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Mass shooting at Madden NFL e-games tourney: Multiple fatalities, suspect dead in popular area of Jacksonville

Mass shooting at Madden NFL e-games tourney: Multiple fatalities, suspect dead in popular area of Jacksonville

First Coast News(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — Multiple fatalities were reported in a mass shooting that erupted Sunday afternoon at a Madden NFL e-games tournament in a popular area of Jacksonville, Florida, and the suspect was dead at the scene, sheriff’s officials said. It was not immediately clear how many victims were […]

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Funeral held for slain jogger Mollie Tibbetts as her little brother and other athletes honor her

Funeral held for slain jogger Mollie Tibbetts as her little brother and other athletes honor her

Poweshiek County Sheriffs Office(BROOKLYN, Iowa) — Reeling from the shock and outrage of Mollie Tibbetts’ slaying in the small Iowa town the college student from California called home, hundreds of mourners filled a gymnasium Sunday afternoon to remember the life she squeezed into 20 years, and mourned the loss of […]

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Multiple fatalities reported in mass shooting erupts in popular area of Jacksonville

Multiple fatalities reported in mass shooting erupts in popular area of Jacksonville

(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — Police in Jacksonville, Florida, said multiple fatalities were reported in a mass shooting that erupted Sunday afternoon at a venue in a popular area of the city, where officials are warning people to stay away. It was not immediately clear how many victims were killed or injured […]

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Former President George W. Bush ‘honored’ to eulogize John McCain

Former President George W. Bush ‘honored’ to eulogize John McCain

John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Former President George W. Bush has accepted an invitation to deliver a eulogy at the funeral of Sen. John McCain at the National Cathedral and is “honored to have been asked to speak,” Bush spokesman Freddy Ford confirmed to ABC News […]

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As Mollie Tibbetts’ loved ones prepare for her funeral, her little brother and other athletes honor her

As Mollie Tibbetts’ loved ones prepare for her funeral, her little brother and other athletes honor her

Poweshiek County Sheriffs Office(BROOKLYN, Iowa) — Reeling from the shock and outrage of Mollie Tibbetts’ slaying in the small Iowa town the college student from California called home, thousands of mourners are expected to fill a gymnasium Sunday afternoon to remember the life she squeezed into 20 years, and mourn […]

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Eight killed in pre-dawn fire in apartment building in Chicago

Eight killed in pre-dawn fire in apartment building in Chicago

@CFDMedia/Twitter(CHICAGO) — Eight people, including six children, were killed after a fire sparked in an apartment building in Chicago, fire officials said. The blaze ignited just before 4 a.m. on the second floor of a building on South Sacramento Avenue, according to Fire Commissioner Jose Santiago. The first call to […]

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Body cam video shows alleged shoplifter shooting at police in Walmart parking lot

Body cam video shows alleged shoplifter shooting at police in Walmart parking lot

KOAT via ABCNews.com(ALBUQUERUE, N.M.) — Police body cam video captured footage of an alleged shoplifter opening fire on two officers in the parking lot of a Walmart in New Mexico, according to a report. The video appeared to show Charles Edward Purvis, 23, taking shots at the officers after allegedly […]

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Pilot dies in plane crash while spreading father’s ashes

Pilot dies in plane crash while spreading father’s ashes

WCVB(HANSON, Mass.) — One of two brothers on a flight to spread their father’s ashes died on Saturday after their small plane crashed in a pond in Massachusetts. Scott Landis, 34, was killed in the accident, which took place Friday at Cranland Airport in Hanson, Massachusetts, about a half hour […]

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Meet the McCain children

Meet the McCain children

Laura Segall/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — It’s been said that when a person runs for president, the whole family runs for president. For the McCains, that meant nine people involved in a complex 2008 campaign against eventual President Barack Obama. John McCain, wife Cindy and all seven McCain children entered the public […]

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McCain Dies

McCain Dies

US Senator John McCain, who was a fighter pilot, a Vietnam prisoner of war, and both an independent voice in the Republican Party and its 2008 presidential nominee, died on Saturday, little more than a year after he was told he had brain cancer. He was 81. McCain’s office said in […]

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