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Pearl Harbor shooting unfolded in 23 seconds in packed area
HONOLULU — The U.S. Navy sailor who fatally shot two people at Pearl Harbor before killing himself was unhappy with his commanders and had been undergoing counseling, a military official said Friday. Gabriel Romero, 22, also faced non-judicial punishment, which is a lower-level administrative process for minor misconduct, said the...
Illinois prison guards face federal charges in inmate death
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Three Illinois prison guards were arraigned in federal court Friday on charges of assault and civil rights violations in the May 2018 death of an inmate at Western Illinois Correctional Center. A grand jury indicted the correctional officers, who also face charges that they falsified reports...
Stepdad blasts cops in shootout that killed UPS driver. ‘They murdered him,’ he says
MIRAMAR, Fla. — A police chase that ended in a wild shootout left a UPS driver taken hostage and another innocent bystander among the dead Thursday afternoon in Miramar — and the hostage’s family demands to know how police could let that happen. Officers chased armed robbers who held up...
Jury: Elon Musk did not defame British caver in tweet
LOS ANGELES — Elon Musk defeated defamation allegations Friday from a British cave explorer who claimed he was branded a pedophile when the Tesla CEO called him “pedo guy” in an angry tweet. Vernon Unsworth, who participated in the rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped for weeks...
2-year-old Arthur becomes star in UK Christmas ad traditionVideo
Little Arthur crawls out of bed in his red Marvel Comics pajamas, brushes his teeth and strolls outside after breakfast to his day job: helping out at the family hardware store in Rhayader, Wales. It’s Christmas and Arthur, nearly 3, has his work cut out for him wrapping presents, hanging...
Saudi student opens fire at Florida Naval base, killing 3
PENSACOLA, Fla. — An aviation student from Saudi Arabia opened fire in a classroom at the Naval Air Station Pensacola on Friday morning, killing three people in an attack the Saudi government quickly condemned and that U.S. officials were investigating for possible links to terrorism. The assault, which ended when...
Disney cruise worker charged with raping 13-year-old girl
ORLANDO, Fla. — A Florida man who works for a Disney cruise line has been accused of repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl at his home. Orange County deputies arrested 53-year-old Keith Seitz on Nov. 25, the Orlando Sentinel reported on Thursday. The girl told her mother Seitz raped her multiple...
Police: 94 bottles of liquor found in car that struck teen
DUNDALK, Md. — A woman accused of driving off the road and killing a teenager in Maryland had 94 bottles of liquor in the car, police said. Jennifer Jean Jones, 30, has been charged with negligent manslaughter by vehicle, Baltimore County police said Thursday. Charging documents say Jones crossed the...
Minnesota Governor: All 3 crew killed in Black Hawk helicopter crashVideo
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Three soldiers from the Minnesota National Guard were killed Thursday when the Black Hawk helicopter they were riding in for a routine maintenance test flight crashed in a farm field in central Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz confirmed. The identities of the soldiers were not immediately released,...
Michigan boy invites entire kindergarten class to adoption hearingVideo
Talk about moral support. A Michigan boy invited his all of his classmates to attend his adoption hearing on Thursday. According to Grand Rapids ABC-affiliate WZZM-TV, Michael Orlando Clark Jr. was joined by his entire kindergarten class to celebrate his union with a new family. Probably the cutest story you...
Chase with stolen UPS truck in Florida ends with shootout, 4 deadVideo
MIAMI — Four people, including a UPS driver, were killed Thursday after robbers stole the driver’s truck and led police on a chase that ended in gunfire at a busy Florida intersection during rush hour, a law enforcement official said. Both robbers were shot and killed, and the fourth victim...
Report: Migrant teen who died in U.S. custody unresponsive for hoursVideo
HOUSTON — Video showing the U.S. Border Patrol cell where a 16-year-old from Guatemala died of the flu shows the teen writhing and collapsing on the floor for hours before he was found dead. The footage published Thursday by ProPublica calls into question the Border Patrol’s treatment of Carlos Hernandez...
