The Latest: 6 people still in critical condition at hospital
The Latest on the massacre at a gay Orlando nightclub (all times local): 11:50 a.m. An Orlando hospital says six people wounded in the nightclub shooting are still in critical…
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The Latest: House to get FBI, Homeland Security briefing
The Latest on the deadly shooting at a nightclub in Orlando. (all times local): 3 p.m. The head of the FBI and the Homeland Security secretary will brief members of…
Police: Approximately 20 killed in Florida club shooting
By MIKE SCHNEIDER A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside a crowded Florida nightclub early Sunday before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police…
‘The Voice’ singer Christina Grimmie dies after shooting
By NICKI MAYO and GREG SCHREIER A gunman opened fire at a Florida concert venue as a onetime star of “The Voice” signed autographs for fans after a show, killing…
Israel beefs up troops in West Bank after Tel Aviv shooting
By DANIEL ESTRIN Israel on Thursday imposed a series of sweeping restrictions on Palestinian movement and deployed hundreds of additional troops to the West Bank in response to a Tel…
Police identify man who carried out UCLA murder-suicide
By AMANDA LEE MYERS and CHRISTINE ARMARIO Police on Thursday identified the man they say carried out a murder-suicide that took the life of an engineering professor at UCLA. The…
Chad ex-dictator found guilty, sentence to life for abuses
By CARLEY PETESCH Chad’s former dictator Hissene Habre was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity, war crimes, torture and sex crimes during his time in…
Mexican soccer player Alan Pulido rescued after kidnapping
By ALFREDO PENA Mexican authorities rescued kidnapped soccer player Alan Pulido after he was able to dial an emergency phone number and alert authorities to his location, a state prosecutor…