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(MINNEAPOLIS) -- Two people were killed and several others, including police officers, were injured in a shooting at a high-rise apartment building in downtown Minneapolis on Wednesday, authorities said.The suspected shooter is also dead, according to interim Police Chief Bill Peterson, who told reporters he was "truly sickened by this level of violence."It is unclear how the suspect died, and Peterson said a motive is not clear. Investigators are probing […]

(NEW YORK) -- After 30 hours of deliberations spanning five days, the jury in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy has still not reached a verdict.The extensive deliberations followed weeks of testimony concerning whether or not Clancy was suffering from postpartum psychosis when she strangled her children and attempted to take her own life in January 2023 and whether she should be held criminally liable for the killings.On Wednesday afternoon, after the jury reported […]

(MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.) -- Two people are dead and multiple others injured after gunfire broke out in a high-rise apartment building in downtown Minneapolis on Wednesday, authorities said.Two Minneapolis police officers are among those injured by gunfire, according to police.The suspected shooter is dead, according to interim Police Chief Bill Peterson, who told reporters at a press briefing he was "truly sickened by this level of violence."Officers responded to reports of […]

(NEW YORK) -- Women's liberation icon Gloria Steinem has died at 92."Yesterday, Gloria Steinem passed away peacefully at her home in New York City, surrounded by some of the many who loved her," a post on an official social media channel said. "Gloria’s near-century on earth were years well-lived, and she continued working for equality until the very end."The outspoken activist and journalist was born on March 25, 1934, in […]

(NEW YORK) -- A 23-year-old man wanted in the fatal shooting of a Georgia police officer has been found after a manhunt ensued.Jimmie Steverson, 23, is believed to have shot Chris Fisher, a Warm Springs Police Department officer, who was killed just before midnight, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.On Tuesday night, Fisher concluded an unrelated traffic stop while on duty and in his patrol car in the parking […]

(NEW YORK) -- The parents of a 5-year-old girl who was found dead after being reported missing in South Carolina have been arrested in connection with her death, with arrest warrants alleging they misled authorities during the search for their autistic child.Saylor Hayes of Virginia went missing on Sunday after wandering away from a rental home in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, according to local authorities.During an extensive search involving hundreds […]

(NEW YORK) -- A Utah judge ruled that Tyler Robinson can stand trial on a capital murder charge stemming from the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.Judge Tony Graf's decision follows final oral arguments from both sides in the high-profile case in a Provo courtroom on Tuesday, during which attorneys primarily debated an aggravating factor that would make Robinson eligible for the death penalty if convicted."Viewed in the light most favorable […]

(NEW YORK) -- A Pennsylvania police officer has been charged with voluntary manslaughter stemming from the fatal shooting this month of a college student whose parents said he was mistaken for a burglar after knocking on the door of a residence he wrongly thought was a friend's house, authorities said.Cpl. Sean Farrell, a veteran member of the Upper Pottsgrove Township Police Department, was charged in the Aug. 23 death of Glenwood "Bubba" […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- Two people are dead and at least one person remains missing following a major flash-flooding event at the Grand Canyon over the weekend, as cadaver dogs are expected to be used in the ongoing search of the devastated areas, authorities said.The current missing-person count is based on overnight camping permits issued by the park, officials said, while acknowledging that additional day hikers who did not have permits could also […]