By MARK SCOLFORO, CLAUDIA LAUER and ALLEN G. BREED, Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tributes rolled in Sunday to the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre as authorities worked to piece together the background and movements of the suspected gunman, who authorities said expressed hatred of Jews as he opened fire with an AR-15 rifle and …
Authorities in Louisiana have made three arrests following the discovery of a man’s body over the weekend. According to the Lafayette Daily Advertiser, the remains were found Saturday morning on a levee near North Henderson Road in Henderson. Mayor Ginny Higgins told reporters that the body, identified as 38-year-old Brocky McGee, was a local man …
Police in Texas say they have arrested a man on suspicion of threatening an individual near a middle school last week. According to The Dallas Morning News, the arrest of 31-year-old Phillip Ibarra came just hours after he was reported walking toward Richland Middle School on Thursday afternoon with a rifle. The earlier incident resulted …
Authorities in Florida have arrested a Minnesota pilot on suspicion of attempting to board a plane with a loaded handgun in his suitcase. According to KNXV, the Lee County Port Authority handled the arrest of 54-year-old Brian Andrew Machtemes at the Southwest Florida International Airport on Friday. As police reports indicate, the suspect, who lives …
Authorities have arrested a 31-year-old woman last week on suspicion of taking a young child with her as she attempted to destroy an ex’s vehicle earlier this month. According to the New York Post, the parents of that 1-year-old boy are using the experience as a warning to other parents to do their homework before …
Six teens have been arrested in connection with a fatal July shooting of a 16-year-old in North Carolina, the Wilson Times reports. The victim, Luis Flores-Bravo, was shot to death at a Speedway convenience store on July 20. Flores-Bravo was in high school and a cadet in the Junior ROTC. Authorities on Friday announced that they …
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Latest on a deadly shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue (all times local): 10 a.m. The 11 people killed in the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh included a married couple, Bernice and Sylvan Simon, and two brothers, Cecil and David Rosenthal. The Allegheny County medical examiners’ office released the victims’ names Sunday. David …
Police have identified the bodies of two young females found bound together in the Hudson River along Manhattan’s Upper West Side this week. Citing NYPD sources, ABC News reports that authorities have identified the bodies as Tala Farea, 16, and Rotana Farea, 22, two sisters from Fairfax, Virginia. Tala Farea had been reported missing on August …
By MICHAEL BIESECKER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The man arrested in the mass shooting Saturday at a Pennsylvania synagogue appears to have made virulently anti-Semitic posts on a social media platform popular with far-right extremists, including one made shortly before the attack. Police have identified the suspect as Robert Bowers, …
Authorities in California say a teacher was arrested on suspicion of multiple felony criminal counts after a series of pornographic videos surfaced allegedly showing her engaging in sexual acts with a female teen. According to the New York Post, 49-year-old Dawn Gianni began the behavior in 2014. At the time, the alleged victim was 14 …
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was among the Israeli officials who reacted to the Saturday morning mass shooting that left 11 dead and six others — including four police officers — wounded in Pittsburgh. According to Reuters, he said he was “heartbroken and appalled” upon hearing the news. “The entire people of Israel grieve with the …
