Venue change sought for teen in fatal Texas school shooting

SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — Attorneys for an 18-year-old student are seeking a change of venue for his capital murder trial in the fatal shooting of 10 people last year at a Texas high school. Attorneys for Dimitrios Pagourtzis say in a motion filed Tuesday in Galveston County District Court that his trial on charges... Read More

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Dimitrios Pagourtzis

January 9, 2019

Court upholds law denying guns to people in US illegally

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A U.S. appeals court in San Francisco has upheld a law that prohibits people in the country illegally from possessing guns. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously Tuesday that the law does not violate the Second Amendment right to bear arms. The judges said... Read More

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January 9, 2019

Prosecutors want trial date in Florida school shooting

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors pushed a judge Tuesday to set a trial date this fall for Nikolas Cruz in the 2018 Valentine’s Day Florida school massacre that killed 17 people. At a hearing, Assistant State Attorney Jeff Marcus said the case is fairly uncomplicated despite its notoriety and magnitude. He asked Circuit Judge... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

January 8, 2019

Man charged in California camper’s death; 10 other shootings

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An ex-convict has been charged with killing a father who was camping with his daughters in a Southern California park and trying to kill the girls and eight others in a series of shootings over two years, prosecutors said Monday. Anthony Rauda, 42, was charged in Los Angeles County Superior Court... Read More

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Anthony Rauda

January 8, 2019

Court upholds ex-Chicago officer’s conviction in shooting

CHICAGO (AP) — An appeals court has upheld the conviction of a former Chicago police officer who wounded two people when he opened fire on a car full of teenagers. The Chicago Sun-Times reports the 7th Circuit appellate court noted in its Monday ruling the “brazenness” of Marco Proano’s actions. Proano is serving a five-year... Read More

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Marco Proano

January 8, 2019

Man charged in Florida school massacre due for court hearing

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A status hearing is set for Nikolas Cruz in the Florida school massacre that killed 17 people last year. The hearing Tuesday is likely to be mainly procedural in nature, with many months to go before the case gets close to trial. A tentative trial date has not yet been... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

January 8, 2019

Man pleads guilty to killing 6 in between driving for Uber

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan man charged with killing six strangers between picking up rides for Uber pleaded guilty to murder on Monday, just before attorneys were set to interview jurors for his trial. Jason Dalton’s surprise move came about three years after the shootings, which occurred over the course of a few hours... Read More

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Jason Dalton

January 7, 2019

Parents sue over district’s policy to arm teachers at school

TAMAQUA, Pa. (AP) — Parents are going to court to block a Pennsylvania school district from allowing teachers to carry guns in school, the latest flashpoint in a debate playing out in many states over whether it’s wise to arm educators to protect students from mass shooters. The district in Tamaqua, a coal-mining region about... Read More

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January 7, 2019

Police confront 2 men, 1 white, 1 black: Only 1 is shot

MILWAUKEE (AP) — In the course of 15 months and in the space of one city block, Milwaukee police twice encountered two suspects they believed were armed. One was black; one was white. One was in fact unarmed; one had a gun. One was shot; one was not. That the black man was the one... Read More

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January 3, 2019

Jury selection set in trial over 6 killings in Michigan

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Jury selection is set to begin in the trial of a man charged with killing six strangers in southwestern Michigan nearly three years ago. Jason Dalton is charged with murder and attempted murder. He’s accused of shooting eight people in three locations in the Kalamazoo area in February 2016 while he... Read More

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Jason Dalton

January 3, 2019

Mexican man charged with killing cop gets mental health exam

MODESTO, Calif. (AP) — A Mexican national accused of living in the U.S. illegally was charged with murder Wednesday in the shooting death of a California police officer who pulled him over to check if he was driving drunk. Gustavo Perez Arriaga made his first court appearance in the central California city of Modesto but... Read More

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Gustavo Perez Arriaga

December 31, 2018

Police: Ex-officer’s defense didn’t show up to examine SUV

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis police say representatives of a former officer who fatally shot an Australian woman last year didn’t show up to inspect a department Ford Explorer squad car after a judge granted the defense access for four hours Friday evening. Police spokesman John Elder said Saturday that Noor’s defense didn’t come to the... Read More

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Mohamed Noor

December 21, 2018

Man says he found gun that led Chicago cops to train tracks

CHICAGO (AP) — A man who fired a gun that prompted two Chicago police officers to investigate on train tracks where they were struck and killed by a commuter train told detectives he’d found the weapon in an alley and took it to a remote area to see if it worked, police and prosecutors said... Read More

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Edward Brown

December 20, 2018

Rapper Juelz Santana sentenced to prison for gun in airport

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Rapper Juelz Santana has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for trying to get a loaded gun onto a plane at a New York-area airport. Santana, whose real name is LaRon James, was sentenced Wednesday in Newark, New Jersey, to 27 months in prison after pleading guilty to... Read More

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Juelz Santana

Venue change sought for teen in fatal Texas school shooting

Court upholds law denying guns to people in US illegally

Prosecutors want trial date in Florida school shooting

Man charged in California camper’s death; 10 other shootings

Court upholds ex-Chicago officer’s conviction in shooting

Man charged in Florida school massacre due for court hearing

Man pleads guilty to killing 6 in between driving for Uber

Parents sue over district’s policy to arm teachers at school

Police confront 2 men, 1 white, 1 black: Only 1 is shot

Jury selection set in trial over 6 killings in Michigan

Mexican man charged with killing cop gets mental health exam

Police: Ex-officer’s defense didn’t show up to examine SUV

Man says he found gun that led Chicago cops to train tracks

Rapper Juelz Santana sentenced to prison for gun in airport

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