The San Antonio Police Department fired a police officer after bodycam footage showed him shooting a teenager eating a hamburger in a McDonald’s parking lot in Texas. The 17-year-old, identified by police as Erik Cantu, was shot multiple times and remains hospitalized. The department terminated Officer James Brennand on Wednesday […]
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NY Rep. Lee Zeldin says 2 people shot in front of his home
NEW YORK — New York congressman and Republican candidate for governor Lee Zeldin says his family is safe after two strangers were shot outside his Long Island home on Sunday. Zeldin said in a statement that he does not know the identities of the two people who were shot but […]
Driver hits crowd at Colorado bar; 1 killed, 4 hospitalized
GOLDEN, Colo. — One person was killed and four people seriously injured after a man intentionally drove a pickup truck through a crowd gathered outside a Colorado bar following an altercation early Sunday morning, authorities said. The 29-year-old driver and a 25-year-old passenger were arrested after the attack around 1:40 […]
Floods strand thousands, kill 7 in northcentral Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria — Thousands of travelers remained stranded in Nigeria’s northcentral Kogi state after major connecting roads to other parts of the West African nation were submerged amid the country’s worst flooding in a decade, locals and authorities said Thursday. The floods also killed seven people whose homes were swept […]
Forecasters tracking new storm for Alaska’s Arctic coast
JUNEAU, Alaska — A fall storm packing strong winds damaged roofs and windows in parts of western and northwest Alaska and resulted in flooding of roads in the far northern city of Utqiagvik, according to damage reports, with a new storm expected to hit the Arctic coast this week. Water […]
Boy tackled by security after running on field at Bucs game
TAMPA, Fla. — A boy ran onto the field and was tackled hard by a security guard in the second quarter of Tampa Bay’s game against Atlanta on Sunday. A woman who identified herself as the child’s mother told The Associated Press the boy is 10 years old. A police […]
Ukraine nuclear plant reconnected to grid after line was cut
The U.N. nuclear watchdog says an external power line to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the biggest in Europe, has been repaired after shelling disconnected the facility from the grid and forced it to resort to emergency diesel generators BERLIN — An external power line to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power […]
Teen, 15, arrested in shooting at amusement park that hurt 3
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. — A 15-year-old has been arrested in last month’s shooting at a western Pennsylvania amusement park that wounded three people, including two teenagers. Allegheny County and West Mifflin police said last week that the teenager is being charged as an adult with aggravated assault, reckless endangering and […]
Biden’s ‘Armageddon’ warning reflects ‘stakes’ with Russia, not looming threat: Kirby
The White House believes “the stakes are very high right now” with Russia amid Vladimir Putin’s struggles in Ukraine and his references to his nuclear arsenal, but President Joe Biden’s warning of possible “Armageddon” wasn’t about an imminent threat, a top Biden spokesperson said Sunday. “These comments were not based […]
Florida school shooter may have been his own worst witness
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It’s possible Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz talked himself into a death sentence. Prosecutors played video last week at Cruz’s penalty trial of jailhouse interviews he did this year with two of their mental health experts. In frank and sometimes graphic detail, he answered their questions […]