An Alabama woman passed a major milestone Saturday to become the longest-living recipient of a pig organ transplant – healthy and full of energy with her new kidney for 61 days and counting. “I’m superwoman,” Towana Looney told The Associated Press, laughing about outpacing family members on long walks around New York City as she … Read more
He’s long been called the “truck stop serial killer.” Even before his murder trial in Indiana this week, Bruce Mendenhall was serving two consecutive life sentences for killing two women last seen at truck stops in Tennessee. On Wednesday, after a two-day trial, Mr. Mendenhall, 73, was convicted of murdering Carma Purpura, 31, a mother … Read more
A fire chief was fatally shot after he and a driver who had hit a deer on a rural road in Alabama came under fire as they approached a house to ask for help, the authorities said. Sheriff’s deputies responded around 5 p.m. on Sunday to a report of a traffic accident involving a deer … Read more
A potentially record-breaking winter storm was blowing through the southeastern United States early Tuesday morning, bringing heavy snow to places where even light flurries are rare and sending temperatures along the Gulf Coast plunging to a hard freeze. A blizzard warning was in effect for parts of Texas and Louisiana early Tuesday, after the storm … Read more