Shirley remains in rehabilitation as Milwaukee changes staffing and training following the hourslong delay in sending emergency help. MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Nearly two months after a violent attack inside her Milwaukee home, a 99-year-old woman remains in rehabilitation while the city’s emergency communications department confronts how repeated calls for help failed to bring responders for … Read more
Licensing discipline, police contacts and complaints accumulated before authorities found 56 improperly stored bodies at South Chicago Chapel. CHICAGO — The discovery of 56 decomposing bodies inside South Chicago Chapel followed years of disciplinary cases, complaints and government contacts involving its operators, raising new questions about how information was shared among agencies responsible for funeral … Read more
Shaniya Smith and Malik Jones, both 19, were killed Sunday as investigators continue searching for answers about what led to the gunfire. WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — A West Memphis family is mourning two 19-year-old parents killed in a shooting Sunday, leaving their 1-year-old daughter without either parent as police continue investigating the deaths and prepare … Read more
Investigators say the case began with one man’s overdose but includes allegations of several earlier suspicious incidents in Central Florida. HAINES CITY, Fla. — Polk County authorities are examining whether other people may have had similar encounters with an Orlando woman accused of drugging a 69-year-old man she met through a dating app, expanding the … Read more
The late-night attack happened near W.W. Samuell High School after police say a stranger confronted the victim on North Prairie Creek Road. DALLAS — A man walking his dog near a Dallas high school was hospitalized after an unfamiliar person confronted him and opened fire late Monday, turning an ordinary neighborhood walk into a police … Read more
Johnny White’s relatives had questioned the handling of the case after describing racial harassment before the June attack that hospitalized him. LYONS, N.Y. — More than two months after Johnny White was seriously injured in an alleged attack by a Newark neighbor, a Wayne County grand jury has indicted the accused man on second-degree assault … Read more
The independent state review follows a confrontation in which San Fernando officers fatally shot a man reportedly holding a shovel. SAN FERNANDO, Calif. — The California Department of Justice is investigating a fatal San Fernando police shooting after officers responding to a reported assault late Monday encountered a man holding a shovel and opened fire, … Read more
Monterey County investigators say vehicle data helped identify people connected to the case within 53 hours of the baby’s discovery. MOSS LANDING, Calif. — Automated license plate cameras played a key role in a Monterey County investigation that led authorities to identify three suspects after a newborn girl was found dead along a rural road, … Read more
The sheriff’s office said homeowner Alfred B. Conner was taken into custody after Logan D. Moss was fatally shot. PAULDING COUNTY, Ohio — A fatal shooting at a Washington Township home is headed to the Paulding County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for review after authorities took the homeowner into custody and said he would initially face … Read more
Brittney Harris, a mother of four who worked with students at the college, was pursuing a path toward registered nursing. MADERA, Calif. — A Merced College student and employee remembered for helping others is being mourned after authorities say her estranged husband fatally shot her Sunday outside a Madera County restaurant before fleeing and being … Read more