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Charlotte police investigation of deaths of 4 officers finds suspect acted alone; no friendly fire 05/31/2024 11:52pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� A man who fatally shot four law enforcement officers with an assault rifle a month ago acted alone and was solely responsible for all casualties, police in North Carolina���s largest city said Friday. ���At this point in the investigation, it has been determined there was on Ohio Senate approves fix assuring President Biden is on fall ballot 05/31/2024 11:24pm • A temporary fix allowing President Joe Biden to appear on this fall���s ballot cleared the Ohio Senate on Friday as the Republican-dominated Legislature concluded a rare special session. The vote came one day after the House approved the measure, along with a ban on foreign nationals contributing to 1 dead, 2 injured in Anacostia shooting 05/31/2024 11:11pm • A man is dead and two others are in the hospital after being shot in Southeast D.C. on Friday night. The shooting happened around 6 p.m. in the 1600 block of W Street SE in the Anacostia neighborhood. When officers arrived at the scene, they found two men and a woman suffering from gunshot wou Ohio explosion caused by cut gas line thought to be turned off, investigators say 05/31/2024 11:10pm • YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) ��� A crew working in the basement area of an Ohio building intentionally cut a gas line not knowing it was pressurized before a deadly explosion this week, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday. NTSB board member Tom Chapman said preliminary investigation shows UVA to pay $9 million related to shooting that killed 3 football players, wounded 2 students 05/31/2024 09:36pm • CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) ��� The University of Virginia will pay $9 million in a settlement related to a 2022 campus shooting that killed three football players and wounded two students, a lawyer representing some of the victims and their families said Friday. But some of the families are calling f Mexico's drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday's elections than before 05/31/2024 08:57pm • COTIJA, Mexico (AP) ��� Mexico���s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role than before in Sunday���s elections that will determine the presidency, nine governorships and about 19,000 mayorships and other local posts. The country���s powerful drug cartels have long staged targeted a Killing of Minneapolis police officer stuns a department that's been struggling to fill its ranks 05/31/2024 08:20pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� The shooting death of a Minneapolis police officer has stunned a department that has struggled to fill its ranks since the murder of George Floyd and the ensuing turmoil. Officer Jamal Mitchell's death Thursday came days after the fourth anniversary of Floyd's killing by a city Judge denies petition to recall death sentence of man who killed 12-year-old Polly Klaas 05/31/2024 08:09pm • SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) ��� A California judge on Friday denied a petition to recall the death sentence against Richard Allen Davis, who in 1993 killed 12-year-old Polly Klaas after kidnapping her from her bedroom at knifepoint in a crime that shocked the nation. Jurors in 1996 found Davis guilty of f Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who brought victims to pig farm, is dead after prison assault 05/31/2024 08:05pm • TORONTO (AP) ��� Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who took female victims to his pig farm during a crime spree near Vancouver in the late 1990s and early 2000s, has died after being assaulted in prison, authorities said Friday. He was 74. The Correctional Service of Canada said in statement th Murder-suicide in Howard Co. leaves 4 family members dead 05/31/2024 08:05pm • Police in Howard County, Maryland, released new details Friday in a murder-suicide that occurred at a home in Elkridge on Thursday night. Around 10 p.m. on Thursday, police responded to a residence in the 6900 block of Norwood Ferry for reports of the sound of gunshots. According to police, th Pro-Palestinian protesters enter Brooklyn Museum, unfurl banner as police make arrests 05/31/2024 07:38pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters marched to the Brooklyn Museum Friday afternoon, set up tents in the lobby and unfurled a ���Free Palestine��� banner from the building's roof before police moved in to make arrests. New York City police officers tackled and punched some prote France files preliminary terrorism charges against teenager accused of plan to attack Olympic fans 05/31/2024 06:27pm • PARIS (AP) ��� French authorities on Friday raised preliminary terrorism charges against an 18-year-old accused of a plot targeting spectators attending soccer games at the upcoming Paris Olympics. The interior minister said it was the first such thwarted plot targeting the Games, which start in eig Woman sentenced to more than 14 years in prison for conspiring to murder Connecticut mom 05/31/2024 06:15pm • STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) ��� A woman convicted of helping her boyfriend plot and cover up the murder of his estranged wife, Jennifer Dulos, during contentious divorce proceedings in Connecticut was sentenced to more than 14 years in prison Friday, after Dulos' mother and children testified about their h 3 critically hurt, including teen girl, after shooting sends barrage of bullets into Prince George's Co. residence 05/31/2024 05:25pm • A teen girl has life-threatening injuries and two other people were wounded after a shooting Friday afternoon in District Heights sent a barrage of bullets into a nearby residence. The shooting happened about 1:50 p.m. on Atwood Street near the intersection with Rochelle Street. District Heigh Not guilty plea for suspect in killing of nursing student found on University of Georgia campus 05/31/2024 04:32pm • ATHENS, Ga. (AP) ��� A man accused of killing a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia campus pleaded not guilty Friday to murder and other charges in her death. A grand jury in early May returned an indictment charging Jose Ibarra, 26, with murder, aggravated assault, kid