A 72-year-old Dallas man fatally shot a suspected burglar outside his home, authorities said, and went back to sleep before calling police.
Author: Kristin Lam, USA TODAY
Tropical storm Karen forecast to weaken while Lorenzo reaches Category 4 Hurricane status
Forecasters predicted Tropical Storm Karen will dissipate over the weekend, while Lorenzo on Thursday strengthened into a Category 4 Hurricane.
North Dakota man threatened to shoot as many as 20 people in lover’s spat, records say
Authorities arrested a North Dakota man for threatening to shoot up to 20 people at his wife’s office, according to a complaint filed Monday.
Survivor in Brock Turner rape case says ‘Rape is not a punishment for getting drunk’
Channel Miller, the woman Brock Turner sexually assaulted, said in an interview aired Sunday that messages from survivors helped heal her shame.
Facebook employee dies in apparent suicide at company’s headquarters, police say
A man died at Facebook’s headquarters on Thursday in an apparent suicide, police said.
2-year-old New Mexico child dies in hot car; 42nd death nationally in 2019
A 2-year-old child died Tuesday after being left in a car in Hobbs, New Mexico — the 42nd case nationally in 2019, according to KidsAndCars.org.
Terri Lynn Hollis, 11, was murdered on Thanksgiving Day 1972. California investigators didn’t give up on her case
Investigators solved the killing of an 11-year-old girl in Southern California 47 years after her kidnapping through DNA evidence, authorities said.
At least 2 children dead, 10 people injured after stolen Ohio police car crashes in Dayton
A multi-vehicle crash involving a stolen police car Monday killed two children and hospitalized 10 others in Dayton, Ohio, according to reports.
‘Words and pictures matter’: Two Alaska 13-year-olds arrested for middle school shooting plans, police say
Alaska authorities arrested two 13-year-old students for planning to bring a gun to theirschool and shoot people, the Juneau Police Department said.
‘The fire was just nuts’: At least 5 children dead in Erie blaze, authorities say
At least five children died in a Pennsylvania house fire that blew flames out of every first-floor windowearly Sunday morning, authorities said.