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After Baltimore mass shooting, neighborhood goes full year with no homicides
BALTIMORE (AP) — As Baltimore gun violence continues trending downward after years of rampant bloodshed, a historically troubled neighborhood in the city’s southwest corner is celebrating a long-awaited victory: zero homicides in over a year. The numbers are especially meaningful...
US prohibits airlines from flying to Haiti and UN suspends flights after planes were shot by gangs
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration announced Tuesday that it was prohibiting U.S. airlines from flying to Haiti for 30 days after gangs shot three planes and the United Nations temporarily suspended flights to Port-au-Prince, limiting humanitarian aid coming into the...
Family of security guard shot and killed at Portland, Oregon, hospital sues facility for $35M
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The family of a security guard who was shot and killed at a hospital in Portland, Oregon, sued the facility for $35 million on Tuesday, accusing it of negligence and failing to respond to the dangers that the gunman posed to hospital staff over multiple days. ...
Catholic church confirms altar boy was one of 2 minors killed outside church in Mexico's Gulf coast
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Roman Catholic church confirmed Tuesday that an altar boy was one of two minors killed by gunmen outside a church on Mexico’s Gulf coast. The Catholic Multimedia Center said the other boy had been helping his mother clean the church in the Gulf coast state...
Mississippi man charged with shooting 5 people after not being allowed into party
LAUREL, Miss. (AP) — A 34-year-old man has been charged in the shooting of five people during a weekend party in Mississippi after he was denied entry into the event. The shooting happened at the Cameron Center in Laurel shortly after midnight Sunday, Laurel Police Chief Tommy Cox...
Man jailed after Tuskegee University shooting says he fired his gun, but denies shooting at anyone
A man accused of having a machine gun at Tuskegee University during a hail of gunfire that left one man dead and at least 16 others hurt told a federal agent that he fired his weapon during the shooting, but denied aiming at anyone. The new details are contained in a newly unsealed...
Georgia House Republicans stick with leadership team for the next two years
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia House Republicans decided Tuesday to keep their leadership team for the next two years. At the gathering inside the state Capitol, Republicans renominated Jon Burns of Newington Tuesday as speaker, a position that is traditionally the second-most influential...
Man killed by police in Minnesota was being sought in death of his pregnant wife
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A man who was shot and killed by Minnesota police officers was being sought in the fatal shooting of his pregnant wife, authorities said. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office identified the man killed as Mychel Allan Stowers, 36. He was shot Saturday...
Gunshots at Tuskegee University sent terrified students running for their lives
TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) — Tuskegee University student Sid Guynn hid under a car when he heard the gunshots that ripped across his Alabama campus amid homecoming celebrations, then ran back to his dorm, frightened by what sounded to him like a machine gun. “It was terrifying; I...
4 charged in Detroit street shooting that left 2 dead, 5 wounded
DETROIT (AP) — Four people have been charged in a shooting at an outdoor gathering in Detroit that left two people dead and five others wounded. Johnny Lee Marsh III, 25, Eladeo Garcia, 22, and Alfonso Anaya, 18, were arraigned Saturday on first-degree murder, assault with intent...
