A University of Arizona professor who was shot and killed on campus by a former student has been identified as Thomas Meixner, the school announced in a statement. Meixner was a professor who headed the department of hydrology and atmospheric sciences, according to his official school bio. Meixner was shot …
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The Kentucky man who killed three students and wounded five others in a school shooting that took place 25 years ago will spend the rest of his life in prison without opportunities to seek parole, the Kentucky Parole Board voted on Monday. Michael Carneal, who was 14 at the time …
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An Ohio mother has been arrested after two of her babies died nearly a year apart. Both babies died while co-sleeping with their mother. Brooke Hunter was charged with involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment. In June, her 6-week-old baby was killed as a result of co-sleeping, according to the Hamilton …
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A Northern California sheriff’s deputy has turned himself in to law enforcement after he was accused in the fatal slaying of a husband and wife in their home early Wednesday, authorities said. Devin Williams Jr., a deputy with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, called authorities in the hours after the …
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The last of three men convicted of hijacking a school bus full of California children for an attempted $5 million ransom in 1976 in what a prosecutor called “the largest mass kidnapping in U.S. history” is being released by the state’s parole board. Gov. Gavin Newsom asked the board to …
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A Minnesota man accused of stabbing multiple people while tubing in a Wisconsin river has been charged with homicide, CBS Minnesota reports. A 17-year-old was killed and four people were wounded in the incident Saturday. Nicolae Miu, 52, was charged in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, with one count of first-degree …
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The FBI found no evidence of missing Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa during a search of land under a New Jersey bridge, a spokeswoman said Thursday. The Pulaski Skyway now becomes another dead end in the decades long mystery that has stretched from a Michigan horse farm to the East Coast: Where are …
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A shotgun blast that shattered the early-morning tranquility of a remote southern Africa national park nearly six years ago, killing a U.S. woman, resonates again in a Denver courtroom this week as the founder of a dental franchise goes on trial for allegedly killing his wife and collecting nearly $5 …
Read More »A judge issued a warrant Thursday for an eyewitness to the shooting death of rapper Nipsey Hussle for failing to appear to testify at the trial of the man charged in the slaying, and in his absence, a police detective testified about the reluctance of witnesses that has marked the …
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A convicted murderer on the run since escaping a prison bus after stabbing its driver last month was fatally shot by law enforcement after he killed a family of five and stole a truck from a rural weekend cabin, a Texas prison system spokesman said. The slain family members included …
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