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NIGHTMARE: 2 dead, 17 injured in Kentucky school shooting; suspect held
School Crimes
January 23, 2018

NIGHTMARE: 2 dead, 17 injured in Kentucky school shooting; suspect held

By KRISTIN M. HALL and DYLAN LOVAN, Associated Press BENTON, Ky. (AP) — A 15-year-old student opened fire with a handgun inside his rural Kentucky high school Tuesday, killing two classmates, injuring 19 others and sending hundreds fleeing for safety. Police were seen leading a teenager away in handcuffs. It was the nation’s first fatal school …

School Crimes
January 22, 2018

15-year-old girl shot at Texas school; boy, 16, arrested

ITALY, Texas (AP) — A 15-year-old student was injured in a shooting at her high school in Texas Monday morning and a 16-year-old boy, also a student at the school, has been taken into custody, sheriff’s officials said. The girl was airlifted to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas following the shooting in the town of …

Manson family member Leslie Van Houten denied parole by governor
Famous Murder Cases
January 20, 2018

Manson family member Leslie Van Houten denied parole by governor

By ANDREW DALTON, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The governor of California once again denied parole Friday for Leslie Van Houten, the youngest follower of murderous cult leader Charles Manson who blamed herself at her parole hearing for letting him control her life. Gov. Jerry Brown said in his decision that Van Houten still lays …

House of Horrors: New interviews reveal how 13 malnourished siblings were forbidden to have friends over, watch TV, or contact extended family
Family Crime
January 17, 2018

House of Horrors: New interviews reveal how 13 malnourished siblings were forbidden to have friends over, watch TV, or contact extended family

By AMY TAXIN and AMANDA LEE MYERS, Associated Press PERRIS, Calif. (AP) — Thirteen malnourished siblings allegedly kept captive in filthy conditions by their parents in a Southern California home lived a strict existence with no social lives and no contact with extended family, two of their aunts said Wednesday. “They weren’t allowed to watch TV. …

Mom of malnourished children was ‘perplexed’ by police visit
Family Crime
January 16, 2018

Mom of malnourished children was ‘perplexed’ by police visit

By AMY TAXIN, Associated Press PERRIS, Calif. (AP) — The mother of 13 malnourished children and young adults who were held in filthy conditions, some chained to furniture, was “perplexed” when deputies arrived at the family’s Southern California home, a sheriff’s official said Tuesday. The deputies had been summoned by a 17-year-old daughter who jumped out …

Fox cancels Patricia Hearst biopic after she slams project as victim blaming and an attempt to “rewrite histroy”
Kidnapping
January 12, 2018

Fox cancels Patricia Hearst biopic after she slams project as victim blaming and an attempt to “rewrite histroy”

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Twentieth Century Fox Film says it is canceling the studio’s planned movie based on Jeffrey Toobin’s Patricia Hearst book “American Heiress.” Toobin’s non-fiction book chronicled the saga of Hearst’s kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974 and her eventual bank robbery conviction with the radical group. The studio announced the …

2 charged with murder, kidnapping in death of beloved police officer
Police
January 12, 2018

2 charged with murder, kidnapping in death of beloved police officer

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Authorities have charged a man with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Washington state sheriff’s deputy after a home invasion. Prosecutors say 32-year-old Frank Pawul also was charged Thursday with kidnapping and unlawful possession of a firearm in the death of Deputy Daniel McCartney. Pawul’s bail was set at …