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Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (PHOENIX) -- A 9-year-old boy allegedly shot and killed his 5-year-old sister by accident in their Phoenix home, police said.The 5-year-old girl was pronounced dead at a local trauma center after the incident on Tuesday night, Phoenix police said.The rifle used in the shooting belonged to the children's father, 33-year-old Irvin Ramos-Jimenez, police said. Ramos-Jimenez has been arrested for possession of a weapon by a prohibited person, […]

National Park Service (SEATTLE) -- The body of a 41-year-old ski mountaineer has been recovered after he fell over 3,000 feet off of Mount McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America, officials said.Alex Chiu of Seattle, Washington, was on the Mount McKinley West Buttress climbing route on the Peters Glacier when he fell on Monday, according to a statement from the National Park Service.“On Monday, June 2, the other two […]

(GASTONIA, N.C.) -- The parents of a 7-year-old boy who was fatally struck by a car while trying to cross a street in North Carolina have been charged with manslaughter and remain in jail on $1.5 million bond, police said.The child was hit by a Jeep Cherokee on May 27 in Gastonia, located west of Charlotte, police said.He was attempting to cross the street outside of a crosswalk with a […]

(BAXTER STATE PARK, Maine) -- A man and his daughter were found dead following an extensive, dayslong search after they went missing while attempting to hike to the summit of Mount Katahdin in Maine, officials said.Tim Keiderling and Esther Keiderling, both of Ulster Park, New York, set out to hike the summit on Sunday, according to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife.They were last seen Sunday morning on the […]

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Education sent a warning to the accreditor of Columbia University on Wednesday, saying the Ivy League institution violated federal anti-discrimination laws.U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said in a press release that the decision came after the spate of protests on university grounds opposing the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.McMahon alleged Columbia leadership "acted with deliberate indifference towards the harassment of Jewish students on its […]

(PALM SPRINGS, Calif.) -- The FBI has arrested a co-conspirator in last month's car bombing outside a Palm Springs fertility clinic, with officials saying he provided large quantities of ammonium nitrate to the suspect killed in the blast.Daniel Park has been charged with conspiracy to manufacture an unregistered device and terrorism, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California. Park was arrested Tuesday night at John F. […]

(BOULDER, Colo.) -- The number of victims in the Boulder, Colorado, Molotov cocktail attack has climbed to 15, prosecutors said.Fifteen people, ranging in age from 25 to 88 years old, as well as one dog were hurt in the Sunday afternoon attack outside the Boulder courthouse, the Boulder County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday.The suspect tried to buy a handgun at a sporting goods store in November but was denied, according to […]

(BOSTON) -- Judge Beverly Cannone denied Karen Read a mistrial in her second murder trial in the killing of her cop boyfriend John O'Keefe on Tuesday.Attorneys for Karen Read asked the judge to declare a mistrial with prejudice in her second murder trial after prosecutors questioned a defense witness over whether she was aware no dog DNA was found on O'Keefe's sweater from the night of the murder, in an […]

(WENATCHEE, Wash.) -- The manhunt continued on Wednesday for 32-year-old Travis Decker, who is accused of killing his three young daughters near a campground in Washington, with officials saying he could be "anywhere within the nation."Paityn Decker, 9; Evelyn Decker, 8; and Olivia Decker, 5, were killed after they left home for a "planned visitation" with Decker at approximately 5 p.m. on Friday, according to the Wenatchee Police Department.At approximately 3 p.m. […]