Before she was seriously wounded in the Boston Marathon bombings, Brittany Loring didn’t have to give much thought to her graduation walk.But on Monday, after ditching the single crutch she had been using during her recovery, she walked with a stiff limp to collect her diploma from Boston College’s Carroll School of Management -- passing a “milestone,” she said, as she recovers from the horrible e...

Five people were killed Monday when a church van carrying 11 passengers rolled over on Interstate 70 in southern Illinois, the Fayetteville County sheriff’s office confirmed.It was unclear why the van, which had Maryland plates and was en route to the East Coast from California, flipped near Vandalia, Ill., about 70 miles northeast of St. Louis.No bad weather was reported in the area at the time o...

A woman who planned to testify as a character witness for Jodi Arias in a bid to spare her life decided Monday that she couldn’t go through with it, saying she had received death threats and was deeply conflicted about the case.Lawyers for Arias, who was convicted earlier this month of the frenzied murder of an ex-lover, quickly asked for a mistrial in the sentencing phase on the grounds that a wi...

Lawyers for Jodi Arias, the woman convicted of the frenzied murder of an ex-lover in Arizona, said Monday they would not call witnesses to persuade jurors to spare her life.The lawyers made the announcement after a potential character witness for Arias, Patty Womack, decided not to testify, citing death threats.Arias’ lawyers asked for a mistrial in the sentencing phase of the case, but a judge de...