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NEW YORK, NY — In the summer of 1977, New York City was — literally and figuratively — on fire. It was the summer of disco fever, of Studio 54. It was the summer of Yankees mania. It was the summer that catapulted Ed Koch to City Hall. And in mid-July, it turned into the summer of darkness, when an epic, five-borough power outage — deemed an "act of God" by Con Ed — plunged the city into two days of total blackout. Airports shut down. News stations went off the air. Thousands were stuck in underground subway tunnels . Meanwhile, in the streets, the down-and-out — at their breaking point after years of municipal layoffs and a steady surge in violent crime — rioted and looted with abandon. Arsonists reportedly set more than 1,000 fires across the city in a single day. The Bronx, it would later be said, was burning. It was also the Summer of Sam. Want more local news? Sign up here to receive free newsletters and alerts from the New York City Patch . In spring 1977, police con...

A 43-year-old Lubbock woman was indicted Tuesday, accused of helping her 26-year-old husband kill himself last month. Nicole Goin is charged with a state jail felony count of aiding suicide , which carries a punishment of six months to two years in a state jail. Goin reportedly told a Lubbock police detective she provided the prescription pills her husband, Matthew Goin, took the night he killed himself, according to an arrest warrant released Aug . 1. Lubbock police responded to a July 26 check welfare call at a residence in the University Club Apartments at 5540 19th St. Matthew Goin’s mother told a dispatcher her daughter-in-law told her Goin had taken several pills and was unresponsive. Responding officers found Matthew Goin in the bedroom. He was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS. Three days after Matthew Goin’s death, police responded to a domestic disturbance involving Nicole Goin and her mother-in-law that began when Nicole Goin reportedly revealed the events that l...

Yesterday, August 22, a U.S. District Court judge sentenced Highlands Ranch resident Caroline Zarate Boyle after she pleaded guilty to ripping off her former employer, the U.S. Postal Service , by pretending to have cancer. This admission and the punishment she'll receive as a result, outlined below, have earned her a place in the Colorado Cancer Faker Hall of Fame, which has inducted seven members in the past eight years. Continue to meet the six other inductees via excerpts and links from our previous coverage, followed by new details about Boyle's case. Tausha Marsh, left. File photo If Tausha Marsh Did Fake Cancer, Here's Hoping She Invested Her Profits With the Mormon Madoff THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2009, AT 11 A.M. Attention, Denver! Please keep your wallet in your front pocket at all times, shred all documents, and ask your girlfriend for two forms of ID before you let her in your apartment. Because apparently it's Really Brazen But Not All That Clever Scam Week . ...

Five persons suspected of ramming a van into people in Cambrils in Spain have been shot dead, police said hours after 13 people were killed in a similar incident in Barcelona. 7-year-old Sydney boy Julian Cadman is missing after the Barcelona terror attack . SUSPECTS in Spain’s twin terror attacks had been planning an even bigger assault than the deadly car rampages they carried out, police said, as distressing details emerged of families torn apart in the horror. Police said they shot dead five “suspected terrorists” who had knocked pedestrians down in the Catalan seaside resort of Cambrils in a second attack in the early hours of Friday, and arrested four others as Spain reeled from the deadly violence . Catalonia’s regional police identified three of the suspects who were killed as Moroccan nationals. They were Moussa Oukabir, 17, Said Aallaa, 18, and Mohamed Hychami, 24. Police said they suspect 12 people of involvement in the attacks: the five who were killed, four who wer...

Callaway, Fla. - A Panama City man is in custody for a suspected shooting in Callaway early Wednesday morning . Jivaro Smith, 29, was arrested at Foxwood Apartments. Bay County Sheriff 's investigators say they caught Smith in the parking lot after he tried to run away. Authorities believe Smith was involved in the shooting that injured one man at an apartment near the intersection of Cherry Street and North Kimbrel Avenue . The victim was reportedly shot in the leg and is expected to be okay. BCSO Lt. Jeremy Mathis believes an argument led to the shooting. "We believe that there may have been some issues between the suspect and the victim earlier, but we're trying to confirm that through witness statements," said Mathis. Smith is charged with aggravated battery with a firearm. === A suspect was charged Wednesday in the shooting of a Callaway man. Bay County Sheriff 's deputies said the victim was shot in the leg shortly before 7 a.m. at an apartment complex i...

via William Dewberry MySpace page A man of God may have reacted unholy when viewing an image of Nicki Minaj on Instagram. The incident allegedly took place after Nicki Minaj posted a photo of herself that shows most of her derriére. Pastor William Henry Dewberry III , of Church of God in Christ in Memphis, was reportedly inspired to respond to the photo. “I’ll love to eat your booty @nickiminaj,” Dewberry allegedly wrote in the comments section on Nicki Minaj’s Instagram page, according to Complex. When it was discovered that the comment came from Dewberry’s account, some in the religious community was appalled by his actions. Dewberry went to Facebook and asked for prayers because he claimed that someone had made a fake account under his name. However, the account features a multitude of images of Dewberry and his family and there are interactions between him and his followers. Dewberry is the latest prominent pastor to catch flack for sinful behaviors. In January, Pastor O. Jerma...

A North Little Rock man fatally shot at a Little Rock apartment complex last month identified his killer in a "dying declaration" to detectives, according to a court affidavit released Thursday . Steven McPherson, 43, reportedly identified Jasper Lamar Singleton in a police photo lineup before he died from his injuries at UAMS Medical Center on July 27. McPherson was shot multiple times in his chest at Big Country Chateau Apartments that night. Authorities searched for Singleton, 19, for weeks before U.S. marshals found and arrested him Wednesday at Rodeway Inn & Suites at 2401 W. 65th St., according to an arrest report. Singleton, who is nicknamed "Fugi," was charged with first-degree murder. He pleaded innocent in the case Thursday morning in Little Rock District Court . [INTERACTIVE: Map details all Little Rock, North Little Rock killings in 2017] Judge Hugh Finkelstein set bail at $500,000. Two people besides McPherson said Singleton was at the apar...