Bipartisan federal legislation was introduced Tuesday that would protect cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy who report a sexual assault from being disciplined for minor collateral misconduct, such as underage drinking. The change would put the Connecticut service academy …
The mother of a 6-year-old Indianapolis boy who died last spring after accidentally shooting himself has been charged with neglect in connection with his death. Monick Mack, 27, faces one count of neglect of a dependent resulting in death. She …
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Four teenagers have been charged in a drive-by shooting that mistakenly killed a 5-year-old girl as she slept inside a trailer home in southwest Albuquerque last week, authorities said Monday. City police said the girl wasn’t targeted and a teenage …
Oregon authorities say a registered sex offender, who allegedly used social media to lure “single women with young daughters” and assault them, may have more victims throughout the Pacific Northwest. Antonio Arredondo, 37, is tied to multiple sexual assault cases …
Three people are dead and six others wounded after a shooting Sunday at a hookah lounge in south Seattle, authorities said. City police didn’t immediately release any information about a possible suspect or suspects in the Sunday’s early morning shooting …
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Eight people, including six teenagers, were injured after gunfire erupted on a Minneapolis street. All of the victims from Sunday afternoon’s shooting are expected to survive, police said. Officers with the city’s mass transit agency heard multiple shots “including the …
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At least seven people were killed in shootings in Chicago’s weekend violence – including at least three teens – and more than three dozen other people wounded across Illinois’ largest city. Two of those killed were students who were supposed …
Thirteen people were injured and one was killed in three separate shootings, just blocks from each other, over the weekend, Milwaukee police said. Four people were taken to the hospital with serious injuries following a shooting Sunday near 13th and …
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Louisiana police have tracked down a Texas man accused of assaulting and murdering his 11-year-old neighbor, Maria Gonzalez. Authorities in Shreveport, Louisiana, took Juan Carlos Garcia Rodriguez, 18, into custody Saturday after Harris County, Texas, officials charged him with capital …
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Texas police Friday afternoon named a person of interest in the assault and murder of 11-year-old Maria Gonzalez, whose father found her dead in a laundry basket at home when he returned from work Aug. 12. Pasadena authorities said in …
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