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Luxury home teeters on edge of crumbling cliff

A luxury home in Texas is currently teetering on the edge of a 75-foot cliff as the land beneath it collapses.

 
Cabbies in Europe snarl traffic in protests against Uber

Taxi drivers sowed traffic chaos in Europe’s top cities on Wednesday by mounting one of the biggest protests ever against Uber, a U.S. car service whose smartphone app summons rides at the touch of a button.

 
‘Drop Dead Fred’ star dies at 56

British comedian and actor Rik Mayall, one of a generation of performers that injected post-punk energy into his comedic routines, died in his London home on Monday. He was 56.

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Bergdahl deal sealed day before swap, senator says

The Obama administration only finalized the exchange of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban detainees at Guantanamo a day before the swap, a top Democratic lawmaker said Tuesday. He said American officials didn’t learn the pickup location until an hour ahead of time.

 
Police use robotic camera to spot Portland-area school shooter

A teen gunman armed with a rifle shot and killed a student Tuesday and injured a teacher shortly after classes started at a high school in an Oregon town and police used a robotic camera to investigate and discovered the suspect was dead.

 
California teacher suspended after allegedly kidnapping students

A Southern California high school teacher who allegedly kidnapped three of his students at knifepoint over the weekend and demanded they take him to Jack in the Box has been suspended until further notice.

 
Falling dolphin statue kills toddler in San Francisco

A 2-year-old boy visiting San Francisco with his family was killed when a large metal statue fell on him in the city’s busy Fisherman’s Wharf district, police said on Monday.

 
5 U.S. soldiers killed in friendly fire incident in Afghanistan

Five American troops were killed in an apparent coalition airstrike in southern Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday, in one of the worst friendly fire incidents involving United States and coalition troops since the start of the nearly 14-year war.

 
Shooters carried arsenal, supplies into Sunday rampage

The suspects who killed two police officers and a third person before killing themselves Sunday simultaneously executed the officers, according to a source with knowledge of the shooting.

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