The gunman who opened fire in a small Texas church, killing 26 people during worship services, sent threatening text messages to his mother-in-law before the attack, which appeared to stem from a domestic situation, authorities said Monday. Investigators have concluded ...
Read More »A list of some US house of worship shootings since 2012
Some fatal shootings that have happened at U.S. houses of worship since 2012: Nov. 5, 2017: Dressed in black tactical-style gear and armed with an assault weapon, 26-year-old Devin Kelley opened fire at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, ...
Read More »States push to keep highway inner lanes clear for passing
From stricter laws to public service campaigns and pleading electronic road signs, states have a message for the drivers clogging the inside lanes of the nation’s highways: Get the heck out of the way! Few things infuriate drivers more than ...
Read More »Supreme Court removes obstacle to executing Alabama inmate
The Supreme Court has removed an obstacle to Alabama’s efforts to execute a convicted killer who is in declining health. The justices on Monday unanimously reversed an appellate ruling that had blocked the execution of 67-year-old inmate Vernon Madison, who ...
Read More »Case stirs question of school liability for student suicides
Han Nguyen was consumed by depression and struggling to stay afloat at one of the world’s most prestigious universities. His mental health continued to decline until one day, moments after a professor confronted him about an offensive email, the 25-year-old ...
Read More »Judge rules against Planned Parenthood in lawsuit
A ruling by a federal judge means Planned Parenthood’s Columbia clinic won’t be able to offer abortion pills in the near future. U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips on Friday ruled against Planned Parenthood. The organization was trying to stop enforcement ...
Read More »Drones become crime-fighting tool, but perfection is elusive
The armed robbery suspect hiding out in a camper in rural Michigan heard state troopers closing in, so he dashed into a field and crouched among the 6-foot-tall cornstalks. What he didn’t know was that police had eyes on him ...
Read More »Defense says evidence was withheld in homicide case
Defense attorneys say evidence was withheld that would have helped prove the innocence of a southwest Missouri man convicted of killing his wife after her Christmas Day 2006 death initially was ruled a suicide. At issue is testing on the ...
Read More »Chicago-area man gets maximum 15-year term in terrorism case
A federal judge scolded a former college student from suburban Chicago as he sentenced him to a maximum 15-year prison term Thursday for seeking to join terrorist-linked militants fighting Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria, saying he would have given him ...
Read More »White nationalist undeterred by boos on latest college stop
The hostile audience drowned out white nationalist Richard Spencer with anti-Nazi chants. They booed him off the stage under the watchful eye of police officers in riot gear. In other words, Spencer sees his speech Thursday at the University of ...
Read More »Witness: Suspect gathered co-workers, then started shooting
A witness to the deadly rampage inside a Maryland granite company said the suspect, Radee Prince, had gathered a small group of his co-workers together by saying “come with me, I want to say something to everybody.” Without another word, ...
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