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Courtroom emotion as trial begins in Florida double slaying
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A death penalty trial in Florida began with the defendant, acting as his own lawyer, shouting at jurors that he did not attack his girlfriend and disabled daughter more than three years ago. Ronnie Oneal III claimed in a dramatic opening statement...
Omaha police investigating city's latest shooting death
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police in Omaha are investigating the city’s latest shooting death that happened early Wednesday. Officers were alerted around 2:20 a.m. Wednesday to a shooting near a north Omaha intersection by the city’s ShotSpotter system, police said in a...
Hours after 4 killed in Chicago, 5 more hurt in shooting
CHICAGO (AP) — Five people standing outside on Chicago's West Side were shot in a violent end to a day that began with a mass shooting on the city's South Side that left four people dead and four more injured, police said. Four men and one woman...
Kansas City police investigating shooting death Tuesday
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police in Kansas City are investigating a shooting death inside a home in the Ivanhoe Northeast neighborhood. The shooting occurred around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday near E. 36th and Olive streets, police said in a news release. Arriving officers found a...
Police in Kansas City, Kansas, find man dead in vehicle
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Police in Kansas City, Kansas, are investigating after finding the body of a man who had been shot inside a car. Police said officers were called just after 7 a.m. Monday to a residential area a few blocks northwest of Klamm Park. Arriving...
Indiana man fatally shot in exchange of gunfire with police
WOLCOTT, Ind. (AP) — A man who exchanged gunfire with northwest Indiana police officers sent to arrest him on a warrant was struck by gunfire and died at a hospital, police said Wednesday. Perry Boyd, 56, of Wolcott, died from his injuries Tuesday night at a Lafayette...
Tennessee deputy wounded, man dead after gunfire exchange
WESTMORLAND, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee sheriff's deputy was wounded and a suspect was found dead after authorities responding to a report of an armed man causing a disturbance exchanged gunfire with him, officials said. Deputies from the Macon County Sheriff’s Office...
State police investigating shooting by Bridgeport officer
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Bridgeport police officer shot and wounded a person Tuesday night while working with a federal and local law enforcement task force, authorities said. State police said Wednesday that the person was treated at a hospital for...
Massachusetts man convicted of fatal stabbing outside bar
SALEM, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man who stabbed one man to death and seriously injured another outside a Haverhill bar four years ago has been convicted of second-degree murder, prosecutors said. Hayden Delafuente, 25, was convicted by a jury Tuesday after a six-day...
Malaysian court rejects coroner's verdict in teen's death
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian high court found Wednesday that a coroner erred in ruling that the death of a French-Irish teenager whose body was found near a jungle resort was likely due to a misadventure that didn't involve other people. High Court Judge...
