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Judge says Nashville school shooter's writings can't be released as victims' families have copyright
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The writings of the person who killed three 9-year-olds and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville last year cannot be released to the public, a judge ruled. Chancery Court Judge I’Ashea Myles found that The Covenant School...
July Fourth violence kills at least 20, wounds dozens nationwide
Shootings and other violence during the extended Fourth of July weekend have left at least 20 people dead, including 11 in Chicago, and injured dozens more nationwide, authorities said. The Fourth of July historically is one of the nation’s deadliest days of the year. A flurry of...
Greek coast guard exchanges shots with a man piloting a migrant smuggling boat. No injuries reported
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek coast guard patrol boat's crew exchanged gunfire Friday with a man piloting a speedboat trying to smuggle migrants from neighboring Turkey to a Greek island, authorities said. No injuries were reported from the shooting off the eastern Aegean Sea...
2 women in Chicago and Cleveland police officer are among those killed in July Fourth shootings
Two women in a home in Chicago, a police officer serving a warrant in Cleveland and an armed person making threats in Yellowstone National Park were among those killed in shootings on the Fourth of July, historically one of the nation's deadliest days of the year. Violence and mass...
Cleveland police officer fatally shot while trying to serve a warrant
CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland police officer was fatally shot early Thursday while trying to serve a warrant on the city's east side. Police Chief Dorothy Todd said the 27-year-old officer, a four-year veteran of the department, was shot at about 1 a.m. in the city's Hough...
The July Fourth parade shooting paralyzed a boy. His life remains shattered 2 years later, mom says
CHICAGO (AP) — Keely Roberts counts the days, not years, since a deadly shooting at an Independence Day parade in 2022 injured her and left one of her twin boys paralyzed from the waist down. It has been 730 days since her now-10-year-old son Cooper could chase his brother Luke in...
Ranger injured and armed person making threats dies at Yellowstone, park says
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — An armed person who was making unspecified threats at Yellowstone National Park died and a park ranger was hospitalized following an exchange of gunfire Thursday, authorities said. The shooting happened at Canyon Village, an area in the...
Two women dead, 3 children critically injured in early morning July Fourth Chicago shooting
CHICAGO (AP) — Two women died and three children were critically wounded in an early Thursday morning shooting on Chicago's south side, police said. The shooting occurred about 6:15 a.m. in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood. A 42-year-old woman and a 22-year-old woman died,...
Iranian-born Norwegian man found guilty in 2022 Oslo LGBT+ festival attack, sentenced to 30 years
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An Iranian-born Norwegian man was found guilty of terrorism on Thursday in a 2022 attack on an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Two people were killed and nine were seriously wounded in the shooting at three locations, chiefly...
1 shot at shopping mall food court in Seattle suburb
LYNNWOOD, Wash. (AP) — A person was shot in a shopping mall food court in a Seattle suburb on Wednesday evening, law enforcement officials said. The female of unknown age was shot at Alderwood Mall in Lynnwood, said Lt. Glenn DeWitt of the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office. He...
