Jimmy Lippert Thyden, who grew up in Virginia, recently learned that he was stolen from his birth mother in Chile and adopted out to U.S. parents.
Author: Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY
‘This is a nightmare’: Pennsylvania house explosion victims remembered by family, friends
Among those killed in a Pennsylvania explosion were a proud dad who gave his daughter away last month and a 12-year-old “momma’s boy.”
How to tell if you have bed bugs in hotels, rentals and what to do if you take them home
Bed bugs are experts at hiding and reproducing. Experts say there are some key steps to avoiding them while you travel.
Taco Bell sued over amount of meat, beans in Mexican pizzas, crunch wraps
A new lawsuit accuses Taco Bell of falsely advertising its Mexican pizzas and crunch wraps and showing the menu items as being fuller than real life.
After California woman lying in grass killed by lawnmower, advocates, family question police
After Christine Chavez was run over and killed by a pull-behind lawn mower, her family is asking how the operator didn’t see or feel her.
Oregon police now say deaths of 4 Portland-area women are linked to 1 person of interest
Police say they’ve linked the deaths of four Oregon women who were killed during a three-month period this year, and they have a person of interest.
Portland food truck owner severely beaten in random attack thanks TikToker for arrest
An Oregon food truck owner severely beaten in a random attack is crediting the power of social media for track down his assailant.
3 badly decomposed bodies found in secluded spot in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains
A hiker who found a badly decomposed body in rugged Colorado wilderness alerted authorities who later found two more dead people inside a tent.
‘Death coming out of the ocean’: Red tide killing California sea lions, dolphins
A historic algal bloom has sickened or killed hundreds, perhaps thousands, of sea lions and dolphins off the central and southern coasts of California
Boom go the fireworks, out goes the dog: How to keep dogs calm and safe on Fourth of July
The Fourth of July can be terrifying for many dogs. But experts say there are many ways to help keep them calm and safe.