Catholic church confirms altar boy was one of 2 minors killed outside church in Mexico's Gulf coast

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Roman Catholic church confirmed Tuesday that an altar boy was one of two minors killed by gunmen outside a church on Mexico’s Gulf coast. The Catholic Multimedia Center said the other boy had been helping his mother clean the church in the Gulf coast state...

Ecuador prison violence kills at least 15

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A fight among inmates has left at least 15 people dead and 14 injured at Ecuador's largest prison, authorities said Tuesday. The Litoral Penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil has been the site of frequent riots and mass killings, including one in 2021...

Man waives jury trial in killing of Georgia nursing student

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A man on Tuesday waived his right to a jury trial in the killing of a Georgia nursing student, a case that became a flashpoint in the national immigration debate. Jose Ibarra was charged in the February killing of Laken Hope Riley, whose body was found on the...

Man killed by police in Minnesota was being sought in death of his pregnant wife

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A man who was shot and killed by Minnesota police officers was being sought in the fatal shooting of his pregnant wife, authorities said. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office identified the man killed as Mychel Allan Stowers, 36. He was shot Saturday...

Indiana man is found guilty of murder in the 2017 killings of 2 teenage girls

DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — A former drugstore worker in the small Indiana community of Delphi was found guilty of murder on Monday in the killings of two teenage girls who vanished during an afternoon hike. Jurors convicted Richard Allen of two counts of murder and two additional counts...

A jury has convicted an Indiana man on all counts in the killings of 2 teenage girls who vanished on a 2017 hike

4 charged in Detroit street shooting that left 2 dead, 5 wounded

DETROIT (AP) — Four people have been charged in a shooting at an outdoor gathering in Detroit that left two people dead and five others wounded. Johnny Lee Marsh III, 25, Eladeo Garcia, 22, and Alfonso Anaya, 18, were arraigned Saturday on first-degree murder, assault with intent...

A list of mass killings in the United States this year

The latest mass killing in the U.S. happened Sunday in Wichita, Kansas, after police found the bodies of four people and the suspected shooter inside three separate homes. It is the country’s 34th mass killing this year, according to a database maintained by The Associated Press...

Police in Antigua charge a man with murder in the stabbing death of a politician

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua (AP) — Police in Antigua charged a man Saturday with murder in the stabbing death this week of a controversial member of parliament in his seaside home. Police on the tiny Caribbean island charged 26-year-old Alexta Francis two days after the landscaper was...

Man charged with murder in fatal shooting of 2 workers at Chicago's Navy Pier

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of two workers at the city's popular Navy Pier tourist attraction, authorities said Saturday. Raylon East, 36, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of felon in possession/use...