The aunt of missing woman Hannah Kobayashi has chosen to separate from her family as she intensifies her personal search for her niece, preparing to travel to Mexico in a desperate bid to confirm her safety.
Authorities in Washington state say they have recovered a rental vehicle reported stolen out of Texas and arrested a woman who told investigators she was simply "too busy" to return it for more than a month.
In a pivotal move, Judge Maxwell Wiley has thrown out the second-degree manslaughter charge against Daniel Penny, the former Marine accused of fatally choking a homeless man on a New York subway.
A child reportedly nailed a Utah man in the face with a rock after the "depraved" man tried to run him over with a truck, police said.
