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A massive sinkhole in the Southeast Texas town of Daisetta had been dormant since first appearing in 2008 DAISETTA, Texas -- When the massive sinkhole first appeared in Daisetta in May 2008, some residents had feared it might engulf their small Southeast Texas town. But after growing close to 600 feet (183 m) across and 75 feet (23 m) deep, it stabilized, swallowing up some oil tanks and several vehicles but sparing nearby homes. Some residents used humor to calm their fears, making “Sinkhole de Mayo” T-shirts, a reference to Cinco de Mayo. For others, the sinkhole, which eventually filled with water, became a new fishing spot. “It was just a pond after that, just a story that we told our kids. We just learned how to live with it,” Krystal Parrish, one of the approximately 1,000 residents who live in the town located about 60 miles (97 km) northeast of Houston, said Tuesday. But earlier this month, city officials announced the sinkhole had expanded after a long hibernation, renewing fe...

Baruch College freshman Chun "Michael" Deng died in 2013 from multiple traumatic injuries he sustained during fraternity hazing. Chun "Michael" Deng grew up in Queens, New York, as an only child in a first-generation immigrant family from China. The outgoing teenager excelled in academics and athletics and was very close to his family, said family attorney Doug Fierberg. Deng decided to stay in New York City for college, enrolling at Baruch College, which is part of the City University of New York. But on the morning of Dec. 8, 2013, as his first semester of freshman year drew to a close, his mother, Mary Deng, got the unexpected call that her son had been rushed to a Pennsylvania hospital with traumatic injuries. The next day, Michael Deng was dead. Baruch College student Chun "Michael" Deng died following a fraternity initiation ritual. Handout Unbeknownst to Mary Deng, her son was pledging the Asian-American fraternity Pi Delta Psi at Baruch. Police sai...