Sentence:  As doctors tried in vain to save April's right eye, news stories <WSD>frothed</WSD> at her assailant. He was “fiendish” (the Examiner), “sadistic” (the News-Call Bulletin), “probably a sexual psychopath” (the Chronicle). 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  ("literally") To spew saliva as froth; ("figuratively") to rage, vent one's anger.