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Virginia ex-assistant principal charged a year after 6-year-old shot his teacher

Virginia ex-assistant principal charged a year after 6-year-old shot his teacher

Jay Paul/Getty Images (NEWPORT NEWS, va.) — The former assistant principal of Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, where a 6-year-old shot his teacher in January 2023, has been indicted for child abuse, according to court documents. Ebony Parker is charged with eight counts of felony child abuse with […]

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6 former Mississippi police officers sentenced on state charges in torture of Black men

6 former Mississippi police officers sentenced on state charges in torture of Black men

WAPT (BRANDON, Miss.) — Six former white Mississippi law enforcement officers were sentenced to decades in prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to state charges related to the racially motivated torture, sexual assault and shooting of two Black men in January 2023 and their subsequent actions to cover up their […]

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UPS worker shot dead in targeted attack while leaving work, police say

UPS worker shot dead in targeted attack while leaving work, police say

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — Police in Birmingham, Alabama, are searching for the gunman who shot and killed a UPS worker in a targeted attack, authorities said. The shooting unfolded at about 6:05 p.m. Tuesday as UPS driver Anthony Lamar Love Jr. walked to his car at a Birmingham […]

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Schools close in Louisiana as severe weather, tornadoes threaten South

Schools close in Louisiana as severe weather, tornadoes threaten South

Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — A large storm system is bringing a threat of strong tornadoes, damaging winds and hail to the South on Wednesday, with the severe weather forecast to stretch from Louisiana to Mississippi to Alabama to Florida. New Orleans is under a flash flood warning. […]

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ attorney asks court to dismiss sexual assault case

NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ attorney asks court to dismiss sexual assault case

Mayor Eric Adams holds a press availability at a news conference Jan. 08, 2024 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The sexual assault lawsuit against New York Mayor Eric Adams is “entirely fictitious” and should be dismissed, his defense attorney Alex Spiro wrote in a new […]

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Hawaii-Japan exchange program offers Maui students hope after wildfires

Hawaii-Japan exchange program offers Maui students hope after wildfires

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Students from Hawaii who were impacted by the wildfires on Maui traveled 4,000 miles to Japan to learn from the community there how residents recovered from their own devastating disaster. Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has helped fund a program called “Kibou for Maui,” which […]

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Parents of Michigan school shooter receive historic sentences of 10 to 15 years

Parents of Michigan school shooter receive historic sentences of 10 to 15 years

Bill Pugliano/Getty Images (PONTIAC, Mich.) — Jennifer and James Crumbley, the parents of Oxford High School mass shooter Ethan Crumbley, were sentenced to 10 to 15 years Tuesday after each was found guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter in separate trials earlier this year. “I can and will offer […]

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Baby found dead on Los Angeles highway linked to family’s murder-suicide, police say

Baby found dead on Los Angeles highway linked to family’s murder-suicide, police say

KABC (LOS ANGELES, Calif.) — The death of a baby found Monday on a highway has been linked to a possible murder-suicide in Los Angeles, police told ABC News. Early Monday morning, the body of a 6-month-old girl was found on the 405 Freeway. A 9-year-old girl was found on […]

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Parents of Michigan shooting victims speak before James, Jennifer Crumbley sentenced for son’s attack

Parents of Michigan shooting victims speak before James, Jennifer Crumbley sentenced for son’s attack

Bill Pugliano/Getty Images (PONTIAC, Mich.) — The parents of several teenagers killed in a 2021 Michigan school shooting spoke in court Tuesday, asking the judge for the maximum sentence for the parents of school shooter Ethan Crumbley. James and Jennifer Crumbley were found guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter […]

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Idaho man arrested for planning attacks on churches in support of ISIS

Idaho man arrested for planning attacks on churches in support of ISIS

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho) — The Justice Department on Monday announced the arrest of a man they say planned to carry out attacks on churches in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, over the weekend after pledging support to the terror group ISIS. Alexander Mercurio, 18, was arrested on Saturday on […]

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