Roommate: No warning signs before deadly church attack

Wed, 18 May 2022 01:48:42 -0400

Prosecutors are calling the man charged in a deadly California church shooting a crafty monster but his Las Vegas roommate says he seemed to be kind and generous — if it wasn't all just an act

Prosecutors: NYC investment adviser blamed in $5B fraud

Wed, 18 May 2022 00:34:11 -0400

Federal authorities say bus drivers and charitable groups were among victims who lost $5 billion from private investment funds once worth $11 billion

California woman says dog defended her from mountain lion

Wed, 18 May 2022 00:51:48 -0400

A woman who was attacked by a mountain lion in Northern California says her dog jumped to her defense and was badly wounded in protecting her

Today in History: May 18, Mount St. Helens erupts

Wed, 18 May 2022 00:00:37 -0400

Today in History Today is Wednesday, May 18, the 138th day of 2022. There are 227 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 18, 1980, the Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state exploded, leaving 57 people dead or missing. On this date: In 1652, Rhode Island became the first American colony to pass a law abolishing African slavery; however, the law was apparently never enforced. In 1863, the Siege of Vicksburg began during the Civil War, ending July 4 with a Union victory. In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Plessy v. Ferguson, endorsed “separate but equal” racial segregation, a concept renounced 58 years later by Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. In 1910, Halley’s Comet passed by earth, brushing it with its tail. In 1927, in America’s deadliest school attack, part of a schoolhouse in Bath Township, Michigan, was blown up with explosives planted by local farmer Andrew Kehoe, who then set off a bomb in his truck; the attacks killed 38...

UN envoy warns that Iraq's `streets are about to boil over'

Tue, 17 May 2022 23:53:11 -0400

The U.N. special envoy for Iraq is warning the country’s political leaders that “the streets are about to boil over” because of their deadlock and failure to address a host of issues

Prosecutor: Church gunman had 'diabolical plan' to massacre

Tue, 17 May 2022 22:40:28 -0400

The roommate of the man charged with the mass shooting at a Southern California church says Chou was quiet and kind during the three months they lived together

Girlfriend: Dallas shooting suspect feared Asian Americans

Tue, 17 May 2022 20:49:12 -0400

The girlfriend of a man arrested in a shooting in Dallas’ Koreatown that wounded three women of Asian descent in a hair salon told police that he has delusions that Asian Americans are trying to harm him

Buffalo suspect: Lonely, isolated -- with a troubling sign

Tue, 17 May 2022 19:48:13 -0400

Classmates and neighbors of the Buffalo shooting suspect say they never saw the violent and angry side that allegedly fueled his racist massacre over the weekend that killed 10 Black people

Search ends for woman who fell from cruise ship in Alaska

Tue, 17 May 2022 19:21:16 -0400

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for a 40-year-old woman who fell overboard off a cruise ship in southeast Alaska

Ratepayer advocates seek protections in offshore wind case

Tue, 17 May 2022 19:22:27 -0400

State regulators considering whether to approve Dominion Energy Virginia’s plans for a nearly $10 billion offshore wind farm are being asked to consider extra protections to shield customers from possible cost overruns and other project risks