In a year when polls show Democrats leading in some deeply red territories, reliably blue Minnesota has been an unexpected bright spot for Republicans. The competitive fight between affable Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D) and feisty Michele Tafoya (R) for an open Senate seat defies the political gravity of midterm elections.
Hackers have stolen the data, including names, addresses and disability records, of millions of current and former California public school students who took state-mandated standardized tests that annually assess their academic proficiency, education officials announced Friday. The compromised information affects many more than the state’s 5.7 million current public school students, as the breach dates … Read more
The 16-year-old gunman who shot and killed three children and a 25-year-old teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday has been identified as Griffin J. John II, Bend’s police chief announced at a news conference Friday. Authorities said he was shot and killed by a passerby at the school. The suspect … Read more
Two of the four victims who died in the shooting at an Oregon elementary school on Thursday were identified as teacher Meghan Lambert, 25, and student Rhoam Summer, 5, Bend police announced Friday. Kelik Summer posted in a Facebook group Thursday night that it was “the worst day of my life. My son Rhoam was … Read more
The former Dallas police officer who was convicted of murdering Botham Jean after entering his apartment and shooting him in 2018 was released from prison Friday morning after spending seven years in prison. Amber Guyger, 38, regained her freedom a little more than two weeks after the Texas Pardon and Parole Board approved her release, … Read more
DALLAS – Amber Guyger, the former Dallas police officer who shot and killed a Black neighbor after mistakenly entering his apartment in 2018, was released from a Texas prison on parole Friday. Guyger, 38, served seven years of the 10-year sentence handed down in October 2019 for the murder of Botham Jean, 26. He left … Read more
Teenager killed after shooting four people dead at primary school posted at 03:24 BST03:24 BST Four people have been killed in a shooting at a primary school in the US state of Oregon. The shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School began around 1 p.m., when someone called police and said their car had been shot … Read more
The remains of a man who was shot in the head and stuffed into a rusty barrel found on the shore of Lake Mead after the water level receded were identified Thursday as an Arkansas man whose decades-old murder remains unsolved. Edward Lelburian Jackson was in his mid-50s when he died, Clark County Coroner Melanie … Read more
Three children, ages 5, 8 and 11, and a teacher were killed when a 16-year-old boy walked into an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and started shooting, police said Thursday. Here’s what we know about the shooting: What happened: The first 911 call indicated that “an unknown male had shot at a car,” moments before … Read more
Driven by strong winds, a wildfire swept across open terrain in Malibu on Thursday, prompting the evacuation of the Vernon Kilpatrick Campus parole camp and the issuance of evacuation orders and warnings. The Bryson Fire broke out shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday near the campground on Encinal Canyon Road west of Mulholland Highway, according to … Read more