The father of the 14-year-old suspect accused of killing four people on Wednesday during a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., has been arrested and charged with two counts of second-degree murder. State authorities announced the charges against Colin Gray, 54, on Thursday. He was also charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter
A 10-year-old boy is in police custody after confessing to shooting a former Louisiana mayor and his daughter, police say. Joe Cornelius Sr., 82, and Keisha Miles, 31, were found dead on Sunday morning in Minden, a small city in northern Louisiana near Shreveport. Cornelius was a longtime councilman of Minden and served as the
Donald Trump’s campaign was warned about not taking photographs before an altercation at Arlington National Cemetery during a wreath-laying ceremony earlier this week to honour service members killed in the Afghanistan War withdrawal, a defense official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter concerning
The body of a 33-year-old woman who went missing at the Grand Canyon was recovered by park rangers three days after she was swept away in a flash flood. Chenoa Nickerson was pulled into the Colorado River on Aug. 22 as flood waters rose in Havasu Creek, a popular Grand Canyon destination located within the
A 16-year-old high school quarterback died on Saturday, a day after suffering a critical brain injury during his school’s season opener, according to statements from the teen’s family and school. Caden Tellier was a Grade 11 student at Morgan Academy, an independent school in Selma, Alabama. During a football game Friday night, Tellier was in
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his independent campaign for president Friday and endorsed Donald Trump, a late-stage shakeup of the presidential race that could give the former president a modest boost from Kennedy’s supporters. Kennedy said his internal polls had shown that his presence in the race would hurt Trump and help Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, though recent public polls
Kamala Harris summoned Americans on Thursday to reject political division and instead chart what she called a “new way forward,” as she accepted her party’s nomination while blending biography with warnings about electing Donald Trump again to the White House. Taking the stage to a thunderous standing ovation as she closed out the Democratic National
This week’s Democratic National Convention may not just be notable for U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris’s historic nomination for president, but also for the number of high-profile Republican speakers supporting her. Day 2 of the convention on Tuesday will be hosted by a longtime Republican critic of Donald Trump, and anti-Trump Republican groups have flocked to
A 190-million-year-old rock formation has crumbled into the waters of Lake Powell, U.S. park officials announced. The famous “Double Arch” geologic feature has towered over Rock Creek Bay in Utah’s Glen Canyon National Recreation Area since dinosaurs roamed the earth. Over its impressive lifespan, the rock formation battled the elements and gravity until it eventually
American voters and the rest of the world are about to get to know Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz a lot better. The two-term Democratic governor was tapped by U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris to be her presidential campaign running mate on Tuesday, ending an accelerated search for a vice-presidential candidate as the race to the White