Fast-spreading California wildfire nears Yosemite park
A raging California mountain blaze that has already killed one firefighter grew over the weekend and bore down on Yosemite National Park, prompting the closure of some smoke-choked campgrounds and roads at the popular tourist destination.
Police name murder suspect in Los Angeles store hostage standoff
Los Angeles police named a 28-year-old man on Sunday as the suspect who took hostages and barricaded himself for three hours inside a Trader Joe’s grocery store in which he fatally shot a woman.
Gunman arrested after deadly Los Angeles store hostage standoff
Police in Los Angeles arrested a man who took hostages and barricaded himself inside a Trader Joe’s grocery store on Saturday, ending a three-hour standoff during which he fatally shot a woman, authorities said.
Gunman barricaded in Los Angeles grocery store, takes hostages
A suspected gunman being pursued by police crashed his car and then went into a Trader Joe’s store in Los Angeles on Saturday, where he barricaded himself in and took an unknown number of hostages, police said.
Suspected gunman barricaded in Los Angeles grocery store: media
A suspected gunman being pursued by police reportedly fired shots and went into a Trader Joe’s store in Los Angeles on Saturday, where he barricaded himself in and may have taken hostages, local media reported.
‘Keep us in prayer’ says woman who lost nine in Missouri boat tragedy
A woman whose nine family members were among the 17 people killed when a tourist duck boat capsized in a storm on a Missouri lake said on Saturday she is not sure if there is any way to recover from such a loss.
Houston police hunt clues in killing of Bush doctor by bicyclist
Houston police are studying surveillance video and following up on tips in the killing of a cardiologist who once treated former U.S. President George H.W. Bush and was fatally shot while riding a bicycle in the city’s medical center, authorities said …
Gunman in fatal Florida shooting avoids charge due to state law
A man will not be charged after fatally shooting another man in front of his girlfriend and son at a Florida convenience store during an argument over a handicapped parking spot, because of the state’s Stand Your Ground law, according to authorities.
Two victims leave hospital after Missouri tour boat tragedy
Two survivors have been discharged from a Missouri hospital after 17 people including nine members of one family drowned when a “duck boat” sank during a storm in one of the deadliest U.S. tourist tragedies for years, local media reported.
Ohio governor commutes death sentence after ex-juror sought reprieve
Ohio Governor John Kasich on Friday commuted the death sentence of a convicted double murderer after a former juror in the man’s trial asked he not be put to death because the panel was not given key information during sentencing about his troubled chi…
