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Tennessee lawmakers pass bill to allow armed teachers, a year after deadly Nashville shooting

Apr. 23, 2024 20:35 PM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Protesters chanted “Blood on your hands” at Tennessee House Republicans on Tuesday after they passed a bill that would allow some teachers and staff to carry concealed handguns on public school grounds, and bar parents and other teachers from knowing who was armed. ...

Someone fishing with a magnet dredged up new evidence in Georgia couple's killing, officials say

Apr. 23, 2024 17:10 PM EDT

McRAE-HELENA, Ga. (AP) — Someone using a magnet to fish for metal objects in a Georgia creek pulled up a rifle as well as some lost belongings of a couple found slain in the same area more than nine years ago. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says driver's licenses, credit cards...

Ex-gang leader's account of Tupac Shakur killing is fiction, defense lawyer in Vegas says

Apr. 23, 2024 17:03 PM EDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The defense attorney representing a former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused of killing hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas said Tuesday his client's accounts of the killing are fiction and prosecutors lack key evidence to obtain a murder conviction. ...

Man accused of firing a gun on a North Carolina university campus taken into custody

Apr. 23, 2024 16:44 PM EDT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A man accused of firing a gun during an argument on a North Carolina university campus Tuesday has been taken in custody, police said. Officers received a call at 1:25 p.m. about a potential shooting near a student center at Shaw University in Raleigh, police...

Dying suspect’s confession leads to remains that are believed to be that of missing woman, daughter

Apr. 23, 2024 16:05 PM EDT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A confession by a suspect in failing health led authorities to what they believe are the remains of a long-missing woman and her daughter who were buried in the backyard of a southern West Virginia home. Susan Carter and her daughter, Natasha “Alex”...

Officials identify Idaho man who was killed by police after fatal shooting of deputy

Apr. 23, 2024 15:54 PM EDT

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Officials have released the name of the Idaho man who was killed last weekend after being identified as the suspect in the fatal shooting of a sheriff's deputy, and Boise police officers are asking the public for more information about him. Dennis Mulqueen, 65,...

Oklahoma police say 10-year-old boy awoke to find his parents and 3 brothers shot to death

Apr. 23, 2024 14:26 PM EDT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A 10-year-old boy awoke to find his parents and three brothers dead in their southwest Oklahoma City home, all fatally shot by his father, police said Tuesday. On Monday morning, “(the boy) woke up and discovered what had happened,” said Sgt. Gary Knight,...

Arizona judge declares mistrial in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a migrant

Apr. 22, 2024 22:10 PM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a Mexican man on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border. The decision came after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision after more than two full days of...

US House Judiciary Committee chair seeks details from ATF on airport director shooting

Apr. 22, 2024 21:21 PM EDT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The chair of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Monday asked the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to provide documents and information about its raid at the home last month of the Little Rock airport director who died after a shootout with agents...

A Washington police officer killed 3 people in 8 years -- and faces a murder trial for the last one

Apr. 22, 2024 19:59 PM EDT

SEATTLE (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a suburban Seattle police officer charged with murder in the death of a 26-year-old man outside a convenience store in 2019 — the third person the officer had killed in the past eight years. Auburn officer Jeff Nelson...