By ED WHITE Associated Press Experts say guns used in U.S. school shootings have often come from the homes of young perpetrators. But parents are rarely charged for the violence that occurs. That’s what makes the case against Ethan Crumbley’s parents unusual, following the fatal shooting of four students at Oxford High School in southeastern
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SEATTLE (AP) — No. 5 UCLA’s game at Washington on Sunday has been canceled because of COVID-19 issues in the Huskies’ program. The game won’t be rescheduled and it will count as a Pac-12 victory for the Bruins. That’s because of the league’s rule for games impacted by COVID-19, which says that if two schools
Continue Reading By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu’s water utility is shutting down one of its wells so it doesn’t pull petroleum from an underground aquifer it shares with the Navy and deliver it to its own customers. The move comes as the Navy grapples with a continuing crisis over fuel contaminating its tap
Continue Reading GREENSBORO, N.C. — David Beatty had 13 points to lead five North Carolina A&T players in double figures as the Aggies routed Carver College 97-55. Webster Filmore added 11 points for the Aggies. Tyler Maye chipped in 10, Harry Morrice scored 10 and Milton Matthews had 10. Dyllon Scott led the Cougars with 18 points.
Continue Reading OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Fire crews on the scene could smell gas after an explosion leveled a house in Oklahoma City. Fire Capt. Scott Douglas says neighbors reported the blast about 3:20 p.m. Friday. He says the first arriving fire crews reported smelling gas. After gas and electric power to the site was shut off,
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Authorities are still searching for the driver of a stolen vehicle that hit multiple cars after running a red light during a police pursuit on Thursday night. According to Columbia Fire, two women were seriously injured in the crash. One of the women injured was a passenger in the stolen car. The
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The end of November and beginning of December has been largely warm and dry. We’ve only measured minimal amounts of rain since Thanksgiving. While many have likely enjoyed the quiet weather, it’s left us noticeably dry across the region. Some mid-Missourians have found themselves in a 30-day rain deficit of nearly an inch and a half.
Continue ReadingBy MARISSA SULEK Click here for updates on this story SMRYNA, Tennessee (WSMV) — Gov. Bill Lee grants clemency to more than a dozen people in the Tennessee prison system, including Mindy Dodd. Dodd was convicted of murdering her husband, also her stepfather, almost 20 years ago in Smyrna. Dodd is one of 17 people
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY RUSSO Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — The United States has one of the highest recidivism rates in the world. Some statistics show as many as two out of three former inmates will be re-arrested within three years of their release. One local woman went to prison not
Continue ReadingBy SALLY SEARS Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — A teacher at Conyers Middle School is no longer employed after he was caught on camera yelling at a student and the video was posted to social media. The incident was recorded by another student. In the video, you can hear Dr.
Continue Reading MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — A police officer has died and a suspect has been wounded in a shooting outside a suburban Dallas supermarket. Mesquite police say it happened about 1:40 p.m. Friday outside an Albertson’s supermarket. Mesquite Police Chief David Gill said the officer was responding to a report of a disturbance in the store
Continue Reading By DEBORA ALVARES Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is facing a potential investigation into comments linking COVID-19 vaccines to AIDS. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Friday instructed the country’s top prosecutor to look into that statement based on an investigation by Brazil’s Senate. The president has argued he
Continue Reading By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has postponed a deposition with a former Justice Department official Saturday until Dec. 16 due to a “medical condition that precludes his participation.” Jeffrey Clark had aligned himself with former President Donald Trump last year as he
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — The Portland Trail Blazers have fired General Manager and President of Basketball Operations Neil Olshey, effective immediately. The team announced the decision Friday morning and said the termination is due to “violations of the Portland Trail Blazers’ Code of Conduct” that
Continue Reading By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana State Prison inmate serving a 100-year sentence for killing his wife in 1983 has confessed to killing a 19-year-old Helena woman in 1968. The Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s Office announced that 79-year-old Courtney Brooke Atlas confessed Wednesday to killing Pamela Dorrington. She
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By Oren Liebermann, CNN US Central Command has launched an investigation after a drone strike against a senior al Qaeda leader in northwest Syria on Friday may have killed civilians, according to a spokesman for Central Command. The strike in Idlib, Syria, was carried out by an MQ-9 Reaper, targeting a senior al Qaeda leader
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By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket earlier this year has been ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial for now. A judge on Friday ordered 22-year-old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa to be treated at the state mental hospital to see if he can
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Investigadores en Sudáfrica informaron este jueves que encontraron alguna evidencia de que las personas que habÃan sido infectadas una vez con el coronavirus tenÃan más probabilidades de volver a infectarse con la variante ómicron que con las variantes beta o delta. Dijeron que es demasiado pronto para saberlo con certeza,
Continue Reading By SEAN MURPHY The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has denied clemency for a death row inmate sentenced to die for the 1985 shooting death of a Putnam City schoolteacher. Stitt’s decision clears the way for Bigler Stouffer II to receive a lethal injection on Thursday at the Oklahoma State
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By Alisha Ebrahimji and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Friends, family and an entire Michigan high school are grieving the loss of four students after a 15-year-old sophomore allegedly opened fire during the school day, killing four peers and shooting seven others on campus. A suspect was in custody and charged after Tuesday’s shooting at Oxford High
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