By SHEILA BURKE, Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The man who snatched an AR-15 rifle from a gunman at a busy Tennessee restaurant says his was a “selfish” act of self-preservation and he doesn’t consider himself a hero. Never mind that he is being credited with saving several other lives. “When I grabbed the barrel …
By SHEILA BURKE, Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A nearly naked gunman wearing only a green jacket and brandishing an assault rifle stormed a Waffle House restaurant in Nashville early Sunday, shooting four people to death before a customer rushed him and wrestled the weapon away. Authorities were searching for the 29-year-old suspect, Travis Reinking, …
By COLLEEN LONG and DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A television actress best known for playing a young Superman’s close friend was charged with sex trafficking, after federal prosecutors said she worked as a slave “master,” recruiting unsuspecting women to a cult-like group led by a man who sold himself as a self-improvement …
By AMY FORLITI, Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The prosecutor in the Minnesota county where Prince died said Thursday that no criminal charges will be filed in the musician’s death, effectively ending the state’s two-year investigation into how Prince got the fentanyl that killed him. Carver County Attorney Mark Metz’s announcement on no criminal charges came …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Colorado man who was wearing a mask and had a knife in his car when he was arrested outside a Beverly Hills home owned by Taylor Swift was released from custody on Tuesday while police continued their investigation. Julius Sandrock, 38, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of stalking after officers …
By COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A nanny who argued she was too mentally ill to be held responsible for stabbing two children to death at their home has been convicted. Jurors on Wednesday found that Yoselyn Ortega killed 6-year-old Lucia Krim and 2-year-old Leo Krim in October 2012 and understood the consequences …
By AMY FORLITI, Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors in the Minnesota county where Prince died said Wednesday that they’re ready to make an announcement in their two-year investigation into the musician’s death from an accidental fentanyl overdose. Carver County Attorney Mark Metz was scheduled to announce at 11:30 a.m. Thursday whether anyone would be charged. …
Detective Sgt. James Bogner says the girl “had no idea what she had done and she was very scared.”
“I just remember holding my husband’s hand, and we just prayed and prayed and prayed”
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury on Monday convicted a man of murder and sentenced him to life in prison for the death of a college student found dismembered, burned and with her heart cut out. Tarrant County jurors deliberated less than three hours before finding Charles Dean Bryant guilty of murdering Jacqueline Vandagriff, rejecting …
NEW YORK (AP) — A legal fight over what should happen to records the FBI seized from President Donald Trump’s personal attorney took a surprise twist Monday when the lawyer, Michael Cohen, was forced to reveal in court that he had also secretly done legal work for Fox News host Sean Hannity. The disclosure came …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Prisoners armed with homemade knives rioted for more than seven hours inside a maximum-security facility, leaving seven inmates dead, and bodies were “literally stacked on top of each other,” an inmate told The Associated Press on Monday. At least 17 prisoners were seriously injured as inmates fought uninterrupted before authorities regained …
