Oklahoma mother says sex offender kept daughter’s … As law enforcement officials went silent Tuesday while investigating what led to the killing of seven people in rural Oklahoma, family members of those slain recalled the domineering nature of one of the dead, who was a registered sex offender.
Suspected Texas gunman caught hiding under laundry: … Authorities believe they have apprehended the man accused of shooting and killing five people in Cleveland, Texas over the weekend.
Prominent Palestinian hunger striker dies in Israeli … JERUSALEM (AP) — A high-profile Palestinian prisoner died in Israeli custody on Tuesday after a hunger strike of nearly three months, Israel’s prison service announced. His death set off protests in the West Bank and a round of cross-border fighting between Gaza militants and the Israeli military. Late Tuesday, the Israeli military said it had […]
Suspected gunman in Texas mass shooting caught: What … CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — A man suspected of opening fire at his neighbor’s home and killing five people was arrested Tuesday after a four-day manhunt, authorities in Texas said. The hunt for 38-year-old Francisco Oropeza began Friday after he fled from the scene of the deadly shooting in the rural town of Cleveland, about 45 […]
Workers: ‘Rotten egg’ smell before chocolate factory … Workers at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory smelled “rotten eggs” before a powerful natural gas explosion that leveled one building, heavily damaged another and killed seven people, federal safety officials said Tuesday in a preliminary report. The National Transportation Safety Board’s five-paragraph account of the fatal explosion confirmed earlier reporting by The Associated Press and other […]
‘Brutal and violent’ stabbings shake California college … Two men are dead and a woman is in critical condition after three separate stabbing attacks that occurred in the late hours across several days in Davis.
Frequent shootings put US mass killings on a record … LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four people found shot to death in an RV in a small Mojave Desert community in California. Four partygoers slain and 32 injured in small-town Alabama during a Sweet 16 birthday that ended with a girl kneeling beside her fatally wounded brother. Six people, included three 9-year-old children, gunned down at […]
Woman IDs her daughter, 3 grandchildren among 7 Oklahoma … A woman said Tuesday that her daughter and three grandchildren were among the seven people found dead at a rural Oklahoma property during a search for two missing teens and a convicted sex offender.
Bauer a celebrity in Japan despite sexual assault … YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Trevor Bauer will pitch his first official game for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars on Wednesday and, to promote the start, a local department store is to unveil a seven-story poster of the former Cy Young Award winner on its facade. Bauer was unwanted this season by Major League Baseball teams — […]
California sues Elk Grove over housing project for … SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When developers in the California city of Elk Grove pitched two new housing projects last year, the proposals appeared to have much in common: Both would build new housing in a quaint section of the city affectionately known as “Old Town” for its attractive stretch of historic buildings. One project was […]