There are crimes so cruel and senseless that they echo within a community for years – sometimes, decades – after the fact. In ...

A Washington, D.C. attorney, who was one of 67 people aboard American Airlines Flight 5342 when it collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter, died on her 33rd birthday.

Editor’s Note: In the wake of the worst aviation disaster in the United States in years, The Wichita Eagle, Kansas City Star, Charlotte Observer and other McClatchy journalists from across the country ...

Her admirers included Beck, Billy Corgan, Nick Cave and PJ Harvey, although her history would always be closely tied to the ...