A man accused of killing one of former President George H.W. Bush’s doctors killed himself when confronted by authorities, police said Friday. Houston police Chief Art Acevedo said 62-year-old Joseph James Pappas died from a single self-inflicted shot to the head. Acevedo reported that Pappas had body armor on during… Read More
Police: We cannot find the Las Vegas shooter’s motive
More than 10 months after the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, police say they are closing their investigation without answering the key question: What drove a gunman to unleash a hail of gunfire that killed 58 people and wounded hundreds more? But authorities say after hundreds of interviews… Read More
Parents ask for help finding missing daughter (terrifying!)
Blake and Dalton Jack were planning to leave their small Iowa town Wednesday for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Dominican Republic. Blake, 23, was planning to marry his fiancee in a beachside ceremony in front of Dalton, 20, and Dalton’s longtime girlfriend, Mollie Tibbetts. Blake jokingly told his brother that… Read More
Judge blocks blueprint release of untraceable 3D printed guns
A federal judge on Tuesday stopped the release of blueprints to make untraceable and undetectable 3D-printed plastic guns as President Donald Trump questioned whether his administration should have agreed to allow the plans to be posted online. The company behind the plans, Austin, Texas-based Defense Distributed, had reached a settlement… Read More
Report: Researchers suggest missing Malaysia flight could have been hijacked
A Malaysian-led independent investigation report released Monday, more than four years after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared, highlighted shortcomings in the government’s response and raised the possibility of “intervention by a third party.” The report, prepared by a 19-member international team, reiterated Malaysia’s assertion the plane was deliberately diverted and… Read More
Family files lawsuit seeking $100 million from duck boat company
The owners and operators of a tourist boat that sank this month in Missouri, killing 17 people, put profits over people’s safety when they decided to put the Ride the Ducks boat on a lake despite design problems and warnings of severe weather, a lawsuit alleges. The lawsuit filed Sunday… Read More
3 dead, 7 injured after gunman opens fire in New Orleans strip mall
Two armed individuals walked up to a crowd gathered Saturday evening outside a strip mall in New Orleans and opened fire, killing three people and wounding seven more, the police chief said. The shooting happened on a busy thoroughfare about 3 miles (4.83 kilometers) from the French Quarter, police said…. Read More
California wildfires claim more lives of firefighters and civilians
Thousands more fled their homes after wildfires surged near a small lake town in Northern California while a deadly blaze farther north slowed slightly as crews stretched to their limits across the state fight flames that have claimed the lives of both firefighters and civilians. Residents of the waterfront town… Read More
Islamic immigrant faces death penalty over “honor killings”
A Jordanian immigrant could face the death penalty after a Texas jury convicted him of killing his daughter’s American husband and an Iranian women’s rights activist in what prosecutors described as “honor killings.” Prosecutors say Ali Mahwood-Awad Irsan was enraged when Nesreen Irsan left home to marry a Christian and… Read More
1 dead, 3 firefighters burned in raging California wildfire
An explosive wildfire tore through two small Northern California communities Thursday before reaching the city of Redding, killing a bulldozer operator on the fire lines, burning three firefighters, destroying dozens of homes and forcing thousands of terrified residents to flee. Flames swept through the communities of Shasta and Keswick before… Read More