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Man shot 10 times protecting high school cheerleader who died after shooting at bonfire: report

A man in Alabama says he was shot 10 times while trying to protect his friends from a gunman who fatally shot Kimber Mills, a high school cheerleader. Mills, 18, was shot early Sunday in Pinson, Alabama, in a heavily wooded area referred to as The Pit, according to AL.com. …

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Eight Americans arrested in Bahamas after authorities discover 'high-powered weapons' cache, ammunition

Eight Americans were arrested in the Caribbean on Tuesday after authorities found “high-powered weapons” and a “substantial quantityof ammunition” on their boat, police said. The Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) said in a news release that officers from the Alice Town Police Station worked with the Bahamas Customs Department to …

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Melodee Buzzard disappearance: New surveillance photos show missing California girl, 9, in possible disguise

California authorities released new surveillance images Friday of a missing 9-year-old child who the FBI said may have been with her mother on a road trip “as far as the state of Nebraska” before vanishing. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office said its investigation into the disappearance of Melodee Buzzard …

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Woman charged with abandoning newborn child at NYC subway stop

Police in New York City have charged a woman with abandoning a newborn child at a subway stop. Police say Assa Diawara, 30, of Queens, was the woman caught on camera before allegedly abandoning a baby girl who was found alive at Penn Station in Manhattan Monday morning. She was …

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Dramatic video shows NYPD officers rescuing a missing dog named Moose from beneath a Manhattan subway train

A missing dog named Moose is safely back home after a dramatic rescue by New York Police Department officers beneath a subway train in Manhattan. The small black dog slipped away from its owners and ended up hiding under a northbound 2 train at the 14th Street station Thursday. The …

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1 dead, 6 injured after shooting at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania: police

One person is dead and multiple others are injured after a gunman opened fire at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania during the college’s homecoming weekend, according to officials. The university’s police chief, Marc Partee, confirmed at a news conference that one person was killed in the shooting, and six others were …

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Independent NJ candidate’s martial arts theatrics shake up township meeting

It was less town hall talk and more kung fu theater. A local election candidate is making waves for a bizarre protest at a township meeting this week when he dressed up in martial arts gear and unleashed a series of flying kicks and punched through several of his own …

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DC sniper's ex-wife reveals his chilling threat before killing spree

Dr. Mildred Muhammad was marked for death by her ex-husband, a former Army soldier who would later be identified as the “D.C. Sniper.” For much of their 12-year marriage, the mother of three endured emotional and psychological abuse in silence. Even after the couple split in 1999, John Allen Muhammad …

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12-year-old Minneapolis church shooting survivor shot in head released from hospital

A 12-year-old girl who was shot in the head during the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting in Minneapolis in August has been released from hospital, with her parents crediting her recovery to the “miraculous power of prayer.” Sophia Forchas was left fighting for her life after a gunman opened fire during …

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‘He knew how to swim’: Family rejects ‘accident’ as Houston bayou death mystery deepens

The mysterious Houston bayou death of Kenneth Cutting Jr. will require more investigation than the medical findings alone can provide, according to experts who reviewed the autopsy report. “I agree with their assessment,” Dr. Priya Banerjee, a board-certified forensic pathologist, said of the autopsy performed by Dr. Edward Kilbane, of …

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