Spurned advances provoked Texas school shooting, victim’s mother says
SANTA FE, Texas (Reuters) – A teenage boy charged with fatally shooting eight students and two teachers during a gun rampage at a Houston-area high school had been spurned by one of his victims after making aggressive advances, her mother told a newspa…
Hawaii reports first serious injury from volcano as lava threatens escape routes
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – A stream of lava threatened to block a key Hawaii highway on Sunday that serves as an escape route for coastal residents, while the first known serious injury was reported from fresh explosive eruptions from the Kilauea volcan…
Fresh lava flows could block Hawaii escape route within hours
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – Lava oozed toward a key Hawaii highway on Saturday that serves as an escape route for coastal residents, after fresh explosive eruptions from the Kilauea volcano and magma flows that destroyed four more homes.
Cougar kills U.S. mountain biker, mauls another, later shot
(Reuters) – A mountain lion killed one mountain biker and mauled another in Washington state on Saturday when they rode into its territory, and authorities later shot the animal dead, police said.
Texas school shooter ‘nonemotional,’ lawyer says as motive sought
SANTA FE, Texas (Reuters) – The 17-year-old student charged with killing 10 people when he opened fire in an art class at his Houston-area high school appeared “weirdly nonemotional” on the morning after the rampage, one of his lawyers said on Saturday…
Hawaii lava flow engulfs more homes as ash plume ascends
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – New, fast-moving lava poured from the flank of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano on Saturday, destroying four more homes on the Big Island after a second explosive eruption shot a nearly two-mile-high (10,000 foot) ash plume from the c…
Texas shooting suspect seems ‘weirdly nonemotional,’ lawyer says
SANTA FE, Texas (Reuters) – The 17-year-old student who authorities said killed 10 people when he opened fire in an art class in his Houston-area high school appeared “weirdly nonemotional” on the morning after the rampage, one of his lawyers said on S…
Melania Trump returns to White House after kidney procedure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, returned to the White House on Saturday after undergoing a surgical procedure this week to treat a benign kidney condition, her office said.
Teen gunman attacks Texas high school art class, kills 10
SANTA FE, Texas (Reuters) – Texas on Saturday will likely release the names of nine students and a teacher killed by a gunman, identified by authorities as a 17-year-old student armed with a shotgun and pistol, who opened fire in a morning art class in…
‘Loner’ student shoots and kills 10 at Texas school
SANTA FE, Texas (Reuters) – A 17-year-old student dressed in a trench coat and armed with a shotgun and pistol opened fire at his high school outside Houston on Friday, killing nine students and a teacher, before surrendering to officers, authorities s…
