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Eight family members killed in Ohio gun rampage
At least eight people have been killed in "execution-style killings" in four places near each other in rural Ohio. It is believed the victims — seven adults and one teenager — are from the same family, the state's attorney general said in a statement. They were all shot to death in the head and any...
Missouri Woman Recalls Moment She Suspected Her Mom Tried to Kill Her
A Missouri woman who nearly died after her mother poisoned her with anti-freeze said she suspected that her mother was planning to kill her after reading her journal. "She had this journal that she wrote … her thoughts. She wrote the deaths of Shaun, my brother, and me. And that's what worried me … I was...
Rescue crews seek survivors of 2nd Japanese quake; at least 19 dead
Rescue crews scrambled through rubble Saturday in a race against time for survivors of a magnitude-7.0 earthquake that struck Japan's Kyushu Island, the same region rattled by a 6.2 quake two days earlier. The death toll in the Kyushu earthquake rose to 19 people, according to Kumamoto Prefecture's disaster management...
Nearly 75 Percent of People Shot by Chicago Police are Black, Report Says
A task force is recommending that the Chicago Police Department acknowledge its history of racism after a report found that 74 percent of people shot by police between 2008 and 2015 were black. The Police Accountability Task Force released a report Wednesday, detailing "racist or biased policing" of the CPD at an...
Human remains found, suspect arrested in case of missing Seattle-area woman
A 37-year-old man has been arrested after human remains believed to be those of a missing Seattle-area mother of three were found in a recycling bin, authorities said late Monday. Ingrid Lyne, 40, was last seen Friday night before going on a blind date to a Seattle Mariners game, Q13 Fox reported. Seattle Police said late...
Super Bowl Winner Will Smith Shot, Killed in New Orleans; Suspect Arrested
A man was arrested Sunday in the shooting death of former New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith, who helped the team win Super Bowl XLIV, its only championship. Smith was rear ended while driving in New Orleans's Lower Garden District on Saturday night, causing him to hit a vehicle in front of him, police said. The...
Two dead in US Air Force base shooting
A shooting at a US Air Force base in Texas has left at least two people dead, police say. Officials have told US media that an airman shot his commander in an apparent murder-suicide. Police responded to reports of a shooting at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland around 09:00 local time (15:00 BST), a spokesman said. Two bodies...
Nine-year-old reporter faces backlash for covering homicide
A 9-year-old reporter who wrote about a suspected murder in her small Pennsylvania town is defending herself after some locals lashed out about a young girl covering violent crimes and said she should be playing with dolls. Hilde Kate Lysiak got a tip Saturday about something untoward happening in Selinsgrove, 150 miles...
2 dead in amtrak crash near Philadelphia
Two people were killed when an Amtrak train partially derailed near Philadelphia today, officials said. Amtrak said Train 89, traveling from New York to Savannah, Georgia, partially derailed after striking a backhoe that was on the tracks. The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency said the two fatalities were reportedly the...
Suspect In Killing Of Virginia Trooper Had Long Rap Sheet: Police
The slain suspect in the fatal shooting of a Virginia State Police officer during a bus station training exercise was an Illinois man with a long criminal record, authorities said on Friday. James Brown III, 34, of Aurora, Illinois, is suspected of shooting Trooper Chad Dermyer on Thursday at Richmond’s Greyhound bus...
Tom Fallis Murder Trial: Wife’s Parents Say They’re in ‘Complete Shock’ Over Verdict
The parents of Ashley Fallis, the wife of Tom Fallis, who was acquitted of murder charges Thursday in connection with her shooting death, said they are in “complete shock” over the not guilty verdict. “I don’t understand how they came to the conclusion that they did,” Ashley’s mother Jenna...
Mom, Daughter Describe Killing Family Members With Anti-Freeze in Never-Before-Seen Interrogation Tapes
In never-before-seen interrogation tapes, a Missouri mother-daughter duo who are currently serving prison time for poisoning and killing members of their own family with anti-freeze are heard describing how and why they did it in their own words. "I'm not a perpetual killer. I'm just stupid," the mother, Diane...