Shooting at grocery store in south Arkansas kills 2 and wounds 6 others, police say

FORDYCE, Ark. (AP) — Two people were killed and six wounded, including one law enforcement officer, when a shooter opened fire Friday at a grocery store in Arkansas, police said. The shooting occurred at the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce. The suspected shooter was critically...

New Mexico judge rejects effort to compel new testimony from movie armorer in Alec Baldwin trial

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge denied a request Friday to use immunity to compel testimony from a movie set armorer in the involuntary manslaughter trial of actor Alec Baldwin who fatally shot a cinematographer during rehearsal for the Western movie “Rust." Armorer...

2 people were killed and 8 others wounded in shooting at grocery store in south Arkansas, police say

Ex-gang leader facing trial in Tupac Shakur killing seeking release from Vegas jail on $750K bail

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused of killing hip-hop music legend Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas will ask a judge next week to let him out of jail to prepare for his trial on a murder charge. Duane “Keffe D” Davis' attorney filed documents...

Man accused of killing 7 at suburban Chicago July 4 parade might change not-guilty plea

CHICAGO (AP) — A man accused of killing seven people and injuring dozens more at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago in 2022 will return to court next week for a possible change in his plea of not guilty, a prosecutor said Friday. Robert Crimo III was scheduled to face...

2 people killed when police clash with locals protesting pork processing plant in Mexico

SAN ANTONIO LIMON, Mexico (AP) — Two people were killed Thursday when locals protesting alleged water contamination by a pork processing plant clashed with police in the Mexican gulf coast state of Veracruz. Residents of the community of San Antonio Limon had been blocking a road...

Peace must be a priority, say Catholic leaders on anniversary of priests' violent deaths in Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two years have passed since a leader of one of Mexico’s organized crime gangs stormed into a Catholic church in the remote Tarahumara mountains and fatally shot two Jesuit priests. Among many faith leaders nationwide, the pain unleashed on June 20, 2022 —...

Family of Black man shot while holding cellphone want murder trial for SWAT officer

DENVER (AP) — The family of a Black man holding a cellphone when he was fatally shot by a SWAT officer called Thursday for a murder trial for the officer following the public release of portions of body camera footage of the shooting. Kilyn (KAI-lin) Lewis, 37, was shot as officers...

Most alerts from the NYPD's gunfire detection system are unconfirmed shootings, city audit finds

NEW YORK (AP) — A gunfire location and detection system long used by the New York Police Department and other law enforcement agencies nationwide is sending police officers to respond to loud noises that don’t turn out to be confirmed shootings 87 percent of the time, a city audit released...

Police in southwest Washington fatally shoot man, second fatal shooting by department this month

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Police in Vancouver, Washington, fatally shot a man for the second time this month. Police officers shot a Vancouver man on Monday after authorities said he pointed what appeared to be a gun at them, The Columbian reported. The Clark County Medical Examiner...