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Photographs of the San Francisco family killed in the West Portal crash fluttered in the wind outside West Portal Branch Library on Sunday, where an impromptu memorial overtook a patch of grass beside the Muni stop where the young family was struck as they waited for a bus to the zoo. A steady stream of mourners stopped to observe the memorial Sunday afternoon, taking in the array of stuffed

For Giuliana Valencia-Banks, the difficulty of the past week has only been compounded by how personal it felt. Valencia-Banks is the Baltimore County chief of immigrant affairs, a role that is much newer than its city counterpart. But since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed March 26, sending six immigrant, Latino construction workers to their deaths in the depths below, Valencia-Banks has

A three-month-old boy was killed and his parents injured in an attack by the family’s pet pit bull in New Jersey on Saturday, according to police. The deadly mauling occurred at the family’s home in Woodbridge near northern Middlesex County early in the morning, USA Today reported. The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office said officers with the Woodbridge Police Department responded to the

Jeff Pollard and his wife, Lisa, said the tree came crashing down in the snowstorm Thursday, with branches impaling two areas in a bedroom. Jeff Pollard and his wife, Lisa, said the tree came crashing down around 4 a.m. Thursday, with branches impaling two areas in a bedroom where Jeff was sleeping. He said the tree branch drove through the roof, the ceiling, and finally, the wall next to him