A northeastern Indiana coroner has identified a woman who was fatally shot by a Fort Wayne officer after police said she tried to run him over with a car. Dachena Warren-Hill, 20, of Fort Wayne died from multiple gunshot wounds Sunday as a result of a “police action shooting,” Allen …
Read More »UK and France reaffirm stance against Russian invasion of Ukraine, stressing economic influence
Britain and France reiterated their determination Tuesday that Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine ends in failure, with the U.K. foreign minister saying that Ukraine’s allies must better leverage their economic might to vastly outmatch Moscow’s war machine. The renewed insistence from U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron and French counterpart Catherine …
Read More »Inmate who concealed Georgia teacher's death pleads guilty to unrelated rape charges
A man imprisoned for concealing the death of Georgia teacher Tara Grinstead has pleaded guilty to reduced charges in two unrelated rape cases in a deal that lets him avoid additional prison time. Houston County Superior Court records show that Bo Dukes agreed to plea deals Nov. 13 to settle …
Read More »New York City migrant families urge mayor to revoke 60-day shelter limit
Migrant families and their advocates marched outside New York City Hall on Tuesday to demand Mayor Eric Adams end his plan to limit the number of days newly arrived immigrants can remain in city-run shelters. The late afternoon demonstration of students and parents at City Hall Park was in response …
Read More »Death toll from Maui fire drops to 97 after officials discover multiple DNA samples for some victims
Authorities in Hawaii have adjusted the number of deaths from the deadly Maui wildfire down to at least 97 people. Officials previously said they believed at least 115 people had died in the fire, but further testing showed they had multiple DNA samples from some of the victims. The number …
Read More »Brooklyn subway mass shooter who injured 10 to be sentenced Thursday
A man who sprayed the inside of a New York City subway train with gunfire and then slipped away in a stunned crowd is set to be sentenced Thursday in the morning rush-hour attack, which wounded 10 people and set off a citywide manhunt. Frank James, 64, pleaded guilty to …
Read More »Georgia collects huge surplus for 3rd straight year with a total of nearly $11 billion
Georgia now has $10.7 billion in surplus cash that its leaders can spend however they want after the state ran a huge surplus for the third straight year. The State Accounting Office, in a Monday report, said Georgia ran a $5.3 billion surplus in the 2022 budget year ended June …
Read More »German authorities charge 3 teens with homeless man's fatal beating, filming attack
Three teenagers were arrested as suspects in the killing in Germany of a homeless man, which one of them apparently filmed, authorities said Friday. AT LEAST 1 SAILOR DEAD, 4 MISSING AFTER CARGO SHIPS CRASH OFF GERMAN COAST A passer-by found the victim’s body on Thursday in a meadow in …
Read More »Ex-NYC prison guards avoid prison time after alleged negligence in teen inmate's suicide attempt
Two former New York City jail guards have avoided prison time for what authorities called their failure to intervene in a teenage inmate’s suicide attempt for nearly eight minutes until it was too late to save him from serious brain damage in 2019. Daniel Fullerton and Mark Wilson received conditional …
Read More »Voters in Lewiston, Maine, head to the polls less than 2 weeks after deadliest shooting in state history
Less than two weeks after 18 people were killed by a gunman in their small New England city, residents headed gingerly to polling places Tuesday. The mood was somber. Several shooting survivors remained hospitalized, flags flew at half-staff, and funerals were being held this week for those who died in …
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