Christmas parades canceled after threat of anti-Confederate protests
RALEIGH, N.C. — Wake Forest is canceling its Dec. 14 Christmas parade because of concerns of public safety after the planned participation of a local Confederate group, according to a news release. The Wake Forest Downtown Inc. board of directors, a nonprofit organizing the parade, voted Wednesday to cancel the...
Anti-headscarf law activist sues Iran in U.S. over harassment
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Iranian-American activist famous for her campaign against the Islamic Republic’s mandatory headscarf, or hijab, for women has sued Iran in U.S. federal court, alleging a government-led harassment campaign targets her and her family. Masih Alinejad’s lawsuit seeking monetary damages comes in the aftermath of...
U.S.: Iran may have killed more than 1,000 in protestsVideo
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Thursday accused Iranian security forces of killing more than 1,000 people in crackdowns against recent protests that have swept the country. The allegation came as U.S. officials said the Pentagon is considering sending thousands of additional troops to the Middle East to help deter Iranian...
Apparent ‘disturbing’ Nazi salute photo leads to suspensions in West Virginia agency
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After a photo surfaced of West Virginia correction officer trainees giving what appears to be the Nazi salute, state officials quickly suspended some employees and the governor ordered the firing of those involved. The image, showing a more than two dozen trainees with their arms raised and...
Lawsuit: Theodore McCarrick victim told pope of sex abuse in 1988
NEWARK, N.J. — A man claims in a lawsuit filed under a recently enacted New Jersey law that he told Pope John Paul II in 1988 about being sexually abused as a child by the priest who would become Cardinal Theodore McCarrick but that the Vatican did nothing — claims...
Investigators to brief Wisconsin Guard leader on sex probe
MADISON, Wis. — Federal investigators plan to brief the Wisconsin National Guard’s top commander this weekend on findings from a seven-month review of the Guard’s sexual assault reporting and investigation protocols, Gov. Tony Evers said Thursday in a letter to legislative leaders. The Guard has been rocked by allegations of...
Official: Sailor used service weapon to kill at Pearl Harbor
HONOLULU — A U.S. sailor shot three civilians with his service weapon, killing two of them, before taking his own life at Pearl Harbor, just days before thousands descend on the storied military base to mark the 78th anniversary of the Japanese bombing that propelled the United States into World...
House will draft Trump impeachment articles, Pelosi saysVideo
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that the House is moving forward to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. ”Our democracy is what is at stake,” Pelosi said. “The president leaves us no choice but to act.” Pelosi delivered the historic announcement as Democrats push toward...
Historic U.S. towns endured wars, storms. What about sea rise?Video
SWANSBORO, N.C. — Historic cities and towns along the Southeastern U.S. coast have survived wars, hurricanes, disease outbreaks and other calamities, but now that sea levels are creeping up with no sign of stopping, they face a more existential crisis. With a total annual budget of $225 million, Charleston, South...
Sailor kills 2 civilians, himself at Pearl Harbor shipyard
HONOLULU — An active duty U.S. sailor whose submarine was docked at Pearl Harbor opened fire on three civilian employees Wednesday, killing two and then taking his own life just days before dignitaries and veterans descend on the base for the 78th anniversary of the Japanese attack. The commander of...
Argument over smoking leaves 3 dead in apparent murder-suicide in Connecticut
WATERTOWN, Conn. — Two teenage siblings and their mother’s boyfriend died in what appears to be a murder-suicide when an argument over smoking in a Connecticut home got out of hand, police said Wednesday. Officers responded to the Watertown home at about 10 p.m. Tuesday after a woman called 911...
At notorious jail, guards feel heat for teen’s near suicide
NEW YORK — Four guards at New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail have been suspended without pay after they allegedly stood by and failed to stop a teenage inmate from trying to hang himself on Thanksgiving. Nicholas Feliciano, 18, remained unconscious in the intensive care unit of a hospital...
George Zimmerman sues family of Trayvon Martin and others for $100 millionVideo
MIAMI — George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted of homicide charges in the 2012 fatal shooting of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, is suing Martin’s family, prosecutors and others involved in the case he claims rested on false evidence, according to a copy of the suit sent to...
