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Michigan teen charged in school shooting that left 4 dead

A fourth student, a 17-year-old boy, died Wednesday from wounds he suffered when a sophomore opened fire at a Michigan high school a day earlier, authorities said.

6 die in Halloween night shootings in SF Bay area, Utah

The rental home where the party was held is in a neighborhood of multimillion-dollar homes about 20 miles east of Oakland.

 
Ex-Trump adviser Michael Flynn pleads guilty to lying to FBI

Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, admits he lied to the FBI in January about two December phone calls he had with then Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.

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Nevada congressional Democrats call for ‘bump stock’ hearing

On one-month anniversary of the Las Vegas shooting, lawmakers remember victims and demand a hearing on the use of legality of “bump stocks,” devices that enable semi-automatic weapons to accelerate fire to near automatic rates.

Kingman man killed by deputy had outstanding arrest warrant

An arrest warrant was issued for Kenneth Kennedy, 34, in early September after he failed to report to jail to begin serving a four-month sentence for burglary.

2 teens charged with on-campus rape at Arkansas high school

Two 14-year-olds are in custody without bond after a fellow student accused the boys of raping her at a Hot Springs, Arkansas, high school.

2 Virginia Tech students arraigned in death of 13-year-old girl

It’s a story that seems to defy sense: A middle-schooler disappears. A student and accomplished athlete from the big-time college that dominates his town is accused of killing her. Then, another student at the school is accused of helping him dispose of the body.

Bill Cosby’s wife must testify in civil case against him, judge rules

In the same week that comedian Bill Cosby was arrested on sexual assault charges, his wife, Camille Cosby, learned she must testify in a civil case against the entertainer filed by seven women who said he defamed them, court documents said.

Oklahoma tries to halt 3 executions amid drug mix-up

The Oklahoma attorney general on Thursday sought an indefinite stay of three upcoming executions including that of Richard Glossip, whose planned execution a day earlier was stopped at the last minute because of a mix-up with lethal injection drugs.

 
Illinois cop was killed with his own gun, authorities say

A suburban Chicago police officer whose shooting death has confounded investigators for weeks was killed with his own service weapon, authorities said Thursday.