into a harness, boarded a plane, and jumped out of it — tandem skydiving over the city of Davis to mark her 100th birthday. “If you slow down, … Read more
ACTON, Massachusetts — A father called police because he could not reach anyone at home. What officers found when they arrived would devastate an entire community. Two people were dead inside a quiet house in Acton — a mother and her teenage son. And the family’s other son, 17-year-old Arjun Aravind, was nowhere to be … Read more
WORCESTER, Massachusetts — A 6-year-old girl can point to every single place the fox got her. The bandages, cuts, and stitches were still fresh when Janessa Pagan-Williams described the moment the animal lunged at her on Jones Street Wednesday evening. She was riding a friend’s bike in the backyard when it happened. “It looked at … Read more
FAIRMONT, West Virginia — A Monday morning that should have been ordinary turned into a nightmare for an entire neighborhood when a 6-year-old child jumped from a second-story apartment window — alone — while their mother slept inside. The incident happened at a Unity Terrace apartment in Fairmont, a city in northern West Virginia, roughly … Read more
WACO, Texas — Yotanca Calhoun had done nothing wrong that Sunday night. He let his cousin come over, use the shower, and waited on the couch with his wife while the man cleaned up. What happened next would cost him his life. A Favor That Turned Fatal According to police, Michael Calhoun, 43, walked out … Read more
BERGENFIELD, New Jersey — A mother’s final act was running back into a crumbling building for her child. Magnolia, a Bergenfield resident, was visiting Colombia with her daughter when Monday’s 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck. The home they were staying in collapsed. She got out. Then she went back in. A Mother’s Last Moments Bergenfield Mayor … Read more
FORT WORTH, Texas — A stolen ambulance. A 200-mile chase. A fatal shooting on a busy interstate. What started as a theft at a Fort Worth fire station Thursday morning ended with a man dead on the upper deck of I-35 in Austin — and an entire fire department asking how this was allowed to … Read more
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Michelle Wilson had spent the day working on her future. She and her husband had been putting time and effort into launching a sandwich and taco food truck — a small business dream they were building together in their North Philadelphia neighborhood. That night, Aug. 9, the couple sat down on their … Read more
A new grocery chain is making its debut in Northern Virginia this week, and the opening comes with a notable twist tied to a well-known retailer that previously occupied the same space. Budget grocery chain Lidl is set to host a grand opening for its newest Falls Church location on Wednesday, August 12. The store … Read more
A well-known bar and bowling alley in East Aurora is set to close its doors this weekend, marking the end of a seven-year run that many locals had come to see as a neighborhood staple. Mister’s Bar and Lanes confirmed the closure earlier this week through a social media announcement, telling patrons that Saturday would … Read more