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Authorities search for suspect wanted in killing who was mistakenly released from Indianapolis jail
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A man wanted for a 2021 killing in Minnesota was mistakenly released from jail in Indianapolis last week and authorities are now offering a reward of up to $10,000 as they continue searching for him. Kevin Mason, 28, was arrested in Indianapolis on Sept. 11 but...
Fulton County district attorney's office investigator accidentally shoots self in leg at courthouse
ATLANTA (AP) — An investigator with the Fulton County district attorney’s office accidentally shot herself in the leg Friday inside the county courthouse in downtown Atlanta, police said. The investigator is “alert, conscious and breathing,” police said in an email. The...
Chicago man gets life in prison for role in 2016 home invasion that killed 5 people
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man convicted of fatally shooting five people during a 2016 home invasion has been sentenced to life in prison. A Cook County judge on Thursday sentenced Lionel Parks, 35, who was convicted in July in the December 2016 killings at a drug dealer’s home on...
Israeli forces kill a Palestinian militant in the latest violence in the occupied West Bank
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces killed a Palestinian militant in the restive northern West Bank on Friday, Palestinian authorities said, the latest death in a spiral of violence that has gripped the occupied territory over the last year and a half, surging to levels unseen in two decades. ...
A gunman opened fire in a crowded pub in Sweden, killing 2 men and wounding 2 people, police say
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two people were killed and two wounded when a gunman opened fire in a crowded bar northwest of Stockholm, police said Friday, in the latest outburst of deadly violence in Sweden. Police said that a 20-year-old man and another in his 70s died Friday of injuries...
2 arrested in drive-by attack at New Mexico baseball stadium that killed 11-year-old boy
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two people were arrested Thursday in connection with a shooting outside an Albuquerque baseball stadium that killed an 11-year-old boy and prompted the New Mexico governor to issue a controversial gun ban. Jose Romero, 22, and Nathen Garley,...
A 13-year-old boy found shot in the woods was a victim of Sweden's gang violence, prosecutor says
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A 13-year-old boy found dead in woods near his home in the suburbs of Stockholm earlier this month was the latest victim of a deadly gang war in Sweden, a prosecutor said Thursday. Milo, who was only identified by his first name, had been shot in the head...
Texas teen sentenced to 40 years after killing a student and injuring another in school shooting
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A 16-year-old who opened fire at a Dallas-area school earlier this year, killing one student and injuring another, was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in prison for capital murder and attempted capital murder, prosecutors said. The teen, who was 15 at the...
The building where the Parkland school massacre occurred is set to be demolished next summer
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The South Florida school building where 14 students and three staff members were fatally shot in a 2018 massacre will be demolished next summer, officials announced Thursday. The demolition of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School’s 1200 building, which has...
Mother of 6-year-old who shot teacher in Virginia to remain free on bond after failing drug tests
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Despite multiple failed drug tests, a judge rejected a request by prosecutors Thursday to revoke the bond of the mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in Virginia as she awaits sentencing on a federal weapons charge that she used marijuana while possessing a...
