Skull Fracture

I wanted to hate Jose Luis Huerta Mundo, the self-employed landscaper accused of making an illegal turn on a blind corner of a steep Newport Beach hill that led to the death of cyclist Michael Nine. So I went to the Harbor Justice Center in Newport...

Two years after the Ravens selected him in the second round of the 2010 NFL draft, linebacker Sergio Kindle has yet to make a start, a tackle or a significant impact on the team’s fortunes. An opportunity has presented itself to Kindle in the...

Tuesday, jurors got to hear from Terry Sturgis – in his own words – for the first time during his murder trial.  Prosecuting attorneys played more than two hours of a very long interrogation with Sturgis that began about three hours after...

SOUTH BEND -- Hours after his son's death, 36-year-old Terry Sturgis insisted to homicide detectives he did not cause the boy's widespread injuries, and said he "loved his children to death." On Tuesday afternoon, jurors in the Sturgis trial viewed the...

Melvin Jonathan "Jon" Gouthro spent his last able-bodied day living life the way he most enjoyed it: Hosting friends aboard his 43-foot yacht "Counting Dreams" during the Lauderdale Air Show. Ten days later, he succumbed to injuries received in a hit-...

Hagerstown police and the Washington County State’s Attorney’s Office are investigating the circumstances surrounding brain injuries a toddler suffered in March which a report said have left the boy with “no chance of a meaningful...

JOPLIN, Mo. -- A man who killed his 8-month-old son and then told police that two unknown armed men kidnapped the boy received a life (30-year) prison sentence on Monday.  A jury convicted Eddie Salazar Sr. last month for the death of Eddie Salazar Jr. in...

An Anchorage man has been charged with two felony counts of second-degree domestic-violence assault after allegedly throwing and hitting his fiancée’s 21-month-old son in two separate incidents this week. Charging documents (PDF) claim Jeremy...

Police said Thursday they are looking for the driver of a Ford Taurus in the manhunt for the hit-and-run driver who plowed down a Lighthouse Point accountant Sunday near the beach. Fort Lauderdale Lt. Frank Sousa asked anyone with information about the...

A man accused of beating the bassist for a Chicago rock band when the musician tried to stop the man from attacking his wife was found not guilty today, prosecutors said. Justin Pivec, 35, was found not guilty in a bench trial that ended midday today...

Everyday is a struggle for Jaymie Polet, but Thursday was especially difficult. The 18-year-old -- who lost her best friend, Meagan Toothman, and was herself seriously injured in the stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair -- found out the fall could...

The Whatcom Humane Society (WHS) is seeking the public's assistance for information about two German Shepherd-mix puppies that were severely beaten. Animal control officers responded to a 911 call on April 1 in the 4000 block of Lummi Shore Drive on...