By Holly Yan, Tina Burnside, Caroll Alvarado, Chris Boyette, Justin Lear and LJ Spaet, CNN (CNN) — A breathless hunt for a killer amid famed American retail stores can be heard in emergency dispatches recorded during the outlet mall massacre in Allen, Texas. “We got shots fired at the outlet mall,” an officer tells a
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, Steve Almasy, Josh Campbell, Sara Smart and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Allen, Texas (CNN) — The weapons brought to the attack on random shoppers at the outlet mall in Allen, Texas, were all legally obtained, Texas Department of Public Safety Regional Director Hank Sibley told reporters at a Tuesday news conference. He said
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KEENE, Texas (AP) — A 12-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man have been arrested on a murder warrant in the fatal shooting of a Sonic Drive-In employee in Texas, police said. Matthew Davis, 32, was shot and killed Saturday night as he fought with Angel Gomez, 20, in the parking lot of the restaurant in
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh and Tina Burnside, CNN (CNN) — Panicked 911 calls from an Allen, Texas, outlet mall captured moments of chaos and terror as the nation’s second-deadliest mass shooting so far this year unfolded, with eight killed and others wounded within minutes. As gunfire erupted on May 6, calls poured in from distraught shoppers,
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — For six years, loved ones – with the public’s help – searched for Kayla Unbehaun after she allegedly was abducted by her non-custodial mother in Illinois. Now 15 years old, she has been found safe – over 600 miles away in North Carolina – and is now reunited with
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A 12-year-old boy is accused of shooting and killing an employee at a Sonic Drive-In restaurant in Texas after an argument in the parking lot, authorities said. Matthew Davis, 32, was working at the Sonic Drive-In on Saturday night and confronted Angel Gomez, 20, because he was “being disorderly
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By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Embattled St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who announced this month she would resign effective June 1, says she is leaving office immediately. In her statement Tuesday, Gardner, the city’s first Black circuit attorney, said the St. Louis County prosecutor will take over until Missouri Gov.
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — The US Postal Service is honoring Chief Standing Bear, the celebrated Ponca leader who successfully argued for Native Americans to be recognized as people in the eyes of the law, on a Forever stamp. The stamp, which features a portrait of Chief Standing Bear by illustrator Thomas Blackshear II,
Continue Reading MILAN (AP) — U.S. designer Rhuigi Villasenor is leaving his position as creative director of Swiss fashion house Bally. The was announced Tuesday as a joint decision. Villasenior has led the creative team at Bally since January 2022. He helped boost the brand’s visibility with a return to the runway and front-row celebrity guests including
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis’ prosecutor who resigned amid GOP lawmaker pressure says she’s stepping down 2 weeks sooner than planned.
Continue Reading By NEZIR SINJARI and YASMINE MOSIMANN Associated Press SINJAR, Iraq (AP) — Local officials say an airstrike has targeted a militant group in northern Iraq’s Yazidi heartland of Sinjar and they attribute the strike to Turkey. Officials have given conflicting reports regarding the number of casualties. The semi-autonomous Kurdish region’s counter-terrorism service said in a
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes red carpet has sprung to life again with the premiere of the Louis XV period drama “Jeanne du Barry,” with Johnny Depp. The French Riviera movie pageant launched Tuesday and is shaping up to be a star-studded and potentially controversy-rife 76th edition. Throngs
Continue Reading DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Oman Air is saying that one of its Boeing 737s had been grounded in Iran after sustaining damage “caused by debris on the runway” at Shiraz International Airport. The Muscat-based flag carrier for the sultanate did not elaborate on what debris the plane struck on landing Monday in Shiraz.
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, KEN RITTER and MORGAN LEE Associated Press FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — The bullets that an 18-year-old man fired while meandering through a northwestern New Mexico neighborhood struck targets apparently picked at random, including cars, homes and passersby. Police responded to the scene within minutes and swiftly killed the gunman, but not
Continue Reading By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A German court convicted five men Tuesday of breaking into a Dresden museum and stealing 21 pieces of jewelry containing more than 4,300 diamonds. The men ages 24 to 29 received prison sentences ranging from four years and four months to six years and three months, German
Continue Reading By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts have agreed to separate meetings with a delegation of African heads of state to discuss a possible plan to end the war in Ukraine. A statement from Ramaphosa’s office on Tuesday said he
Continue Reading By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Retired figure skater Sarah Hughes has filed to run for Congress in New York. The Olympic gold medal winner is joining several other Democrats seeking to unseat Long Island Republican Anthony Esposito. Her spokesperson says the 38-year-old Hughes will make a formal campaign announcement of her
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Several high-profile shootings in and around Columbia have brought attention to violent crime in recent weeks.
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Most stocks are falling on Wall Street Tuesday after Home Depot warned of flagging sales, the latest discouraging signal for an economy under pressure. The S&P 500 was 0.3% lower in afternoon trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 234 points, or 0.7%, at
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A lawyer for Prince Harry argued in a London court Tuesday that he should be allowed to challenge a government decision that denied him the right to pay for police protection when he visits the U.K. The case is one of six the Duke of Sussex has
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