A Connecticut woman is charged Tuesday with risk of injury to a minor for allegedly leaving her 15-month-old grandson unattended in her home while taking her dog on an errand. Police say Loretta McGill-White, 48, left the toddler unattended in a crib. She did not return home until about 40 minutes after police and state child welfare officials arrived at her home.

A lovesick Pakistani faces up to three years in jail for falsely charging a brother and a cousin of the woman he wishes to marry of planning a suicide attack on the U. S. consulate in Karachi. Jobless laborer Mohammad Imran triggered a security panic when he made a hoax call to the U. S. embassy in Islamabad last month after relatives barred him from meeting or speaking to the woman.

A man is convicted of animal cruelty after officials say he cut off his pet pit bull's ears with a razor to make him look tougher. Smokey, a tan and white male pit bull, was handed over to city animal care workers after his owner sliced off his ears in a bathtub on August 1.

A man is convicted of animal cruelty after officials say he cut off his pet pit bull's ears with a razor to make him look tougher. Smokey, a tan and white male pit bull, was handed over to city animal care workers after his owner sliced off his ears in a bathtub on August 1.

A man is convicted of animal cruelty after officials say he cut off his pet pit bull's ears with a razor to make him look tougher. Smokey, a tan and white male pit bull, was handed over to city animal care workers after his owner sliced off his ears in a bathtub on August 1.