Nouel Alba, a 37-year-old Bronx woman who posed as an aunt of a Sandy Hook victim, pleaded guilty Thursday to wire fraud and to lying to FBI agents, federal prosecutors in Connecticut said, as reported by CNN. Alba reportedly solicited donations on behalf of one of the young victims, Noah Pozner, in one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history
A "Today Show" suicide scare hit the news on Thursday when Pak Chong Mar, a man in his 70s, sliced his wrists with a box cutter in front of Rockefeller Plaza where tourists were lined up for the morning's filming. Police and security officers were forced to tackle the man to stop him from slashing his arms.
Six people were killed when a building being demolished collapsed Wednesday onto an adjacent Salvation Army edifice on 22nd Street and Market in downtown Philadelphia,
Witnesses in the upcoming George Zimmerman murder trial will not be permitted to testify anonymously, judge Debra Nelson ruled on Thursday, less than a week before the start of the highly-scrutinized murder trial.
