11-year-old dead, 2 others wounded in father’s shooting rampage

An 11-year-old boy died Thursday after his father opened fire on his family and then took his own life.The tragedy played out Wednesday night at Southwest 27th Avenue and 24th Street. Stefan Zuniga was mortally wounded and died, according to medical examiner records. His mother, Michelle Zuniga, 43, and 14-year-old sister, Lauren, are in critical condition at Jackson memorial...

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Exclusive Clip Donnie Wahlberg Behind the Scenes Boston's Finest

Donnie Wahlberg is an executive producer of the new unscripted show Boston's Finest, which follows the lives of the Boston Police Department on and off the job, and in this exclusive behind-the-scenes video of the highly anticipated show, he details his older brother's life-changing run-in with a Boston police officer which forever changed the course of his life.Wahlberg rides through his hometown...

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Passenger traffic at NY metro area's airports neared all-time high in 2012

NEWARK — Passenger traffic at the New York area's four commercial airports increased in 2012 despite closures caused by Superstorm Sandy.The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says traffic at Newark Liberty, La Guardia, John F. Kennedy and Stewart airports rose by 3.3 percent last year compared to 2011.More than 109 million travelers used the four...

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Broward’s existing home sales, prices rose again in January

The median price of an existing single-family home in Broward County jumped 24.5 percent to $224,088 in January from a year earlier, according to the Greater Fort Lauderdale Realtors. The median price of a condominium or townhouse in Broward increased 26.5 percent to $94,900 in January from a year earlier. Sales of single-family-home in Broward increased 15.3 percent in January...

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Election reform, bridge repairs top Miami-Dade Commission agenda

Miami-Dade commissioners are expected Wednesday to urge the state legislature to allow Election Day voters to drop off their absentee ballots at their local precincts, and ask the mayor to identify funding to repair and upgrade the county’s 203 bridges. Returning absentee ballots to local precincts was one of 13 recommendations in a report by an Election Advisory Group that...

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Vanity Fair Party: Freida Pinto, Chloe Grace Moretz, Jessica Lowndes on Oscars

With the Academy Awards just a few days away, this Sunday's anticipated ceremony is all the buzz this week. At an event benefiting the global education campaign 10x10, the night's host, Freida Pinto, revealed her Oscar favorite."One of the films that I was truly surprised with...[and] truly entertained was 'Argo,'" the actress said of her favorite film of the year. "It was an all-around entertaining...

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Developer says American Airlines using 'act of war' claim to fend off 9/11 negligence suit

Developer Larry Silverstein is accusing American Airlines of trying to have it both ways over whether or not the Sept. 11 terror attacks were an "act of war."In court papers filed this morning, Silverstein says the airline and its insurers "repeatedly and explicitly promised Congress, regulators and the American people that they would not use act of war...

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Remote employees require care to feel like part of the team

Working from home, hundreds of miles away from your boss, may sound like a perk, but that’s not always the case.Ken Condren remembers the moment when he experienced the frustration his remote employees face. He was working from home, participating in a conference call and heard a side conversation going on, but had no idea what was being said. “I felt so out of the loop,”...

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Scholastic Writing Awards recognizes four students’ creative writing skills

Hallee Meltzer, Andrea Villa, and Haley Zilberberg of School for Advanced Studies and Christopher Leesang of the Academy of Advanced Academics were recognized for Silver Key Awards in the 2013 Scholastic Writing Awards for their creative writing skills.Hallee became a regional finalist in humor, persuasive writing, and poetry categories. Andrea is being honored for...

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Alona Tal Cult Interview

We all have pop culture obsessions (lord knows I've talked about mine, ad nauseum, on this website) but you'd be hard-pressed to find fans who take their love of a show as seriously as the characters on Cult. RELATED - TV's Most Devastating Death ScenesIn a nutshell, The CW's newest drama revolves around the mysterious disappearance of Nate Sefton, a fan of the show within Cult (also called Cult),...

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