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What we know about Kansas gunman Cedric Ford — VIDEO

Cedric Ford “never came off as a bad guy,” according to a co-worker. But his run-ins with the law dated back more than a decade.

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What you need to know about the 6 people killed in the Kalamazoo shootings

It was a regular Saturday night out in Kalamazoo. A father and son looking at cars. A group of friends ready to go home after a night out. All of them had their lives cut short over the weekend by a shooting rampage in the Michigan city. Each one was cut down in by a person who fired indiscriminately while driving from location to location.

 
Justices pay respects to Scalia in Supreme Court ceremony

Members of the U.S. Supreme Court paid their respects to their late colleague Antonin Scalia during a brief but somber ceremony at the court on Friday.

Cliven Bundy indicted for role in 2014 Bunkerville confrontation

Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, his sons Ammon and Ryan, and two others were indicted by a federal grand jury in Las Vegas on Wednesday in connection with the April 2014 armed standoff with law enforcement in Bunkerville.

 
Trial for accused LA serial killer ‘Grim Sleeper’ set to begin

Opening statements were due to begin on Tuesday in the trial of a former sanitation worker accused of being the “Grim Sleeper” serial killer, charged with slaying nine women and one girl in a Los Angeles crime spree that spanned more than two decades.

 
50 killed in Syria after missiles hit hospitals, schools; Turkey accuses Russia — VIDEO

Turkey on Monday accused Russia of an “obvious war crime” after missile attacks in northern Syria killed scores of people, and warned Kurdish militia fighters there they would face the “harshest reaction” if they tried to capture a town near the Turkish border.

Obama may consider Asian-American judge to replace Scalia

President Barack Obama has a number of likely options as he looks for a nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, who died on Saturday.

 
US Justice Antonin Scalia, a conservative icon, dead at 79

Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died, setting up a major political showdown between President Barack Obama and the Republican-controlled Senate over who will replace him just months before a presidential election.