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Owners of a funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were found to appear in court
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The owners of a Colorado funeral home where 190 decomposing bodies were found are set to appear in court Tuesday, facing allegations that they abused corpses, stole, laundered money and forged documents. Jon and Carie Hallford own Return to Nature...
Brutal killings of women in Western Balkan countries trigger alarm and expose faults in the system
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A man in Bosnia killed his wife and streamed the murder live on Instagram. In neighboring Serbia, 27 women were killed in gender-based attacks this year, despite efforts to raise awareness and reverse the trend. Activists in Kosovo say violence against women there is a...
Man charged in killings of 3 homeless people and a suburban LA resident, prosecutors say
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors charged a man Monday with four counts of murder in the fatal shootings of three homeless men in Los Angeles and a suburban resident last month. Jerrid Joseph Powell was also charged with one count of residential robbery and one count of being a felon...
Man suspected of killing 4, including a 1-year-old, at a Dallas home kills self during police chase
DALLAS (AP) — A man suspected of killing four people, including a 1-year-old boy, and injuring a 15-year-old girl in a shooting at a Dallas home fatally shot himself during a chase with law enforcement several hours later, authorities said Monday. Byron Carrillo, 21, fled the home...
Texas prosecutor drops charges against 17 Austin police over tactics used during 2020 protests
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas prosecutor whose office oversaw indictments against more than 20 Austin police officers for tactics used during the 2020 protests that followed George Floyd's killing said Monday he was dropping most of the cases and would ask the Justice Department to investigate...
Minnesota prosecutors won't charge officers in the death of a man who drowned after fleeing police
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — No law enforcement officers will face criminal charges in the death of a man who fled a traffic stop in the Minneapolis suburb of Robbinsdale. The death was ruled an accidental drowning, prosecutors said Monday. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said in a...
Detroit on track to record fewest homicides since 1966, officials say
The city of Detroit is on-track to see its fewest yearly homicides in nearly six decades, officials said Monday. Through Nov. 30, Detroit had recorded 228 homicides — an 18% decrease over the same period last year. In 2018, Detroit had 261 homicides, the fewest number since 1966,...
An Arkansas deputy fatally shot a man who fled from an attempted traffic stop, authorities say
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas sheriff's deputy fatally shot a man who fled from an attempted traffic stop, authorities said Monday. The shooting occurred Sunday evening when a Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputy tried to stop a pickup in a northeastern part of the...
Man who posed as agent and offered gifts to Secret Service sentenced to nearly 3 years
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man accused of pretending to be a federal agent and offering gifts and free apartments to Secret Service officers has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison. Arian Taherzadeh, 41, was sentenced to 33 months in prison Friday. He and a second man, Haider...
US tourist from Boston killed in shark attack in Bahamas, police say
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A female tourist from Boston was killed Monday by a shark while paddleboarding in the Bahamas, police told reporters. The victim, who was not identified, was attacked less than a mile off the western end of New Providence island, where the capital,...
