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Flowers rest on a sign in front of Silver Rail Elementary School on Oct. 15, 2026, in Bend, Oregon. (Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images) The suspected gunman in an elementary school shooting in Bend, Oregon, was shot by a parent of two students who saw the teen entering the school, his family said on Friday.Three children and a teacher were killed after a gunman opened fire in Silver Rail Elementary School on […]

The Immigrations Customs and Enforcement officer who allegedly struck a man with a vehicle during a pursuit outside Houston last weekend has been placed on administrative leave, the agency said.The move is standard for all use-of-force incidents, according to an ICE spokesperson."This incident is under active internal investigation," the spokesperson said in a statement Friday.On Saturday, Miguel Parra-Hernandez was hit by a car operated by an ICE agent during an […]

Immigrant advocacy groups representing migrant children have sued the Trump administration to stop what they call a "cruel and unlawful scheme" to fast-track migrant children's asylum cases.In a complaint filed Thursday night, the groups allege that new government policies have transformed the asylum process for migrant children into a "deportation assembly line depriving them of their rights."The lawsuit comes as immigration attorneys and advocates say unaccompanied migrant children are being […]

When human remains were found in suitcases abandoned by the side of a rural Wisconsin road, a community was left shocked and searching for answers.The first responding officer opened one of the suitcases and discovered a woman's decomposing body -- naked, bound with rope and in a fetal position."Nothing can prepare you for what you can see upon opening a suitcase and finding a corpse inside of it," former Town […]

Michelle Parker vanished in 2011 after appearing in a pre-taped episode of the reality show "The People's Court" with her former fiance over a dispute about her engagement ring, according to police.Nearly 15 years after the 33-year-old Florida mother of three was reported missing, Parker's ex-fiance has been arrested for her murder, police announced this week.Dale Smith Jr., 55, was taken into custody at his business Wednesday on a charge […]

Three police officers have resigned amid an investigation into alleged racist texts shared among a group of six officers at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) in North Carolina, the police chief announced during a press conference on Thursday.“The allegations against them are serious,” CMPD Police Chief Estella Patterson said during a press conference on Thursday afternoon. “They're deeply troubling. And frankly, I'm disappointed that we're even having to talk about […]

Authorities in Las Vegas believe they have a positive ID for a body discovered inside a barrel after it floated to the surface of Lake Mead more than four years ago, according to officials familiar with the investigation.At the time the body was found by boaters on May 1, 2022, officials said one thing was immediately clear: this was no accident. The body was an apparent homicide victim believed to […]

Three children and one teacher are dead after a shooter forced his way into an elementary school in Oregon on Thursday afternoon and opened fire, authorities said.The suspected shooter, a 16-year-old, was fatally shot by a community member who saw the teen going into the Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz told reporters at a news conference Thursday evening.The three children who were killed […]

Nine former FBI agents who investigated President Donald Trump and his alleged mishandling of classified documents after he left office following his first term filed suit against the FBI and Justice Department on Thursday alleging they were unlawfully terminated solely for their role in the probe.The nine agents, who in the suit say they collectively count "over a century" of experience in the bureau on cases spanning from the Boston […]